Joyful Noise

Warner Brothers

Rated PG-13 for profanity and a sexual reference.

Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton Co-Star in Gospel-Driven Musical Drama

When choir director Bernard Sparrow (Kris Kristofferson) passes away unexpectedly, Pastor Dale (Courtney B. Vance) finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. Should he promote the…

The Artist

The Weinstein Company

Rated PG-13 for a crude gesture and a disturbing image.

Fading Star Falls for Emerging Ingénue in B&W Homage to Silent Era

It is 1927, and George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is at the height of a flourishing career as a matinee idol. But…

Kam’s Annual Assessment Of The Cream Of The Cinematic Crop

The standout flick of 2011 is The Artist, a silent love song that can nonetheless be heard by all who enjoy film. If you’ve been motivated to read this Top 100 list, you are undoubtedly among those devoted…

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Paramount Pictures

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action sequences.

Cruise And Company Go Undercover For Dangerous Assignment In Russia

Before he could intercept a courier carrying the activation codes for Russia’s nuclear devices, an American spy (Josh Hollaway) is slain in Budapest, Hungary, by…

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Columbia Pictures

Rated R for rape, torture, brutal violence, profanity, frontal nudity and graphic sexuality.

Fincher Makes First-Rate Adaptation of Grisly Swedish Crime Saga

Mikael Blomqvist (Daniel Craig) resigns from his position as editor of Millennium Magazine after being unable to substantiate the…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Focus Features

Rated R for violence, profanity, sexuality and nudity.

It’s Spy vs. Spy in Adaptation of John le Carre Cold War Thriller

Dateline: Budapest, 1973. It is the height of the Cold War and British spy Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) has been dispatched behind…

Russell Simmons was among the handful of celebrities making a daily show of support of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) via a very visible presence on the ground in lower Manhattan and other cities. But since the police began banning and bulldozing the group’s campsites all across the country, it…

New Year’s Eve

Warner Brothers Pictures

Rated PG-13 for profanity and sexual references.

New Yorkers Search For Love In Serendipitous Romantic Comedy

It is unavoidable that this picture would be compared to the similarly-structured Valentine’s Day and Love Actually, given how both of those romantic comedies also revolve around…

The Descendants

Fox Searchlight

Rated R for profanity and sexual references.

Clooney Seeks Redemption As Regretful Patriarch In Dysfunctional Family Drama

Attorney Matt King (George Clooney) traces his lineage back to the 19th Century marriage of the last Hawaiian monarch to a European missionary. Today, as the family…

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Summit Entertainment

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality, disturbing images, mature themes and partial nudity.

Latest Vampire Episode More Campy Than Scary

Taking a page out of the Harry Potter playbook, the soon-to-expire Twilight Saga is extending itself by splitting…