What's summer at the movie theater without car chases, superheroes, pyrotechnics, zombies and fight scenes? Action movies and superheroes are dominating the hottest season once again, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Comic book fans should enjoy 2013's blockbuster season with the return of Iron Man in "

By now, most of you are familiar with President Obama's "Star Wars"/"Star Trek" flub in a White House briefing room Q&A period.

"So ultimately, if (Senate Minority leader) Mitch McConnell or (House Speaker) John Boehner say, `We need to go to catch a plane,' I can't have Secret...

It was a night of ups and downs at the 85th Annual Academy Awards: newbie Oscars host Seth MacFarlane delivered hit-or-miss jokes, some speeches were dull and others made us laugh, and the musical performances struck a chord or fell flat.

In the rather...

"Argo"

Nominated For: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Best Film Editing, Best Music, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Adapted Screenplay

What's It About? Based on the real-life Iranian revolution of the late 1970s and early 1980s, "Argo" focuses on six American...

Ever since the immeasurable success of Nicholas Sparks' novel-turned-movie "The Notebook," audiences have been chomping at the bit for more, more, more. Appropriately opening on Valentine's Day, "Safe Haven" is this week's offering from the schmaltzy author.

From "The Last Song" to "A Walk to Remember,"...

"Django Unchained"

Nominated For: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino)

What's It About? A German bounty hunter (Waltz), out searching for two slave owners in the American South, comes across a slave, Django...

"Lincoln"

Nominated For: Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field), Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay (Tony Kushner), Costume Design, Film Editing and Best Original Score.

What's It...

It's widely known that the Golden Globes nominating committee, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, puts forward some strange contenders -- Johnny Depp for Best Actor in "The Tourist" and "Alice In Wonderland" for Best Picture in 2010 -- and this year is no exception.

Notably, how can two...

Adapting novels (especially epic ones) to screen is often an arduous task -- the director must ensure that he/she stays true to the original material, while giving it a stamp of his/her own particular style. The cast, to some extent, must also be willing to adjust to that vision.

In one of the biggest movie studio purchases in history, Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind the blockbuster "Star Wars" franchise. The payment will be made with both cash and stock -- around 40 million shares.

Lucasfilm's chairman, founder and owner...

As the year winds down and summer draws to a close, it seems like action really picks up at the theater.

Whether you're looking for a blockbuster action film ("Skyfall," the next long-anticipated movie in the Bond series) or a kick-ass martial arts joint ("The Man With The Iron...

In the trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises," a calm and confident Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) tells Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) that "there's a storm coming." While she may not have been talking about this summer's slate of action and sci-fi movies, the quote does lend itself well to the...

"Margin Call"

Nominated For: Best Original Screenplay

What's It About: "Margin Call" follows a group of employees (Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley) at an investment firm as they try to navigate their way through a financial crisis. It also looks at...