Ed Yerke-Robins

War films starring active Navy Seals, Albanian blood feuds, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Perry, Iranian exposes & The Comedic Cult of Paul Rudd. This weekend's releases have it all!

It's your last chance to cram for the Oscars with Academy-sponsored symposiums & the nominated films on the big screen. This weekend marks another big one for Oscar's redheaded stepbrother Razzie, but we found some glaring omissions.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance has Nic Cage running on crazy in human form, before turning into a flaming skeleton with a whip. Then get your mind out of the gutter with Studio Ghibli's latest.

Female Trouble navigates a minefield of queer experimental film. Then, BYOB(anana) for the Egyptian's Planet of the Apes marathon and BYOB(one) for Everything is Terrible's DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez! mixtape at Cinefamily.

As Cupid draws his arrow, Hollywood releases romantic cash-in The Vow. Return embodies a soldier's conflict continuing long after coming off the battlefield. Then, a love letter to The Phantom Menace upon its re-release.

This Valentine's weekend, remember it isn't the size of the short that counts, but how it puts its frames to use. For feature length lovers, there's Cinefamily's Seven Days of Valentines and many more. See you (making out) at the movies!

Something called a "Super Bowl" intercepts many venues' schedules this weekend. See the big game on the big screen, Bigfoot at the New Bev or big scares in the anthology The Theatre Bizarre!

The Grey pits Liam Neeson vs. wolves vs. PETA! Meanwhile, Man on a Ledge hangs Sam Worthington out to dry. In limited release, we review Brazilian Oscar submission Lula, Son of Brazil.

Get Spirited Away with a 20-year retrospective from Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli! Then, LACMA celebrates 100 years of Paramount Pictures, starting with an off-beat 70s dramedy & a 30s screwball comedy.

This weekend brings a black blockbuster from George Lucas, a gritty crime thriller from Mexico and a reflection on 9/11 through the eyes of an autistic boy. Oh, and another Underworld movie.