Don Cheadle’s character, Samir Horn, is a man conflicted. He’s Middle-Eastern yet also a US citizen; he’s a concerted Muslim but also a pragmatist; he helps to further terrorist goals but works for the CIA. So when Samir turns to his girlfriend at one point in Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s directorial debut, Traitor, and says “the truth is complicated,” he’s definitely [...]

His role as faux film director Damien Cockburn in Tropic Thunder was fleeting and forgettable, but Brit funnyman Steve Coogan is the sacrilegious heart and soul of Hamlet 2, a film as offbeat, laughable and endearing as the play it portrays. As the failed actor, Dana Marschz, who resorts to teaching high school drama in Arizona, Coogan is positively hysterical, [...]

As pointed and uncomplicated as its title, Death Race is a pure sadistic smash-em-up that provides some of the most explosive, gratuitous fun at the box office this summer. Based on the 1975 original, Death Race 2000, Paul W. S. Anderson’s take on the material isn’t a remake, but a solid update to the dystopian tale of vehicular [...]

When you hit an amusement park, you can expect to encounter a wide range of rides, each with its own story and unique experience. There’s the old-fashioned mine ride, alongside the flashy adventure coaster, set next to the dark and creepy slow-goer. Some amusements are more fun than others, but the variety and excitement usually [...]