What I'm Seeing This Week
2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Youth in Revolt. I'm oddly excited for all three of these films, though for wildly divergent reasons. 2012 looks to be either a heap of fun or an absolute disaster (which could be fun). Fantastic Mr. Fox is another chance to peek inside Wes…

"Not an easy film to talk about, but one worth seeing."

The Box is not an easy film to talk about. Almost every description of the film will end up as a spoiler, it's fairly high concept, and it has a few glaring problems. However, The Box also presents huge moral dilemmas and is a…

"This version of A Christmas Carol has very little story and even less Christmas cheer."

The old aphorism goes "don't throw out the baby with the bathwater," but the makers of the latest iteration of A Christmas Carol have flipped the script; they've created a film that looks amazi…

We get into arguments about Pixar all the time around the office. Why? When your average film garners approval from 95 percent of the critics there's plenty of room for disagreement. It becomes a bit like choosing your favorite spice. Can you really find the exact difference between red and white…

What I'm Seeing This Week
A Christmas Carol, Pirate Radio, and The Box. My quick thoughts on each: I don't quite get why Jim Carrey had to play eight parts in Christmas Carol; Pirate Radio evidently had huge problems before finally getting a new title and release date; and Cameron Diaz threw out a…

"This is It is, at its core, an homage to Michael's art."

It's generally pointless to discuss marketing where films are concerned. Too many marketers are trying to hit too many demographics with too many advertisements, and thus it becomes a bit like unscrambling an egg. But in the…

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Welcome to our newest weekly feature, your one-stop shopping for planning all your cinematic sojourns. This week we've got trailers, reviews, interviews, photos, and a special treat at the end. Spend five minutes with us and we'll give you the world ... or at least some solid movie advice.

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"What Amelia ends up being is a film that doesn't honor its subject.

Amelia has a dynamite last half hour. And it looks very nice throughout the two hours -- but the first 90 minutes are sappy, silly, and devoid of compelling scenes, which leaves me at an impasse. Can I tell you to…