Contributor: Paul Asay

On April 28, Superman announced his intention of giving up his U.S. citizenship.  “I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy,” the Man of Steel says in the 900th issue of Action Comics. “‘Truth, justice and the American way …

Score one for high-octane entertainment. Fast Five, the latest installment in the Vin Diesel-anchored The Fast and the Furious franchise, screamed past its competitors for a massive $83.6 million weekend take. While the fact that Fast Five won the week …

It’s time to rent that tux, make those reservations and pick out a suitable corsage. Disney’s asked us out to the dance—and it’s promising to provide a magical evening.

Already, 2011 has been a year of loss. Elizabeth Taylor died. So did Jane Russell. And let’s not forget the Denver Nuggets’ loss last night to Oklahoma City. But nothing rocked me quite as much as the report that the typewriter had clicked its last cla …

Those wacky animated birds had another nice weekend in the sun this week, as Rio bested a bevy of new releases to retain its hold on the box office’s No. 1 slot. Rio snagged an estimated $26.8 million, a cool mil higher than Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big H …

Britney Spears joins forces with two other pop divas, Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj, to remix one of her Femme Fatale tunes. The result is less than the sum of its parts. (Or maybe it’s more.)

Never mind that it’s not her own family! Madea’s trying to set an entire clan straight—without straightening out any of her own ways, of course.

Those that don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. So what happens when you already know everything there is to know about Mortal Kombat—and you play it anyway?

For the first time in a while, the box office soared this weekend—thanks largely to a lucrative performance by the animated birds of Rio. 20th Century Fox feathered its nest with an estimated $40 million this weekend from the CGI film—the highest openi …

In the summer of 1865, Mary Surratt was tried, convicted, sentenced and hanged for playing a part in President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. But was she innocent? Robert Redford wants you to wonder.

Gas prices are up. The Dow is down. It’s too expensive to fly anywhere and too depressing to walk. The United States, circa 2011? No. But it’s only five years away in this cinematic take on Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel.

I just ordered an iPad. I made the move after much hemming and hawing and debating and waffling. I knew all the reasons why I shouldn’t buy one—the cost, the unnecessary expense, the unreasonable outlay of cash—but the image of me reading Dickens or fl …

The name on the marquee says it all for once. This is a movie. And it is a disaster.

Just call E.B. the little bunny that could. With theaters hosting drunken millionaires, teen assassins, world-class surfers and seriously impaired knights this weekend, the animated lark Hop won the box office derby for the second straight week. The ra …

Kelly Rowland has just one thing on her mind when she’s singing her new hit single … and it ain’t drugs or rock ‘n’ roll.