Contributor: Paul Asay

The bonus track on the 16-year-old Canadian phenom’s My World Acoustic release trades in sugary romantic sentimentality for surprisingly earnest spiritual sentimentality.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays—a time filled with family, food and (of course) football. It’s a time of reflection and, well, thanksgiving, as we think of all the blessings that have been bestowed upon us. But as we all gobble up our mashe …

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway imagine an immoral morality tale for folks with no self-control. The subject? That little blue pill you’ve suffered through so may commercials for on TV.

The Hallows were far from deadly for Harry Potter and his mates. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 worked its magic on the box office and conjured more than $125 million this weekend, according to boxofficemojo.com. It’s technically the bigg …

We Americans love our hot dogs. We love our apple pie. We love our baseball. And we especially love our murder mysteries. I was thinking a bit about this cultural trait while reviewing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Without much critical love, CSI has …

You can’t keep a good supervillain down. DreamWorks’ animated Megamind stopped a runaway train in its tracks to claim the box office crown for the second week in a row, sequestering more than $30 million en route, according to boxofficemojo.com. Unstop …

They’ve come for our brains. No, not the aliens. The makers of this movie.

Every Monday, we typically talk on the blog about the biggest movies of the weekend: What everyone saw, what everyone didn’t see and what, if anything, it might mean. The posts themselves are not too provocative, typically … but the last couple instiga …

In a triumph for bald, blue, misunderstood villains everywhere, DreamWorks’ Megamind grabbed megamillions—an estimated $47.7 million—to steal the box office crown, according to boxofficemojo.com. Another newcomer, the R-rated Due Date, popped into seco …

On April 26, 2003, Aron Ralston wormed his way down into a tight little crevice in the wilds of Utah. Five days later, he came out again—or, at least, most of him did.

Despicable actions blend with soaring poetry in one of the year’s most unusual films—a film that speaks to the entire human condition, not just “colored girls.”

Sometimes, nice girls do finish first. Country charmer Taylor Swift’s new album, Speak Now, sold more than 1 million albums in its first week, making it the year’s biggest debut by far (second goes to Eminem’s Recovery, which sold 741,000) and nearly b …

The Russian mafia are festooned with telltale tattoos in this new David Cronenberg nightmare. ‘Every sin leaves a mark,’ reads the tagline. So does every movie.

Since its inception way back in 2004, the Saw franchise has sliced and diced its way to nearly $400 million in domestic box office receipts. But lately, the films’ performances have been, how shall we say, dull? Granted, Saw 3D’s opening take this week …

I’ve been in mourning the last couple of days. I’ve hung my 3-D glasses at half staff and considered wrapping my cubicle in black creché. Paul the Octopus is dead. Paul, as you may recall, earned a measure of fame by becoming the world’s most prominent …