Annette Bourdeau

I was a little taken aback when I saw the overtly male-focused trailer for What to Expect When You're Expecting. After all, What to Expect is a chick flick, right? Well, yes and no. It definitely has some major chick flick hallmarks (J-Lo! Matthew Morrison! Babies!), but it...

I was a little taken aback when I saw the overtly male-focused trailer for What to Expect When You're Expecting. After all, What to Expect is a chick flick, right? Well, yes and no. It definitely has some major chick flick hallmarks (J-Lo! Matthew Morrison! Babies!), but it...

Ah, cult leaders. So evil. So persuasive. Such great fodder for movie and TV characters! Cult leaders (and the hapless souls who follow them) have proven to be endlessly fascinating -- both on-screen and in real life. Remember when the Waco siege in the early '90s made David Koresh a...

Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are so impossibly cute together in The Five Year Engagement, it's hard to believe they've never been paired together on-screen before. (And no, Blunt's brief cameo in The Muppets doesn't count.)

In The Five Year Engagement, the two...

Steven Seagal is one complicated dude. Thankfully, Seattle-based film critic Vern has crafted a weighty tome dedicated to making sense of Hollywood's favorite ponytailed action hero. The book, aptly titled "Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal" analyzes each and every...

Joss Whedon is no stranger to scary stuff like demons, vampires, werewolves, outlaw space cowboys and creepy corporations that pimp out programmed humans, but this week's release of The Cabin in the Woods marks his first foray into the world of the big-screen horror flick.

High school can be hard enough without supernatural forces driving you crazy. Director Mary Harron ("American Psycho") brings the tribulations of an all-girls' boarding school to life as you've never seen it before in the big-screen adaptation of "The Moth Diaries," which hits theaters (in limited...

Remember when American Pie first came out, and people couldn't get enough of "It" girls Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth and Tara Reid? Thirteen years later, those three lovely ladies have largely fallen off the map (unless you count Reid's frequent mentions in gossip mags for her, um, unusual...

In the not so distant future, we'll get to see Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen playing a mother/son duo on a road trip in the upcoming flick The Guilt Trip, set to hit theatres this fall. This, to me, is inspired casting. I can't wait to see funny...

Ever wonder how terrible movies make it to the big screen, while other projects that sound amazing never see the light of day? British author David Hughes provides some great insider-y insights in his recently updated book 'Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made.'

It ain't easy being cool in Hollywood. With so much pressure to create, maintain and sell an image, it's a wonder there are any cool cats left in showbiz (more on them later). After all, many stars rely on teams of publicists and managers to tell them how to dress...

Director Darren Bousman ("Saw II-IV," "Repo: The Genetic Opera") is saying goodbye to Hollywood studios -- for his new flick "The Devil's Carnival," anyway. After he and writer Terrance Zdunich poured their hearts and souls into cult classic "Repo: The Genetic Opera" only to...

Hollywood seems intent on reviving popular '80s TV shows for the big screen these days, with varying degrees of success. Flicks like The A-Team and Miami Vice fell a bit flat, while ventures like Alvin & the Chipmunks (the first and second movies, anyway) actually lived up to the '80s...

Ever noticed that people almost always have life-altering epiphanies in movies about living or travelling abroad? This week's release, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is no exception. The dramedy stars Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench as a group of British retirees who move to an...

Itching to see Kurt Russell riding a motorcycle on the big screen again? Well, you're in for a treat, sort of.

Russell's character in the upcoming heist comedy "The Black Marks" is a motorcycle daredevil, but he's not exactly as smooth as Snake Plissken, the ultra-cool biker dude...

What is it about other people's parties that's so endlessly fascinating? We clearly like to watch others party, get crazy, loud and wild. Just look at the inexplicable popularity of shows like Jersey Shore as evidence. Because really, what else do they do besides party? Sure, they fight sometimes, which...

It's easy to see why rising young Canadian star Tyler Johnston is frequently compared to a young Tom Cruise. Aside from the uncanny physical resemblance, Johnston boasts an intangible onscreen energy that's difficult to describe but impossible to miss.

His strong performance anchors "The Odds,"...

Remember when Justin Theroux wasn't just known as Mr. Jennifer Aniston? Pre-America's Sweetheart, Theroux was quietly celebrated for his roles in movies and TV shows that have gone on to become cult classics, from "Zoolander" to "American Psycho." Now, of course, he's most frequently seen showcasing a variety...

It's no secret why Nicolas Cage is saying yes to absolutely every script he's offered these days. The man is broke. His financial woes were well publicized as he desperately sold off his array of castles, exotic pets, Caribbean islands and dinosaur skulls to avoid bankruptcy in 2009....

By now, you've probably seen the trailer for The Vow. It may very well be a decent movie. After all, Rachel McAdams has a solid track record of picking good flicks, and the subject matter is actually pretty interesting -- it's inspired by a true story about a woman who...