Critics Consensus: Battleship Is All Wet

This week at the movies brings us a trio of cinematic adaptations from disparate source materials: a board game (Battleship, starring Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, and Liam Neeson), a self-help book (What to Expect When You're Expecting, starring Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, and Elizabeth Banks), and a Charlie Chaplin classic (The Dictator, starring Sacha Baron Cohen). What do the critics have to say? A big-budget blockbuster based upon a board game, Battleship all but promises empty-headed thrills. On that count, critics say, it succeeds, though they also note that a few mindlessly awesome set pieces can't totally compensate for the film's thuddingly silly script....

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 4:40 pm | Read more...

Total Recall: Victory at Sea

Summer's almost here, and you know what that means -- from now until Labor Day, the Earth will be in near-constant danger of utter destruction every single weekend. At the box office, anyway. This week, we're under attack from a crew of nasty aliens, and only Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna stand between us and certain doom. We're talking about Battleship, of course, and all that aquatic derring-do got us thinking about other movies featuring thrilling peril, men and women of valor, and lots and lots of water. It's time to celebrate some Victory at Sea -- the Total Recall way!...

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:31 am | Read more...

Blade Runner Writer in Talks for Sequel

Well, this is encouraging....

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:29 am | Read more...

Sin City 2 Gets a Release Date

"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" will hit theaters -- in 3D, no less -- on October 4, 2013....

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:29 am | Read more...

What Makes Movie Lines So Memorable?

A scientific experiment searches for the answer....

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:29 am | Read more...