I probably should have put up my actual Oscar predictions a week ago, but let’s be honest: nobody is using what I say to place any bets in office betting pools. There are certainly a lot better qualified people to use as a basis for gambling, say Nate Silver, for example (whose predictions I still haven’t looked at beyond bookmarking the page). Hell, I still haven’t even seen all... 

It’s that time of year again: time to see which movies the Academy of Arts and Sciences has selected as nominees for this year’s Oscar awards. I like to think of it as the time of year to see how many movies of substance you actually saw last year. Of course, there are those who critique the Academy for being a bit snobbish and this year should be no different, with high honors being paid to Spielberg’s... 

Although not one of the “founding fathers,” Abraham Lincoln was always promoted as one of the icons of American history in my early years, right alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin. In retrospect, it’s not hard to see why: Lincoln epitomizes the American Dream. Coming from humble beginnings, Lincoln took responsibility for his own education and eventually... 

We’re back with reviews of Lincoln, Skyfall, Wreck-It Ralph, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Yet, no matter what we talk about, everything seems to come back to Joss Whedon. What have we been watching lately? Joss Whedon. What do we think about Disney buying Star Wars? Joss Whedon is the support for our stance. What are our thoughts on the Kevin Clash scandal? Okay, maybe that... 

With Comic-Con unfolding on the other side of the country and the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises already online, it was only a matter of time before we got the other big super-hero trailer: The Avengers. Oh, wait, we haven’t gotten that one yet (I expect we’ll see it soon too). Instead we’ve gotten the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, the reboot that brings the web-slinger back to the big... 

A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man. Has it really been long enough from the Sam Raimi / Toby Maguire Spidey movies to warrant a reboot? Sure, the third one was a bit of a dud, but the first two movies are among some of the best superhero movies we’ve seen on film, and now the studio is rebooting it with a new cast and... 

We may not have gotten to see this week’s releases in time for a show (see our Megamind review on the site and check back for our Due Date review later in the week), but we still have one heck of a show. Tim returns to talk about The Walking Dead, We kick off Margaret’s Artist of the Month pick Kevin Kline with a look at his accent in The Big Chill and I Love You To Death, and apparently...