Contributor: Bob Smithouser

It’s tragic when innocent animals die in entertainment. Fictional or not, we still feel their loss. King Kong. Mufasa. Old Yeller. Charlotte. Hooch. Artax. I could go on, but I’m already on my second box of Kleenex. We don’t even have to see their demi …

When a respected oil baron is murdered, British secret agent James Bond sets out to find the killer and unravel a psychotic Russian’s quest for–what else–world domination.

The novel by Charles Dickens spans 800 pages. The film clocks in at a merciful—and very entertaining—two hours.

You may have heard the old show-biz adage “Always leave them wanting more.” Well, the NFL did that to me last month. Super Bowl XLVI ended on a breathtaking Hail Mary pass, and I’ve been craving football ever since. Right now, I’d welcome the sight of …

Are you sure you wanna see dead people? Read our review, it’ll help you make up your mind.

MTV vixen Alicia Silverstone stars as Cher, a popular, wealthy, superficial, Beverly Hills mall rat used to manipulating her way through day-to-day life.

Movies based on the sci-fi stories of Philip K. Dick have either blasted their way into cultural consciousness or crashed and burned with dynamic fury. What will time tell about this one?

Save the Last Dance provides the bait for the Wayans’ crass spoof, which also riffs on Hairspray, Step Up, Stomp the Yard, High School Musical, You Got Served, Little Miss Sunshine and Dreamgirls.

The most memorable moment of Super Bowl XXXVIII didn’t happen on the gridiron. For example, who played in that game? Who was the MVP? What was the final score? And what singer experienced a wardrobe malfunction at halftime on television’s biggest stage …

On the eve of the 20th century, classic characters from literature are recruited to thwart a megalomaniac ready to light the fuse on global war.

If you’re one of those people who insists on having the last word, Mark Zuckerberg wants to give it to you—from the grave. A new Facebook app called If I Die lets users craft a final farewell that will go out to their online community once three design …

John Travolta plays the archangel as a celestial hedonist determined to gorge on worldly pleasures during his final trip to earth.

Bobby Bowfinger is a wannabe film director/producer. Desperate for a movie that will make him a “player” in Hollywood’s exclusive fraternity of big-shot power brokers, Bowfinger resorts to an elaborate con.

In case you haven’t heard, ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family will air an episode next week in which Lily—the 2-year-old adopted daughter of gay couple Cam and Mitchell—will blurt the f-word. “We thought it was a very natural story since, as parents, we’ve …

Jack Ryan’s back. This time it’s 1992 and rogue fascists want to spark a full-scale nuclear exchange between the U.S. and Russia.