Scott Mendelson, 05/16/12

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

The way Joss Whedon and company present their female superheros merits acknowledgment primarily because of what they don't do. In short, they don't draw one damn bit of attention to it.

Kindred Howard, 05/16/12

Founder, FAMILY UPWARD: Marriage, Parent, & Family Life Coaching

A life that began in destitution and illness in Ethiopia leads to a new home and family in the US -- and a role playing Jennifer Lopez' son in her latest film.

Marshall Fine, 05/16/12

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

Maiwenn Le Besco's Polisse is tough and compelling, a police drama with no real plot but, rather, a snapshot slice-of-life of a group of Paris cops coping with what may be the most demanding assignment on the force.

Paul Iorio, 05/15/12

Freelance writer/reporter

So you want to make a movie -- a hit movie, no less -- in the 2010s, one that truly captures the zeitgeist of pop culture in the Tens? Here are ten Tens trends that all should consider when making a new movie:

Mike Kaplan, 05/15/12

Producer; Documentary director; Actor; Award-winning poster designer

Todd McCarthy had just flown in from Sundance, where he had seen Room 237. He found the film pretty wild and weird with accounts of The Shining's hidden meanings.

Jonathan Kim, 05/14/12

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews, the Uprising Show, What the Flick?!

Bobcat Goldthwait is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. At least, the two main characters of his dark comedy God Bless America won't.

James Franco, 05/14/12

Actor and author

At a carnival, inside a fun house or around a campfire, the recitation of disturbing information serves to create a certain mood. Basically, New Orleans is an amusement park where you can get killed.

Cindy Waitt and Dr. Alan Heisterkamp, 05/15/12

You don't have to be a filmmaker to stand up to bullies. We can all do something, as parents, educators, volunteers, students, and schools to help stop them in their tracks, or at the very least, decrease the day to day incidents that put our kids and families at risk.

Phil Campbell, 05/15/12

Writer, author

How often does that happen to a non-famous person? What did I possibly do for such a thing to happen to me? I've asked those questions of myself a lot lately, and I may have an answer.

George Heymont, 05/13/12

San Francisco-based arts critic

Despite the tendency of many Americans to think that the whole world revolves around them, the phenomenon of bullying takes place in any society where power games lead to one person attempting to dominate another.

Jackie K. Cooper, 05/15/12

Film Critic

The problem with Dark Shadows is that it is not a comedy. It isn't a drama either. It is part camp and part horror flick and none of it works.

Leslie Sisman, 05/15/12

Writer/editor, PopcornDiary.com

Based on the 1960s-era cult-classic TV soap opera, Dark Shadows has a whole basket of nutty plot details, punctuated at every turn by 200 years of wacky time-warp humor.

Ioannis Pappos, 05/14/12

Writer, management consultant and fisherman

"Capitalism is not natural, it's just brainwashed into us," Antonino D'Ambrosio, director and producer of Let Fury Have The Hour, tells me. Political art impacts our consciousness, it can change our votes. It redirects anger.

Maddy Lederman, 05/15/12

Writer, filmmaker

My fascination with Peeta feels wrong. Besides being fictional, he's 30 years younger than me and already in love with a girl/goddess his own age.