LA cop Mike Britten, the hero of NBC's new drama "Awake" (premiering tomorrow night at 10), survives a car crash and enters a strange new world where it's not clear what's real and what isn't. He begins spli...
Good documentaries have a very simple and direct appeal. We engage because we are watching something true, and often, something we had no idea about. I have always been drawn more towards documentaries abo...
I must confess that I am fascinated by the new film "Project X." It's not a particularly complicated film, in either concept or execution, but maybe that simplicity is what I like about it. At he...
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, only "The Descendants" was set entirely in present-day America. Parts of "Midnight in Paris" took place in 2011, but it spent more time on th...
One of the uncomfortable truths of being an artist working in any media is that many times, you have an "expired by" date on your work, whether you like it or not. It is far more common for someone to ...
The 27th Independent Spirit Awards went off without a hitch Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Hosted by Seth Rogen, "The Artist" (somewhat) shockingly dominated the show, but that might have...
Making a second film can be more difficult than making a first film in many cases, and for reasons that are almost exclusively different in each case. With a first film, you're trying to prove yourself in genera...
Is the world ready for the further adventures of underage masked vigilantes Kick-Ass and Hit Girl?
"Kick-Ass," which pitted wannabe superheroes against a realistic, violent underworld, was released in 201...
I am a "Gambit" pimp.
For those of you unfamiliar with the film, you can go ahead and start writing me the "thank you" note you'll eventually send to me right now, because "Gambit" is ...
There are very few TV shows from the '90s that have had as big an impact on film comedy today as "The State," which is kind of amazing considering how much of a cult item that was when it was still on the ai...
