2011 was a strange year for movies. The November/December awards season melee, when typically the Best Films of the Year are released, felt fairly anemic. Whereas the spring, summer, and early fall ...

Has a better American film about survival instincts in the face of economic desperation been made since the start of the downturn than this gorgeously unsettling Oregon Trail tale? In a great year for ...

Netflix’s movie catalog just got a lot funnier with the arrival of one of the most hilarious movies from 2011. Coming towards the end of the Judd Apatow era of comedy, the 2010s saw a decline in ...

Washington Examiner movie critic Kelly Jane Torrance shares her thoughts on the year’s best movies. 1. ‘The Artist’ – This is why movies are made. It might be called a love letter to the art form; ...

Have you noticed the new trend in Top Ten lists? Some critics now produce more than one list, ranging from quick and dirty ones for critic’s polls (like Indiewire’s or MSN Movies) to carefully argued ...

It takes more than just cheap theatrics and cheesy cinematic scare tactics to frighten Andrea Beesley-Brown, co-owner of The Royale in Mesa. “I usually don’t get scared a lot by movies these days,” ...

As 2011 draws to a close, the natural tendency is to reflect on events of the past 12 months. Did we accomplish everything we’d hoped? Did we end the year in a better place than we started? Did that ...

Reviews aside, it’s been a bad year at the movies. By the time 2011 comes to an end, ticket revenues are expected to be down 4.5% compared to 2010. This is despite today’s higher ticket prices: The ...

The Artist– “Will be remembered as this hugely imaginative and delightful film. It makes you remember why we fell in love with movies as a society a long time ago.” Trailer Moneyball– “The film makes ...

This year at the movies — who knew? Who knew Martin Scorsese could pull off a French period piece for kids (“Hugo”)? Who knew Roland Emmerich could try his hand at something Shakespearean (“Anonymous” ...

It's been a truly great year for movies, and as far as I'm concerned, the best that Hollywood has produced in a decade. That doesn't mean that all of them are shining cinematic achievements though.