Ask any good chef: why do some recipes work, while others, with the very same ingredients, do not? Ah, but it's the QUALITY of the ingredients that matters, that chef will probably...

In the 17 years since "Swingers," Vince Vaughn has cultivated the comedic persona of an obnoxious and insensitive boor, so it may come as a surprise to learn that "Delivery Man"...

It was 30 years ago when he last filmed a concert special.   Now he's gone and done it again. "Bill Cosby: Far From Finished" finds this king of comedy onstage in...

A considerable upgrade over the first "Hunger Games" movie, "Catching Fire" comes across more like a remake than a sequel.   In the adaptation of the second installation...

Fans outraged that a sequel to a beloved holiday film is in the works are no longer out in the cold.   A spokeswoman for Paramount Pictures, who owns the rights to "It's a Wonderful...

Outfitted with delicious wit and a forbearing tone, the charm of screenwriter Bob Nelson's Midwest-set dramedy, "Nebraska," is rooted in its clever dialogue and novel approach to...

It's not always easy being an Oscar-winner.   When Jennifer Lawrence returned to the set of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" after winning the best-actress Academy Award for...

Veteran TV comedy writer Janis Hirsch is used to her words entertaining millions of viewers. But the letter she scrawled in early 1964 as a hospitalized teenager was intended to comfort an audience of...

Commercials director Fredrik Bond makes a promising feature debut with "Charlie Countryman" a fanciful crime-drama / romance that gratifyingly eschews strict genre...

It seems quite apt that "The Best Man Holiday," a film about a reunion of old friends, feels just like going to an actual reunion. In ways both bad and good.   A reunion, you see,...