There’s a scene in Our Idiot Brother where the titular character Ned, played by Paul Rudd, is exposing his sheltered nephew to the comedy stylings of The Pink Panther movies. It’s an interesting inclusion as the film, as the star of those movies, Peter Sellers, would draw acclaim for playing an idiotic character who was confused for a wise man in Being There. Rudd’s Ned is not a character on... 

I suppose it was inevitable. Just like no star sports player can go undefeated, eventually Pixar had to present a movie that didn’t live up to the high standards we’ve all come to expect from them. While there are some entertaining things to like about Cars 2, particularly for younger viewers, as a whole this is a terribly weak movie. With a ridiculous story, a poor change of focus, and a weak... 

The opening sequences of Scream remain one of the most frightening elements of the movie throughout the trilogy. It’s not just about seeing someone murdered, but how those murders are executed that key into an almost universal fear. In the first movie, Ghostface’s victim’s family can hear her final breaths on the phone, knowing she is dying nearby. In the second film, the victims remain helpless,... 

Shutter Island is a movie that made our “most anticipated movies” list for the second half of 2009, only to be shunted into 2010 by the studio. Relocation be damned, yet again it made our “most anticipated movie” list for 2010. So now that the picture is here, did it meet our expectations? In a word: easily. Ladies and gentlemen, one of the best movies of 2010 has already arrived. The story...