Contributor: Paul Asay

They say if Mama ain’t happy, ain’t no one happy. But if a psychotic maternal specter can be made happy through the tabulation of box office receipts, we should have nothing to worry about. Mama, the creepy PG-13 thriller starring the ever-busy Jessica …

Broken City? Try Broken Movie.

In 2003, CIA operative Valerie Plame had her cover blown in the pages of The Washington Post—payback, some suggest, for her husband lashing out against the Iraq War. But this film is about more than politics: It’s about family, duty and the nature of truth, too.

Nothing like a little controversy and some Oscar buzz to stir curiosity among moviegoers. Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s much ballyhooed (and occasionally maligned) tale of the finding and killing of Osama Bin Laden, steamrolled to an estimated $2 …

The Rolling Stones predate iPods, CDs, cassette tapes and even 8-tracks. Now Martin Scorsese is putting Mick Jagger and Co. on the big screen to prove that not even a half-century of water under the bridge can tame these bad boys of rock ‘n’ roll.

This is a scary movie all right. It’s downright terrifying … for a whole host of reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with horror. Or comedy.

On Jan. 14, Hawaii Five-0 will give its fans a chance to determine the outcome of its show. The whodunit—where the team must solve the murder of a prominent professor—will (according to Entertainment Weekly) feature three different endings, each with a …

It’s hard to say which is more horrible: the vampires Paul Bettany’s grim, crucifix-carrying warrior monk is forced to face here, or the violent—and violently awful—story they’re all forced to inhabit.

What’s the buzz in Hollywood? Texas Chainsaw, that’s what. The 3-D sequel of 1974’s venerably vile Texas Chainsaw Massacre brap-brap-brapped its way to the top of the box office, chopping down an estimated $23 million in an otherwise sleepy week at the …

Taylor Swift is America’s most philanthropic celebrity, according to the charity-minded website dosomething.org. According to the site, the 23-year-old singer/songwriter donated $4 million to the Country Hall of Fame Museum and has worked tirelessly to …

Next big thing in Hollywood? Furry feet. There are probably some entertainment executives who believe that those tousled toes must be the secret to the success of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. I mean, it couldn’t be the sto …

Let’s be honest: A lot of us are relieved to see 2012 go. Sure, we got to see some grand Olympic performances and all. But we spent far more time dealing with hurricanes or mourning horrific tragedies or fighting about politics or panicking over the lo …

So, imagine it’s Christmas morning, and you unwrap a present that contains, oh, $50 million or so. Now, imagine being disappointed that it’s not more. That sums up the holiday weekend for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Yeah, director Peter Jackson’ …

“So I’m just wondering, after reading quite a few of your reviews, is there a secular TV show you guys do like?” A reader emailed me that question just a couple of days ago. It’s a pretty simple question, really—one that probably some of the rest …

The tagline for this Tom Cruise crimefest tells us that “The law has limits. He does not.” As if that’s a good thing.