The Dallas Film Society rolled out plans for their annual Art Of Film gala, with John Lithgow tapped as their 2011 honoree. Lithgow, celebrating his fortieth year as a film actor, will be interviewed onstage by critic Elvis Mitchell during the gala dinner and reception at Fair Park on November 18. A full slate of [...]

What’s the secret to making a movie about a very “inside baseball” book interesting to non-fans? Cast Brad Pitt in the lead, and give Aaron Sorkin a crack at the script… .

Bill Conlon’s take on the final Twilight film adaptation has been sparing in letting fans and curious onlookers into the look and feel of the last on-screen hurrah of Edward, Bella and Jacob. That ends today, as the full theatrical trailer for Part 1 of “Breaking Dawn” hits the Web: Conlon broke the book into [...]

At times gripping, others head-scratching, “Warrior” wants to wrap up daddy issues and throw them into the octagon. Devin Pike talks about his new man-crushes, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, with Matt Mungle on Reel Geniuses…

The human race stares down the barrel of viral extinction. A top-notch cast and Steven Soderbergh’s low-key treatment make “Contagion” a Fall must-see… .

Now that the furor has died down from “The Social Network,” word around the campfire had Aaron Sorkin taking a stab at cable news pundits, with a close eye on Keith Olbermann and his travails with MSNBC. The project, which still doesn’t have an official name, has been picked up by HBO for a run [...]

If you’re an action or sci-fi fan, you owe it to yourself to get to a theater and see “Attack The Block.” It’s witty, fast-paced, original, and one of the best movies you’ll see this year… .

Is there such a thing as too much McBride? Can Eisenberg’s hair be saved? When is a disposable comedy just enough? Devin Pike and Matt Mungle look at “30 Minutes Or Less” on “Reel Geniuses”…

People were buzzing about the first trailer for David Fincher’s Americanized “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” in June – not only for the visual assault of quick cuts giving no narrative cohesion and still looking completely compelling, but for the Trent Reznor and Karen O cover of Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song.” Seattle’s 107.7 [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard any updates on the inevitable 21st Century update of “Hong Kong Phooey,” so I had almost forgotten it was even out there. That is, until the notice came down the pipeline today that the voice of Penrod “Penry” Pooch had been cast. The actor stepping into Scatman Crothers’ [...]