Contributor: Paul Asay

This movie is a smurf for sore eyes, smurfing and smurfing all the smurf through. We wish we could be more smurfific, but watching it has eaten so many of our smurf cells that we’ve forgotten how to smurf.

Harry Potter? Soooo last week. There’s a new hero in theaters now: Or, should I say, a new superhero. Captain America augmented his red, white and blue color scheme this weekend with a whole lotta green—$65.8 million, to be exact. That officially makes …

Didn’t truth, justice and the American Way go out of style back in ’68? And yet here’s Captain America showing up on movie screens in ’11.

About a week ago, I had a chance to talk by phone with Mark Henn. Never heard of him? Not surprising, perhaps, but I’m almost certain you’ve seen his work. Henn is one of the top animators at Walt Disney Studios, working on almost every 2-D American an …

The Boy Who Lived had a magical weekend at the multiplex. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 charmed its way to a massive—and I mean massive—$168.6 million take over the three-day run, hexing any and all adversaries that would dare challenge …

Just what are the adventures of Maggie? And why is she doing a rain dance? If you’re sure you really want to know, read on …

Emmy nominations were released this morning. AMC’s Mad Men again led the way with 19 nominations, including Best Drama. The show is angling for its fourth win in the category in as many years, but will face challenges from three shows on premium cable …

Blake Shelton has both the voice and the vibe to be one of the biggest country stars in history. But for us, at least, his honeypot full of new tunes is as bitter as it is sweet.

The mighty machine that is Transformers: Dark of the Moon, rumbled, bumbled and stumbled its way to another box office victory, crushing Horrible Bosses and a wayward Zookeeper along the way like so much aluminum foil. The Michael Bay (at right) boomfe …

Professional killer Nicolas Cage is one job away from settling down with his fat 401(k) when he starts making mistakes—like developing a conscience.

Unless you’ve been visiting the moon of Titan for the last few days, you probably know by now that Casey Anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, was exonerated by a jury of her peers Tuesday. Lots of observers found the verdict sho …

You can’t keep a good machine down. Transformers: Dark of the Moon flew down to earth and claimed everything it saw for its own clanky empire. The numbers are a little confusing, what with the film opening last Tuesday and with a Fourth of July holiday …

I wonder whether 2010 will be known as “the age of the celebrity meltdown.” Singer Amy Winehouse is the latest star to fall—though, in truth, she’s had so many problems lately she didn’t have far to tumble. Ever since she stormed the Grammys in 2008, s …

Selana Gomez’s second big-screen outing may not technically be a Disney film. But it sure feels like one.

I’m a sucker for lists. I’m a big fan of animated movies. So when Time came out with a list of its Top 25 animated movies, I was as happy as if someone had given me a year-long membership to the Bacon Club. So many movies! So many opinions with which t …