A troubled actor under house arrest for arson. A television writer juggling both creative and political concerns trying to get his show on the air. A video game designer trying to find help for his stranded wife and daughter. What do these three men have in common? Well, they're all played by Ryan Reynolds, for one thing, but the nature of their connections is the mystery at the heart of John August's thought-provoking but maddening THE NINES.

Released twenty-five years and five versions after the original theatrical run, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner: The Final Cut still feels almost incomplete to me somehow, as if it's still missing something essential — but is that simply me imposing my knowledge of the filmmaker and the number of times he's tweaked the film onto it?

I read a discussion of Up recently — I don’t remember where — which said that the movie was ultimately about acceptance of death, which is an awfully adult theme to find in a kids’ film. (Truth be told, of course: Pixar movies are family movies, not kids’ movies, and there’s a big difference.) I [...]

Welcome to the first installment of yet another new ongoing series I just now thought up: Ten2One, which is, in all honesty, just a fancy handle for a fairly standard Top 10 list. To kick things off, in honor of the opening of Pixar’s tenth animated feature, Up, I present to you my [...]

Now this is what I want out of a summer blockbuster. Star Trek delivered all of the action, all of the spectacle, all of the emotion, all of the characterization I could have asked for and then some. [1] I found myself immersed in the world, in the stunning visual design and the [...]

Revisit our special 7 Days of Serenity feature from 2005, in which we tried to pump up the 'verse for the big-screen return of Mal Reynolds and crew.