Mark Ruffalo

THOR: RAGNAROK IS EFFERVESCENT & IRREVERENT – Movie Review
THOR: RAGNAROK bursts onto screen, effervescent and irreverent, brimming with confidence, flare, panache, and a bunch other adjectives that all add up to a movie that is raucous, rambunctious, and riotously funny. Entertaining as hell is another way to put it. It’s also a little thin, which should be a

SPOTLIGHT Movie Review – Heroes of the Fourth Estate
SPOTLIGHT: A reminder of how journalism can shed light on hidden, uncomfortable truths and help force social, cultural and political change.

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Movie Review – Less Than the Sum of its Manufactured Parts
The third cautionary tale, albeit a pulpy, comic-book one, about the pitfalls and perils of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in as many months (e.g., Ex Machina, Chappie), Avengers: Age of Ultron, the not unexpected, over-marketed sequel to 2012’s The Avengers (Disney/Marvel had more than $1.5 billion reasons for making a follow-up

Oscar Watching: No Indie Spirits GAME
The Independent Spirit Award nominations hit on Tuesday, and as always, they’re a hot topic of conversation. Birdman leads with six nominations, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Selma are just behind with five bids each. But eligible awards contenders like The Imitation Game and Wild were nowhere to be found. It’s

FOXCATCHER Movie Review – Or the American Dream Exposed
More than just a true-crime story or a character study, FOXCATCHER exposes the central lie of the American Dream.

Oscar Watching: We’ve Only Just Begun
The “official” kickoff of the awards season may have been last week, but it more or less showed us that Robert Duvall, Chris Rock, and Shailene Woodley will hit the campaign trail harder than we expected… Regardless, the awards part of awards season kicks off over the next two weeks.

Oscar Watching: J.C. Chandor for AFI
J.C. Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR will kick off the AFI Film Festival. How will this affect its Oscar chances?

Oscar Watching: TOP FIVE for Top Awards?
Chris Rock’s Top Five seemed to be more of a commercial prospect when distributors were fighting for get U.S. rights at the Toronto International Film Festival. However, winning bidder Paramount might also have Oscar on the mind: Five hits select locations on Dec. 5 and theaters nationwide the following weekend.

Oscar Watching: IMITATION over EVERYTHING
Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game took the Toronto International Film Festival’s audience award earlier this week. The film won over runners-up Isabel Coixet’s Learning to Drive and Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent; people had pegged James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything as a contender, too. Gold Derby reports that 25 of

Oscar Watching: Toronto Wins in THEORY
David Dobkin’s The Judge – starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall – was the first film to, officially, make its case at the Toronto International Film Festival when it kicked off the fest last Thursday night. Well, the jury reached a guilty verdict… Enough courtroom puns, though – what

Oscar Watching: No Imitating at Telluride
The Oscar race moves on as the Telluride Film Festival ends and the Toronto Film Festival begins.

Oscar Watching: FOXCATCHER for the Win?
Last time I checked in, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave had just taken best picture, best supporting actress for Lupita Nyong’o, and best adapted screenplay for John Ridley. Of course, quite a bit has changed since then; it’s time to look ahead to this year’s Oscars, but not without

BEGIN AGAIN – Once Was Almost Enough
Begin Again – Two times the music well might have been one time too many.

Counting Down the Best Marvel Movies
Marvel has become the jewel of Hollywood with their films. How do they stack up against each other?

Oscar Watching: So, FOXCATCHER Isn’t Happening…
Another twist hit awards-watchers last week as Sony Pictures Classics bumped Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher out of its 2013 lineup – and not too long after an impressive teaser leaked. Maybe SPC simply wants its potential Oscar pony to avoid the current best picture front-runner. As Sasha Stone of Awards Daily

Oscar Watching: Seeing Life Through Multiple Lenses
As if it needed another boost, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave won the Toronto International Film Festival’s audience award. The runners-up were Stephen Frears’ Philomena and Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners. Expect the latter to be the big ticket this weekend as its only new competition comes in the form of