Was it Buffy? Xena? Sabrina Duncan? Who cares when the first kick ass female character arrived. What matters is that she is here and she is NOT taking no for an answer. She’ll kick you in your screaming balls first. Oh yes, she will.  Read more>

By now we’ve all heard the hoopla about the French film The Artist and even know it won best picture at the Golden Globes. Yes, it was clever and fun. Yes, it was original (and in some ways very much not.) But at the end of the day it wasn’t my cup of tea. I like my films to have a little more meat to them.  Read more>

Take the life of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and add iron actress Meryl Streep playing her and you’d think this biopic would be pure gold, Oscar gold. It’s a shame that the script wasn’t ironed out before they rolled camera. It was an almost unwatchable film.  Read more>

Rarely has a character gotten under my skin as much as unwanted heroine Lisbeth Salander. Having read the books and seen the 2009 Swedish version twice, I could barely wait to see the American film and found it spectacularly lived up to every expectation and then some.  Read more>

As with any Diablo Cody movie, you know you are going to get a wonderfully dark, comedic story with snarky, flawed characters, especially teaming up with helmer Jason Reitman. And as with Ellen Page as “Juno”, you couldn’t see anybody else in the role of Mavis  Read more>

For those of us who grew up with the magic of master puppeteer Jim Henson and his Muppets and Fraggle Rock, this movie delivers and delights.  The movie stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and just about every favorite fuzzy Muppet you can think of  Read more>

So you and your man are staying in this Halloween, but that doesn’t mean you want it tame. For a cozy night of popcorn, arm gripping and being scared half to death, these are the movies that you’ll love to hate from my top ten list of all time horror movies.   Read more>

Today you practically have to take out a second mortgage to go to the movies for a date or to bring your family to see a new release.   Read more>

Usually a movie of this caliber with Oscar contender performances hits the theaters late in the year, but to see it at the end of Summer blockbuster season is a surprise and a joy. Maybe Hollywood undervalued it,  Read more>

Tell whomever your going with that you heard the directing was fantastic, performances were beyond stellar and the script is as solid a script as you could come across, which is all true. But know the real reason you are going to see this movie is that wonderful piece of eye candy known as Ryan Gosling  Read more>

As I sat in the theater waiting in jittery anticipation for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 midnight showing, I couldn’t help but think that this was the end of an era. People of my generation had quite literally grown up with Harry Potter.  Read more>

Glenn Campbell, 75 years of age, announced yesterday he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and will do one last tour to promote his final studio album, “Ghost on the Canvas,” appropriately and sadly titled considering the nature of the disease.   Read more>