The Croods are the Flintstones of our time, a modern stone-age family (and I foresee the family Halloween costume of 2013, just like the Incredibles were a few years back). More >>

Every once in a while, a book or a movie opens our eyes to things we haven't thought much about before - things that really matter. This week I had such an experience when I went to a screening of a new documentary called "Girl Rising." More >>

In Oz the Great and Powerful, Professor Oz (James Franco) is a shady traveling magician, scraping by while performing his con-man show across the "dusty podunks" of the Midwest. More >>

The latest spin on a classic fairytale begins and ends as a bedtime story, but oddly enough, it shuts the door on the under-13 crowd. More >>

The movie is supposed to be about Earth, but it's clear that "America" is what's deemed "The Dark Planet." My main problem with "Escape" is how America is depicted in it. More >>