• Last week, I interviewed Jose Padilha, the Brazilian director of Bus 174 (a superlative documentary), Elite Squad 1 and 2, and the upcoming [...]

  My Interview with Brazilian Director Jose Padilha

  November 22, 2011
• Over at BoxOffice Magazine, I explain why the stereotype-shattering stoner series isn’t really that enlightened: Harold (John Cho) and [...]

  Harold and Kumar Go to a Sausage Party (and Don’t Come Back)

  November 9, 2011
• With the premiere of Anonymous, the debate over who really wrote the works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford reared its sweaty, [...]

  My Take on the Shakespeare Authorship Question

  November 1, 2011
• Head over to BoxOffice Magazine to read my latest article about Margin Call, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Up in the Air, [...]

  Why Is Hollywood Asking Us To Empathize For The 1%?

  October 25, 2011

• Head over to BoxOfficeMagazine.com to check out my defense of Antonio Banderas. A sample: 5. His sense of humor about himself. As a veteran of [...]

  Seven Reasons Why Antonio Banderas Deserves Your Respect

  October 18, 2011
• Jackie Chan’s latest — and 100th(!) — film, the historical epic 1911, opens this weekend. In celebration of this centenary, I [...]

  The Secret Life of Jackie Chan, the World’s Biggest Movie Star

  October 9, 2011
• Is there a stupider or sappier movie plot than boy meets girl, girl dies of cancer, boy feels feelings and learns lessons? Nope, there really [...]

  Love Means Never Having to Say “My Cancer is Curable”

  October 3, 2011
• Last week, Box Office Magazine‘s iPad Edition published my article, “How much is that boyfriend in the window?: Four steps to being a [...]

  Four Steps to Being a Romantic Comedy’s Ideal Guy (Without Being Totally Lame)

  September 19, 2011