Contributor: Paul Asay

Last April, I wrote a blog lamenting the death of the typewriter. The last company to make ’em—an outfit in India—decided to put an end to production, leaving the old machines to fade into history, as if their last words were being typed with an old, w …

Jason Bourne still can’t remember who he is. But he’s trying hard to put the pieces of his past back together. And he’ll outsmart and outfight anyone who gets in his way.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite in Sam Mendes’ despairing meditation on the emptiness and hopelessness of 1950s suburbia.

After her brother dies in a car crash, Gracie wants to honor him by putting on his cleats and playing soccer with the boys. But it’s 1978, and girls are more suited to volleyball … aren’t they?

I think I used up most of my animal puns last week, so let’s just cut to the chase: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted repeated as box office champ again this weekend, collecting an estimated $35.5 million. Its mane competition (OK, so I didn’t use the …

Theology, philosophy and reality television would seem to go together about as well as peanut butter, mayo and pickles. I can’t imagine CBS would clamor to stuff a bunch of pastors into the Big Brother house and film them fighting over original sin and …

Just in time for Father’s Day, Adam Sandler gives us a dad who makes Ivan the Terrible look great by comparison.

It was a zoo this weekend at the local cineplex. And I’m not lion. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted won the Friday-Sunday box office tourney by a giraffe-sized neck, hoofing its way to an estimated $60.4 million take—making its makers at DreamWorks a …

I’ve been on vacation the last couple of weeks in Orlando—searching for alligators and playing cards and spending altogether too much time waiting in line for Space Mountain. But between all that line-standing and ride-riding at Disneyworld, the fam an …

Who says we’ve outgrown fairy tales? Sure, our 21st-century culture may be a little more cynical and self-aware. Maybe some of us stifle eye-rolls when it comes to cute, animated forest creatures cleaning out cottages. But audiences once again proved t …

Three decades ago, Richard Nixon went on trial: There was no judge, no jury—just glib British celebrity David Frost peppering the former president with questions. Some 45 million Americans watched on TV.

This star-studded, deeply religious film tells us the story of the Cristeros, an army of rebels that violently pushed against Mexico’s anti-Catholic policies of the 1920s. It asks an important question: Can violence serve the Prince of Peace?

I’m officially a twit. That’s what you call folks who use Twitter, right? I’m still new to this thing, so I’m not so sure of all the terminology. I never thought I would join Twitter. I never really saw the point, and anyone who’s read one of my movie …

English teachers across the country are going to want to show their students this updated literary fave. But star Angelina Jolie says she was ‘shocked’ when she saw the final product.

Two young lovers leave their homes and families and run off together. Problematic? Did we mention that they’re 12?