Review:The size difference between Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon isn't the only thing keeping them apart in "Four Christmases."

Review:What do women want in a man? It seems he should be protective, devilishly handsome and interested in a deep and meaningful relationship. And maybe a vampire.

Review:"Synecdoche, New York," the directorial debut from acclaimed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is the most divisive movie to come out this year. There are those who love it and those who loathe it.

Review:Never mind Sasha, Malia and their pick for presidential pooch. After the slightly saccharine "Bolt," every little girl in America will get that puppy she wants.

Review:'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" should go by another title: "How to Turn an Audience Into a Sniffling, Blubbering Mess in 90 Minutes Flat." All the key components are there: a horrific, painful moment in history, a whole bunch of drama, and let's not forget the children -- the poor, naive children.

James Bond is back and more brooding than ever in "Solace," a movie I know one of my friends isn't going to dig, because apart from a couple of snazzy cell phones, it is basically gadget-free.

Mike Leigh's latest working-class dramedy is centered around the sort of person I spend most of my daily existence trying to avoid, but can't.

I couldn't help thinking of that Boyz II Men song "4 Seasons of Loneliness" while watching Wong Kar Wai's "Ashes of Time Redux."

Review:Zebras: are they black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Animated or not, with deep ponderings like this, what kid wouldn't want to sit through 90 minutes more of such philosophical fun?

Review:If there's one thing I'm going to miss about Bernie Mac, it's the way he made an art out of being profoundly profane. Not since Richard Pryor in his stand-up heyday has a performer made cursing such a beautiful thing.

Review:I've been racking my brain trying to come up with more to say about "Role Models" other than it's Judd Apatow Lite. But hey, sometimes, you just have to call 'em like you see 'em.

Review:'What Just Happened" is a rarity in the Hollywood satire genre: it's a movie told completely from the producer's perspective. But judging by the overwhelming dullness of this picture, I'm beginning to understand why movies like "Happened" haven't, well, happened in the past.

Movie Review:'Changeling" is a film that you know coming in will put you through the wringer -- and not in the compelling, you'll-be-a-better-person-for-it-in-the-end sort of way.

Not to start off this review on a clichéd note, but allow me to drop some words of wisdom from a great orator, Maze frontman Frankie Beverly:

Just as Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" and its sequels seem distinctly American, reflecting the glitz and ersatz class of Las Vegas, so Guy Ritchie's crime capers feel distinctly British.

Schlock producer/director and genius promoter William Castle was a master of the gimmick. Whether it was literally shocking patrons out of the theater seats during "The Tingler" or sending skeletons flying over their heads during "House on Haunted Hill," he had no problem packing in the public.

Movie Review:In the middle of the newest installment of the "High School Musical" series, my 5-year-old leaned over to me and whispered, "I wish I was in the movie."

Movie Review:"Pride and Glory" is an overlong saga of good and bad New York police officers battling for control, one that plays out both in back alleys and quiet suburbs.

Movie Review:You know, I never knew how bad parents had it until I sat through "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."

On a recent episode of "How I Met Your Mother," Neil Patrick Harris' resident pickup artist bets his pals he can snag a 22-year-old, even in full octogenarian makeup -- which he does.

Review:Philosophers speculated after World War II what would have happened to our planet had Adolf Hitler been a more successful painter. If he had been satisfied smearing daubs on a canvas, would a different chancellor of Germany have felt the need to smear blood across Europe?

Review:Mark Wahlberg may not be particularly fond of the impression Andy Samberg did of him on "Saturday Night Live" (in a still side-splitting sketch titled "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals").