The above image is terrible - intentionally so. I mean, I could have grabbed something off the web that was taken with a better camera by a better photographer, and so given you some better sense of just how astonishing …

I mean, besides gracing the Reader with the gift of your visit? Thank you for that. Still, there's something to be said for heading over to the San Diego Film Festival website and letting their Festival Genius guide you through …

If you answered, "Heading downtown to the San Diego Film Festival to see Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut as he takes on Shakespeare's blood-soaked bloodfest Coriolanus," then congratulations - you are correct! Volde-who?

Working with Mr. Marks must be rubbing off on me — I was more taken with the gutbucket charm of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil than with the Gallic sweetness of My Afternoons with Margueritte. Which is not to say …

In honor of the release of Dolphin Tale (three stars from David Elliott!), the Semper Fi Fund is sponsoring a drawing to send one U.S. military family on an all-expense paid trip to the Clearwater Aquarium in Clearwater, FL for …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Y2uXjsKjs So many stars! How exciting for them all to be together like this! [Full disclosure: some of these images are from other versions of the trailer.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBbMXYDsXw Many years ago, my older brother Mark and I were hanging out at home, bored and restive, when one of us hit upon the idea of taping a mock radio show - "mock" both in the sense that it …

Still no word as to whether Joseph Gordon-Levitt will get to play Robin in the new Batman movie, but hey, at least we have the exciting revelation of Catwoman's costume to tide us over. What's that, you say? You don't …

File under: the dangers of filming in public.

Sunglass-off! Dear Killer Elite director Gary McKendry, You just don't get it, do you? I'm sure you'll forgive the cliche, seeing as how it actually appears in your film. Along with "You can't run away from who you are," "Killing …

Did somebody slip Reader critic David Elliott a dopamine cocktail? The man is in a good mood: four stars for Moneyball, another four for Mysteries of Lisbon, and even two for Sarah Jessica Parker and I Don't Know How She …

Okay, so the news that Nicholas Sparks has gone and sold The Watchers, yet another retelling of the, um, classic "angel falls in love with a human" story, has reminded me of one of my favorite lessons from the Nicolas …

[File under: No, not really.] In what some are calling "the boldest post-release edit since George Lucas inserted Vader's "No!" into Episode VI," Hangover 2 director Todd Phillips today announced that he would digitally scrub Mike Tyson from the film, …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XULIO67YIRA So the trailer for Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar is out. Eastwood is an amazing director in his own right, so maybe it's just the DiCaprio in our eyes, but doesn't this remind you just a little bit of Scorsese's …

Much has been made about the red-carpet meeting at the Emmys between noted television director Martin Scorsese and Glee actress Heather Morris. "Can you imagine what they chatted about?" asks AOL, breathlessly. Well, yes, actually. Martin Scorsese channeling Don Rickles …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8K9AZcSQJE Okay, pause the snark for minute, and just bask in the loveliness of that trailer. They had faces then, indeed. There, wasn't that nice? Now, because you are a jaded modern soul, and so cannot receive beauty without even …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiCLWK20Ww You might not know it to look at us, but we here at The Big Screen are under strict orders never to be needlessly, pointlessly snarky and/or mean. This post, admittedly, will come close to the line. But sometimes, …

Something is making the wrong people burst into flame prior to the Empress’ inauguration, and Detective Dee is summoned to crack the case. Like a good modern detective, he rejects supernatural explanations for the deaths, instead focusing on the thrillingly …

She1: "Don't do it. You're so skinny. You'll look funny." She2: "I don't care. If I'm going to pay $5,000, I'm f*cking getting C cups." He: "Damn, girl - you complain about having scoliosis now..."

[File under: No, Not Really] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzjQrHaouo First came director Ron Howard's refusal to edit out a scene from The Dilemma in which Vince Vaughn said that the electric car was "gay." Gay rights groups complained about the reference, and Universal …