It dazzled me but didn't affect me. That would be my seven-word review for War of the Worlds.

Globe and Mail reviewer Liam Lacey gives War of the Worlds three stars.

Deepa Mehta's new film Water will get the opening-night gala slot at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.

The Toronto Star story says Mehta is "best known for her 2002 satiric romp Bollywood, Hollywood ...".

What a mediocre piece of crap to be best known for. If you haven't seen it, don't. If you want to watch a great Indian wedding film, rent Monsoon Wedding.

The American Film Institute released its top 100 movie lines of all time. Rhett Butler's "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" (from Gone with the Wind), was number one.

The Wachowski brothers will launch Vendetta on Nov. 4 -- the day before the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes day.

The possible connection is their film is about the overthrowal of a corrupt, fascistic British government -- and blowing up Parliament in the process.

An NYT review of a new film that studies the lives of four members of the working poor class in the United States.

The maverick auteur behind a 1970s cult classic is set to rise again.

What is going to put butts in seats for midnight showings in theatres? One New York movie house, the IFC Center, is grappling with that issue.

Robert Greenwald stirred the pot with his call to ordinary citizens to help him with his movie about Wal-Mart by not just contributing content but also by acting as mini-distributors.

From time to time, I'm going to revisit some of the classic gangster films of the 1980s and onward. Donnie Brasco will be the lead-off film.