Matt Sayles Tim Burton Director Tim Burton arrives at the premiere of “Dark Shadows” in Los Angeles, Monday, May 7, 2012. “Dark Shadows” opens in theaters May 11, 2012. Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:00 pm | Updated: 4:06 pm, Mon May 14, 2012. 5 favorite Tim Burton movies Associated Press | 0 comments LOS ANGELES [...]

Bobcat Goldthwait is many things to many people. He was that guy from the “Police Academy” movies and the celebrated stand-up comic who lit Jay Leno’s chair on fire on national television. He was fired from “Hollywood Squares” and his memorable cartoon voice has graced shows as varied as “The Tick” and “Lilo Stitch.” He’s [...]

Photo by Photo Credit: ILM/Universal Pict UNIVERSAL PICTURES / ASSOCIATED PRESS An alien invader attacks in a scene from “Battleship.” And, yes, it’s just as goofy as it sounds. Photo by Photo Credit: ILM/Universal Pict UNIVERSAL PICTURES / ASSOCIATED PRESS Pop singer Rihanna is one of the stars of “Battleship,” a movie derived from a [...]

When did Peter Berg become Michael Bay’s smarter brother? ‘Battleship’ Fair: Director: Peter Berg. Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Liam Neeson. Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language. Sometime between “Friday Night Lights” — Berg directed the film and developed the brilliant television series — and his new movie “Battleship,” [...]

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language. Running time: 131 minutes. Two-and-a-half stars out of four. This is big, dumb fun that knows it’s big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature. Director Peter Berg has crafted an almost fetishistic homage to Michael Bay — like [...]

“Casablanca” is widely considered one of the greatest movies of all time, and now a whole new audience will have the chance to “like” it — Warner Brothers will stream the film on Facebook on Wednesday in honor of its 70th anniversary.Humphrey Bogart and Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman in a scene from the 1943 classic [...]

BEIJING, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Youku Inc. /quotes/zigman/2786183/quotes/nls/yoku YOKU -1.23% , China’s leading Internet television company (“Youku”), announced today that the micro-movie “Walker,” produced by Youku for its “Beautiful 2012″ campaign, has been selected to screen on the closing night of Critics Week at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. The 25-minute “Walker”, [...]

How wonderful that Baron Cohen makes us identify with the aggressor, too, rooting for Aladeen to outwit the man (an unbilled actor I won’t reveal) who kidnaps and tortures him—starting with shaming the torturer for his outdated instruments. The now beardless dictator takes refuge in a crunchy New York food co-op store overseen by a [...]

Bobcat Goldthwait is many things to many people. He was that guy from the “Police Academy” movies and the celebrated stand-up comic who lit Jay Leno’s chair on fire on national television. He was fired from “Hollywood Squares” and his memorable cartoon voice has graced shows as varied as “The Tick” and “Lilo Stitch.” He’s [...]

Right now, if you want to watch a fictionalized version of the story of Steve Jobs, you have one option: the so-so 1999 teleflick Pirates of Silicon Valley, with Noah Wyle as Apple’s cofounder. Before too long, though, there will be two fresh new choices: an independent biopic from Five Star Features and one from [...]