I have lived on the fence about 3D ever since … well, since Avatar.  The film was spectacular from a technical standpoint – it was bright and shiny and very pretty to look at and did some remarkable things with [...]

A few weeks ago, I saw G.I. Joe: Retaliation in the my local theater.  For those who don’t know, this is the film franchise built around a terrorist organization, nuclear disarmament, Dwayne Johnson’s biceps and Adrianne Palicki’s cleavage. Oh, and [...]

“Lauren, why do you hate Shia LaBeouf?” Oh, imaginary composite of  many friends, what a complex and difficult question.  This little space is insufficient for a full explanation as to why I hate Shia LaBeouf (and, in fact, I have [...]

It’s that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It’s The Day New Movies Are Released. 42 I admit, despite being a fan of Major League Baseball throughout my life, to knowing very little of the actual [...]

*Warning: Definitely gets political. Apologies. Movies provide us with a visceral and emotional experience.  We become emotionally invested in the characters, sometimes to such a degree that we cry for their losses and their gains, that we’re touched by their [...]

As a fan of films, I have never bought into the celebrity culture. I have no idea who is married to whom or what the latest scandal is. It’s only significant events (like Mel Gibson tirades) that manage to pierce [...]

Hollywood lost a legend today. Roger Ebert, quite possibly the most famous film critic of all-time (or at the very least, a must on any Mount Rushmore list of critics) lost his battle with cancer at the age of 70, [...]

I do not know anyone who is not a member of some fandom.  Some of them might cringe and inform me that it’s not REALLY a fandom: fandoms are for those geeks into comic books, or underground horror films, or [...]

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.” – Mae West I’ve said it before: media is an arbiter and reflector of our society.  What we see on screens, big and small, affects the way we perceive the [...]

With The Veronica Mars Movie Project receiving almost $4 million in donations so far, Paul Reiser has crawled out from under the ’90s to try his hand at crowd-sourced magic. According to indifferent-to-cynical sources, Reiser plans on giving Mad About [...]