Contributor: Paul Asay

It’s Friday, and around here, that means it’s movie-review posting day. We’re in the doldrums of fall—the blockbusters of summer are long gone, and the Oscar-bait films of winter have yet to roll out—which means the theaters are filled with lots of cin …

Gerard Butler wants to wreak “justice” with a handful of power tools and strategically placed explosives. Jamie Foxx is out to stop him. Who loses in this showdown? The audience.

I don’t quite get Twitter. Perhaps it’s because I’m old and uncool. Perhaps it’s because I can’t say anything worthwhile in 140 characters or less. (Though, quite honestly, a few more characters wouldn’t help that problem much.) For me, though, Twitter …

Marge Simpson, matriarch of the long-running animated show The Simpsons on Fox, apparently posed in various stages of undress for the November issue of Playboy magazine. The magazine will hit newsstands Oct. 16. Say what you want about The Simpsons: It …

Corbin Bleu’s out of high school and he sure isn’t singing about it. He’s too busy working two jobs and trying to make it as a motocross racer.

Facebook, the mammoth social networking site that seems to have its massive hands in–well, everything–is now tracking the “happiness” of its U.S. users. They call it “The United States Gross National Happiness” index, and it measures the words users …

I’ll try not to say this too loudly, but I don’t get Twitter. Maybe it’s because I’m old. Maybe it’s because I can’t sneeze in less than a thousand words, much less 140 characters. Maybe it’s because so many Twitter feeds are … well, kinda lame.

I’m still ruminating over The Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais’ new comedy. I saw it last night and it was, um, not quite what I expected. Let me just say this up front: I like Gervais. I think he’s one of the funniest guys in show business. He’s also …

Imagine being able to craft a new you, complete with enhanced strength, durability and six-pack abs: You, only better. Think it sounds appealing? Think again.

Fifteen minutes? The kids in this movie get nearly two hours of fame in this sweeter reboot of the 1980 “classic.” None of them are destined to live forever, though.

Just ran across an interesting Q&A-style interview with Ken Burns, one of the United States’ best-known documentary filmmakers. He opened himself up to questions from Time magazine readers, and one of them asked what drew him to filmmaking. This is …

The Emmys were awarded last night. And, even though I review a lot of TV for Plugged In, I didn’t watch them. I felt a wee bit guilty about it for a while (a television critic really should watch a television show which doles out awards to other televi …

Matt Damon is a delusional-but-brilliant white collar criminal turned FBI mole!

What do grief and death have to do with romantic comedy? Quite a lot in this case.

I’ve always liked Gladys Knight. I don’t know why, exactly. Maybe it’s because her voice is just so cool. Maybe it’s because “Midnight Train to Georgia” is so catchy. Maybe it’s because she, for some reason, has always reminded me of one of my best fri …