The Academy has announced its 15 finalists for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, and we know one film that can be eliminated right off the bat… Here’s a hint: it stars Keanu Reeves.

Looking back during its DVD release, the film is still holding up as one of the better films of the year and easily the first great film of 2008.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

Nothing like showing up blasted to a press event for a children’s movie, eh Mr. Nolte?

If you’re opting to see it without the munchkins in tow, you might want to knock back a few and have fun in the fantasy world.

Seeing how the film has already received a 76 percent approval at Rottentomatoes, this is an early contender for the most overrated film of the early year. Apparently it was okay, for once, for critics to check their brains in at the door. I guess I didn’t get the memo.

The writers strike is over, finally, and we have a number of new flicks rolling out on Thursday and getting an early jump on the weekend.

We continue our week-long feature of Paramount’s Spiderwick Chronicles, a film that has twice the Freddie Highmore for the same price.

Today we start our coverage of our featured film of the week. In between Jackie Moon, we get a little magic thanks to Paramount’s The Spiderwick Chronicles.

We’ve already rolled through Universal and Walt Disney, so now it’s time to talk about Paramount Pictures’ lineup for 2008.

Rounding out Paramount’s lineup for the first two months of the year is a little Fantasy movie that could be a surprise hit.

Three of the biggest movies of 2008 will have real-live trailers soon — or so we think.