Ah, there’s nothing quite like the sound of a writer slaving over the latest
mind-blowing plot twist on Lost or the next George Clooney movie. And now
that the Writers Guild of America and producers have agreed to a deal that
will end the three-month strike, Hollywood writers are back at work today (TV showrunners came back on […]

No sooner had I begun to rejoice that this year’s Oscars competition is one of the tightest and most interesting in years (Laura Linney and Viggo Mortensen. Yeay!), than news came saying Heath Ledger had died–and that overshadowed all. Just wanted to say how saddening it is that instead of seeing the talented, Oscar-nominated actor […]

I like movie awards shows. I like watching stars one-upping each other in gorgeous couture dresses on the red carpet. I like watching the movie clips when the nominees are announced. I even like the dead-people montage. Who are these people always complaining about how they hate bad awards shows? Would they rather watch orange-tan […]

OK, this is totally backward, but I love that the new bond girls—Gemma Arterton Olga Kurlyenko, who will be in the yet-to-be-named “Bond 22″ in November—are both brunette. And so were Eva Green and Carina Murino, of “Casino Royale.” This is probably because new Bond Daniel Craig is blond and the producers have realized that […]

I will now perform a death-defying feat I’ve never tried before: Break into the heads of 86 old-fart foreign journalists and predict their taste in movies of the past year. In other words, welcome to my first ever Golden Globes predictions.
This seems an inauspicious year to begin, being that the only really interesting thing about […]

You’ve heard everyone say it, from your mom’s priest to those CNN insta-experts that pop up after a big tragedy: Watching violent movies makes people go do violent things! Of course, we all know that’s crap, but now comes confirmation. According to a study by a bunch of economists, violent films—contrary to popular belief—actually keep […]

Best thing about a new year? A whole new mess of new movies to look forward to. Here are mine for 2008, in order of release. This is a working list, of course, since more good stuff will come to light as the major festivals—Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes and Toronto—get under way. Meanwhile, check out my […]

After some bad blood between “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and New Line over—what else?—money (Jackson claimed that New Line still owed him for LoTR), the two sides are back together to make not one but two “Hobbit” movies. For fangirls like me who have been waiting for this ever since the credits […]

…to celebrate the most exciting TV news! Nope, it’s not the return of “The David Letterman Show”—though it’s awesome that the late-night host, who owns his show, negociated his own contract with striking writers so the show could go on.

It’s the long-awaited return of “Lost.” ABC just announced that it will be back on Jan. […]

A man, immune to a virus that has apparently wiped out the rest of humanity, spends his days in Manhattan keeping fit, having one-way conversations with his dog, waiting at the same place and time every day for someone, anyone, to show up–and trying to keep from going insane. Oh yeah, and catching bloodthirsty zombies […]