Is this the biggest movie weekend of the year? Possibly! You'll never get to all these openings in a couple of days, but two sure-fire Oscar contenders - All is Lost and 12 Years a Slave - should be at the top of your must-see list.
From disaster in Earth orbit to death in the Himalayas, to gunshots in Dallas, this week's top new movies serve up some pretty tough meat. Luckily there's at least one new comedy to lighten things up.
Pornography and cannibalism are the subjects of two interesting new movies this week, but it may be time to see a true classic: The Wizard of Oz is in IMAX3-D theaters through this weekend; it was in the top ten moneymakers last weekend. Go see it for the popping poppies and flying monkeys.
Miriam Colon isn't just the star of Bless Me, Ultima, a gentle soul of a film set in a New Mexico Latino community during World War II. She's also something of a prophet on its behalf, urging more films like this one that, quite literally, calls from the wilderness with a story of America's rich…
The week after Labor Day is always one of the slowest movie times of the year, and that explains why this week's top pick is a documentary about an author who disappeared from the public eye more than 40 years ago. Of course, that guy also happens to be one of the most fascinating figures of the…