It's the 5th Anniversary Of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, So Here's The Top 5 Game Show Films

This is a guest post by Elizabeth Eckhart: Today is the fifth anniversary of Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's iconic Best Picture Oscar...

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 8/27/13

Technically, summer isn’t over until September 21st, but most people consider it concluded once school is back in session. But I consider su...

Cate Blanchett Is A Hot Mess In Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE

Now playing at an indie art house near you: BLUE JASMINE (Dir. Woody Allen, 2013) In Woody Allen’s newest, Cate Blanchett’s Jeanette “Jasmi...

Crammed With Killer Comedy, THE WORLD'S END Is A Funny As Hell Finale To The Cornetto Trilogy

Now playing at a theater near you: THE WORLD'S END (Dir. Edgar Wright, 2013) The third installment in Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's...

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 8/20/13

I didn’t see Chris Wedge’s animated fantasy flick EPIC when it was released theatrically less than three months ago, but since it's one...

Anti-SeaWorld Doc BLACKFISH Makes A Convincing Case

BLACKFISH (Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013) Between Marion Cotillard’s on-the-job accident at a ocean theme amusement park in Jacques Audi...

KICK ASS 2: The Film Babble Blog Review

Now playing at a multiplex near you: KICK ASS 2 (Dir. Jeff Wadlow, 2013) It’s been three years since Matthew Vaughn’s super hero action com...

Top Notch Profile Of Power Pop Band Big Star Returns To N.C.

In what sounds like it could’ve been a sequence, or at least a deleted scene, from Cameron Crowe’s 2000 semi-autobiographical rock comedy dr...

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 8/13/13

    Antoine Fuqua’s action thriller OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN heads the batch of new releases today on a 2-disc Blu ray/DVD Combo edition (include...

Adventures In Altman Appraisal: CALIFORNIA SPLIT (1974)

In many ways, Robert Altman’s 1974 rambling ramshackle of a comedy CALIFORNIA SPLIT is the ultimate gambling movie. It gives us a few days...

The Competent But Uncompelling ELYSIUM, This Week's Sci-Fi Summer Flick

Now playing at nearly every multiplex in America: ELYSIUM (Dir. Neill Blomkamp, 2013) Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to his 2009 Oscar-nominate...

Blu Ray Review: BLACK ROCK

Now out on Blu ray and DVD: BLACK ROCK   (Dir. Katie Aselton, 2012) At the beginning of a thriller, especially one with such an ominous titl...