Stellan Skarsgard

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Stephen Daldry Starring Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, John Goodman, Viola Davis Warner//Rated PG-13//Drama//129 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and digital...

If there were some kind of cinematic mad lib invented for maximum potential art house outrage, Danish filmmaker/provocateur Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” -- with a cast including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Uma...

Director David Fincher's deluxe edition of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is the most coldly compelling version yet of the tale dreamed up by the late Stieg Larsson, whose "Millennium" trilogy of pulp novels remains the time-killer of choice in...

If you've seen the predecessors to “The Avengers” — “Iron Man” (2008), the Edward Norton version of “The Incredible Hulk” (2008), “Iron Man 2” (2010), “Thor” (2011) and “Captain...

What do you get when you take the director (Joss Whedon) best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer – and you give him $220 million to make a movie? Oh, and he’s seen Transformers, because there’s a lot of stuff that looks like it was taken...

Mr. Board was bored watching a movie based on a board game. Although I think it’s false to keep stating in reviews and press releases that this is based on the Hasboro game. It’s an alien invasion film with battleships. Other than missiles...

Going into "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," I felt confident that the film was going to play a major role in this year's Best Picture Oscar race. It's directed by David Fincher hot off "The Social Network" (and reuniting him with actress Rooney Mara...

Depression finally seems to have brought out the best in Lars von Trier: “Melancholia” is his strongest work in a while, a devastatingly beautiful, operatic mixture of all his signature themes and visual schemes. Doom is certain from the start. This is,...

Depression finally seems to have brought out the best in Lars von Trier: “Melancholia” is his strongest work in a while, a devastatingly beautiful, operatic mixture of all his signature themes andvisual schemes. Doom is certain from the start....

now playing "The Adventures of Tintin 3D" (PG-13). Directed by Steven Spielberg, this animated tale is about a young reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell), and his faithful dog, Snowy, who face numerous adventures while fighting off shady characters. With...

Come to the land of the ice and snow/From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow… These lyrics start off Led Zeppelin’s third album, and they start of the American version of the Nordic tale The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. This version...