Summer, in my opinion, is the worst season for movies. Sequels, reboots, franchises, superhero sagas, action flicks—big-budget blockbusters just aren’t my thing. Take a look at the 2013 May through August lineup: Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, Star Trek into Darkness, The Wolverine, 300: Rise of an Empire… The list goes on and on. In Hollywood today, bigger is better and repeatability is king.

Generally speaking, terribly titled Star Wars episodes mostly end up being terrible Star Wars movies. The Phantom Menace was presumably only so named because Trouble in the Galactic Senate would have alerted fans to the looming, nightmarish shift away from knockabout space fun towards Trade Federation blockades and endless Jedi councils in the first of George Lucas’s space...

“Beauty and the Beast” is one of 2017’s most anticipated films, especially among princess loving Disney fans, but is it appropriate for your kids? The storyline of Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast follows the original 1991 Disney animated film pretty well, with a few twists, dare I even say improvements to the story. I really loved getting a little backstory of what happened to...

Why wait until December to name the movies you've absolutely got to see? Our best movies of 2017 list starts now, so you can catch up before we call it a year. This rolling ranking, updated weekly, features the best of the best, movies that we recommend 100%. No mixed bags, interesting trainwrecks, or blockbusters that sport big box-office tallies. Just the true greats -- movies big...

The Resident Evil movies are the most successful video game movie series ever made, four films earning almost half a billion dollars. Remember that the next time you hear about education funding being cut, because the facts are probably related. Some gamers complain about the movies, which is proof that some gamers can whine about anything, even a company spending hundreds of millions...