Terrence Howard

Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, and all the indie Hollywood directors you love/hate

Here are 10 films you won't want to miss in 2012

'Law and Order: Los Angeles' Already Ripping Off Orange County Crime Stories

​I'm a huge fan of the Law and Order franchise--Special Victims Unit is my favorite because of hot-ass Mariska Hargitay, Criminal Intent remains a weird-ass show, the original will always live on TNT, and I even saw a couple of episodes of the UK version and liked them. The newest member of the fa ... More >>

'Iron Man 2' Was Built to Last

Comic-book-based film will likely lead to more sequels, but that doesn't mean it should

Some Fairy Tale! Disney's First Black Princess Can't Escape the Ghetto

[dvdish] Super, Thanks for Asking

Reviews of Confessions of a Superhero, the Hunting Party, Adrift in Manhattan, and Sex and Breakfast

New Reviews

We recommend: Eastern Promises, The Hunting Party, In the Valley of Elah

Jodie Foster, Superhero

Leaping thugs in a single bound, our Brave leading lady takes back the night

Comic-Con 2007: Iron Man

Oh hell yeah! Fuckin' Sabbath! YES! Thith ith cool, huh-huh, huh-hu, DUN DUN DAH DAH DAH, DUNANUNANUNA DUN DA DA DAH! Pardon momentary lapse into Butt-head-dom, but considering that the Transformers live-action movie failed to use the obvious theme song, one can never be too sure with Hollywood. Bu ... More >>

New Reviews

Color Me Kubrick; The Hills Have Eyes II; Into Great Silence; Journey From the Fall; Pride; TMNT; What Love Is

About a Boi

OutKasts Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Get Inside!

Your three-month forecast of the summers top movies

Letter Perfect

Akeelah spells out a fantasy that feels wonderfully real

After the Crash

2006 Newport Beach Film Festival has a tough act to follow

Revised for the Web!

Crashing Guns

Hosting the U.S. premiere of Crash turned out to be a coup for the 2005 Newport Beach Film Festival, whose organizers noticed a marked increase in interest from Hollywood for this year's April 20-30 run. Last year, director Paul Haggis led a small Crash contingent (sadly missing promised attendee ac ... More >>

Out-bitched and Out-swished

Michael Musto Picks the Oscar Nominees

2005 in Film

Notes on the pleasures of kiddie moviegoing and weeping into your stir-fry

Trick Daddy

Pimp-hop flicks troubled sensibility sabotages an exquisite lead performance

Space Race

The territorial imperative in Crash

Twisted Roots

Little Otik and Harts War