On May 16, 1986, a film called Top Gun was released. Perfectly timed for the summer, Top Gun featured burgeoning star Tom Cruise and a whole mess of fighter jets. The movie went on to gross over $350 million worldwide, becoming a generation's cultural touchstone in the process. Later that same year,…

Let's face it, it wasn't the best year for Super Bowl commercials. Still, we're all about the bright side; here are the advertisements we found particular enjoyment in.

Robin Hood Teaser Trailer
Gladiator in tights? I'll take it. Heck, I'll take anything Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe want to give me.…

"Eminently watchable."

If you like a violent, silly, frenetic style of film you'll find plenty to enjoy here. There are a few glaring flaws, which we'll get to, but overall this is satisfying escapism. You could do much worse -- heck, I'm betting you have. Travolta is always at his…

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
Precious
Up in the Air
An Education
Up
A Serious Man
District 9
The Blind Side

Snub: District 9 and The Blind Side were late inclusions, probably taking the spots of Invictus and A Single Man.
Favorite: I'm taking Avatar even though the DGA…

"An appalling collection of unfunny."

I counted how many times I laughed during When in Rome, as a service to you, the reader. The answer was seven. Seven times in 90 minutes I said, "Ha!" -- which averages out to around once every 13 minutes. To be fair, that's not in the "worst…

"Howl has captured a moment in time and effectively translated a literary masterpiece to the big screen."

Howl, at its core, is about the pursuit of honesty through poetic excellence. Of course, it's about much more than that, gay rights, obscenity, the creative process as a whole.…

"An engaging, if tense, viewing experience."

Welcome to the Rileys, to its credit, doesn't conform to narrative expectations. It's a drama, but a drama on the edge of utter destruction. Kristen Stewart is Allison ... or Mallory, depending on the scene (trust me, this makes sense).…

"A strangely constructed film."

Happythankyoumoreplease is one of the rare instances where everyone involved clearly had too much intelligence, where too many ideas were broached, where too much emotion was thrust at the audience. Yep, Htymp could have been twice the movie merely…