Leslie Sisman, 04/30/12

Writer/editor, PopcornDiary.com

Based on a true story, Bernie feels like a documentary. The interviews are so real that we're not quite sure at first if we're supposed to laugh. Hollywood luster is conspicuously absent on this film... and that's one of its most appealing qualities.

Jonathan Kim, 04/27/12

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews, the Uprising Show, What the Flick?!

Why would a small town in East Texas claim that one of its residents, an assumedly gay man, should be given a lenient sentence for shooting an old woman in the back? That's a question that's only partially answered by Richard Linklater's dark comedy, Bernie.

Dan Persons, 04/30/12

Film Journalist

If truth is stranger than fiction, then can a serial killer inspired by the eminently strange writings of Edgar Allan Poe be said to be even stranger still?

Marshall Fine, 04/27/12

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

Boaz Yakin's Safe is high-octane silliness, a movie whose individual parts are greater than their sum.

Scott Mendelson, 04/27/12

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

In a film like The Avengers, which brings together strands of several prior pictures into a mostly cohesive whole, it is arguably inevitable that individual pieces will end up working better than the sum of its parts.

Alex Simon, 04/27/12

Co-editor, The Hollywood Interview.com

Shirley MacLaine sat down recently to discuss her latest cinematic outing, as well as a host of other subjects befitting one of Hollywood's great eclectic personalities. Here's what transpired.

Cynthia Ellis, 04/27/12

Writer/Journalist

Talking to Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus about their delightful new short film, Picture Paris, the conversation ranged from the intricacies of Parisian culture to the hilarious masturbation episode of Seinfeld.

E. Nina Rothe, 04/27/12

Global Culture Explorer

Ultimately, The Virgin, the Copts and Me is about what it portrays but also what it conveys. Each audience member at that screening came away with a very personal feeling. Mine was a resolve to continue to believe in the magical power of cinema.

Annette Bourdeau, 04/26/12

Journalist

Segel and Blunt's perfect pairing got me thinking about other memorable movie couples who had amazing on-screen chemistry. I'm not just talking about "Oh, they're cute together!" couples -- I mean a "Wow, I want to watch them banter forever!" kind of movie couple.

Rick Mele, 04/26/12

Writer, film critic, sports fan

Since Jason Statham's ends-justify-the-means methods often trend towards large-scale mayhem and wanton destruction, it got me thinking: Would you really be appreciably safer under Jason Statham's care? As a public service, we broke down who might want to seek out Statham's help, and who might want to seek cover.

Peter Paige, 04/25/12

Actor and Director

There are no more movie stars. I blame TMZ and its reality show brethren, who have taken all the mystery out of celebrity. In movie-making, like pretty much every other business, the paradigm has changed, and we must respond accordingly.

Charlotte Robinson, 04/26/12

Broadcast journalist and host, 'OUTTAKE VOICES'

I talked with Australian director Anne Renton about her new, must-see film, The Perfect Family, starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, and Jason Ritter. The film premiered to critical acclaim at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.

Fabio Parasecoli, 04/26/12

Associate professor and coordinator of food studies, New School - NYC

Julie Dash's masterpiece cannot be considered a "food movie" per se. It does not embrace the "food porn" aesthetics that tend to identify the genre.

Nico Lang, 04/26/12

Co-Creator and Co-Editor, In Our Words

Steve Harvey doesn't value women's power enough to allow them to be their own women. We should take his own advice and not put up with this. We should think like people who know they deserve better.