The Help and its box office, oscar potential for Viola Davis in supporting or lead, romantic comedies, deeper implications and or charges of racism in The Help

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Andy Serkis' potential Oscar chances, the rigid Academy, The Help, The Whistleblower and a meditation on the boomer generation...

Phil Contrino is back -- Harry Potter's box office, Captain America, Cowboys and Aliens and why Sasha never goes to see movies.

Box office and Best Picture chances of Harry Potter -- and that pesky 5%, powerful women in Hollywood, the demise of video stores and carmageddon!

Fourth of July and the fleeting American dream. Larry Crown, Casey Anthony and various other ramblings.

Transformers 3 box office predictions, Michael Bay - genius or hack? Upcoming projects with George Clooney, LA Film Festival.

Drive, Ryan Gosling, the LA Film Festival, Diablo Cody and various other sorts of things - like Phil walking out of the Green Lantern because it was so bad.

We talk way too much about Blake Lively's nude photos! But also Super 8 and potential Oscar Best Picture nominees!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Part II, The Best Picture race and that 5% and more.

Post Oscar fallout - Viola Davis and Meryl Streep, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ryan Seacrest and more...