By Carter Friend 10. The A-Team ??? I had never seen The A-Team television series before seeing the movie, so I honestly had no idea what to expect from it. What I got was one of the best, funniest summer action movies I had seen in a while. This movie is pure popcorn entertainment an

By Carter Friend A lot of people probably looked at the trailer for The Fighter and thought it was just gonna be a cheap knock-off of Rocky. That+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s what I thought originally. Then when word came out that the movie was actually really good, I had higher expectations. Luckily, tho

By Carter Friend Darren Aronofsky is a huge up and coming director, having directed one of the best reviewed films of 2008, The Wrestler. Now he has two more movies out (that are actually competing with each other at the box office right now) that are also getting a lot of love from c

By Carter Friend The Coen brothers are famous for making Oscar-type movies. Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, and A Serious Man all were adored by critics, and that is not even half of their film roster. So if anyone would be able to remake True Grit

10. Clash of the Titans: Warner Bros.??? remake of the cult classic did far better than expected, grossing +ACQ-493.2 million worldwide. Warners??? decision to convert the film to 3D was a smart one, since it boosted overall grosses. Domestically, the movie grossed +ACQ-163.2 million. Interna

By Carter Friend To this day, Meet the Parents is one of my favorite comedies of all time. There are so many classic scenes and it???s the kind of movie that I could watch over and over again without getting bored. Then in 2004, Meet the Fockers happened. I had such high hopes for it

I have to say westerns are making a comeback in a big way. I+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-ve noticed this all year, and a little bit of last year. I+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-m glad that they are coming back, because they+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-ve been gone for far too long. Every now and then we will get a cool new western movie, but back in

By Carter Friend James L. Brooks is probably best known for working on The Simpsons, but he has directed his fair share of movies as well. They range from the well-received to the poor received, but his latest film, How Do You Know, falls somewhere in-between. The plot is typical roma

The year???s best feature films according to 1. ???The Social Network.??? 2. ???The King???s Speech.??? 3. ???Black Swan.??? 4. ???I Am Love.??? 5. ???Winter???s Bone.??? 6. ???Inception.??? 7. ???The Secret in their Eyes.??? aka the movie that somehow beat the masterpieces The White

FREEDOM By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus +ACY-amp+ADs Giroux, +ACQ-28. The author of ???The Corrections??? is back, not quite a decade later, with an even richer and deeper work ??? a vividly realized narrative set during the Bush years, when the creedal legacy of ???personal liberties??? ass