BigScreen Journal

In keeping with the holiday that's about to happen, horror movie "Saw IV" is appearing in the most number of screens this weekend. In its fourth installment, the fan base for this movie...

The most highly publicized movie opening today is Reese Witherspoon's "Rendition," which is about a woman whose husband is accused of links to terrorism by the government and...

The box office is very crowded this weekend, as the late-summer/early-fall duldrums are pretty much over.George Clooney leads everyone out of the gate with "Michael Clayton," a movie about...

Ben Stiller stars in the remake "The Heartbreak Kid" this weekend, where he plays a man with a fear of commitment that finally takes the plunge and marries a girl he barely knows. However,...

The two major releases this weekend are Jamie Foxx's "The Kingdom" and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in "The Game Plan." The first is a heavy drama about a group of FBI...

These days, it's difficult to complain about the wide array of genres available in movie theaters, even though the actual movies taking up spots in those genres may be of variable quality. While...

Jodie Foster returns to the big screen this weekend in "The Brave One," as a woman who is assaulted and decides that revenge is the best way to deal with her feelings. The Oscar buzz has...

There is quite an eclectic choice of movies this weekend! Of the 11 new releases, there are three major (highly publicized) and the rest are seeing very limited releases in the hopes of opening wider...

Back in 1978, director John Carpenter introduced us to Michael Myers and debuted a new era in horror. Here we are, almost 30 years later, and 7 sequels and/or remakes have been done. Rob Zombie is...

Hollywood starlet Scarlett Johansson stars in "The Nanny Diaries," which opens today, as a New York University student who goes to work for a very dysfunctional family on the Upper East...

Stay for the credits of Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille" and you will be treated to some special sequences tied to the movie. Photo © Copyright Disney/Pixar If you're the type...

The widest release of the weekend is the teen comedy "Superbad," starring Michael Cera and Jonah Hill as two friends headed off to college, but who desire to get some beer for a party and...

New Line Cinema is throwing everything they have into the sequel "Rush Hour 3" which brings back Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as two mismatched cops out to get the bad guys. This time,...

The third installment of the very popular and successful Jason Bourne franchise, "The Bourne Ultimatum," is hitting theaters today. It should have no problem obliterating last week's...

The movie seems about five years too late, but "The Simpsons Movie" hits the big screen today, poised to reign supreme over Adam Sandler fans and weary-eyed-from-all-that-reading Harry...

I received an E-Mail from Netflix today, saying that they received the movie I put in the mail yesterday (Blood Diamond), and that the next movie in my queue would be sent shortly. So I went to the...

Last weekend's box office race wasn't even close. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" surprised no one by taking the top spot with $77 million over the weekend, pushing its...

Even though it opened on Wednesday, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the movie of the weekend. It's in the most screens, backed by the largest marketing push, and it has...

We're a little short on new releases this weekend, but that's primarily because of the holiday that landed right in the middle of this week. Both "Transformers" and "License to...

The big release this weekend is the Disney/Pixar collaboration "Ratatouille," which opens today. This one's an easy call, though, as Pixar hasn't had a bad movie release (which is...