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Conviction was a very “serviceable” drama based on a true story. Hilary Swank stars as Betty Anne Waters, a working mom who decides to put herself through law school so she can defend her brother, Kenny (Sam Rockwell), whom she believes to be wrongfully convicted of a grisly murder.

Though it’s a far cry from the great superhero flick I was hoping for, the somewhat ungainly Iron Man 2 still qualifies as solid summer-blockbuster entertainment, thanks in large part to some well-done CGI set pieces and the cool and cocky charm of star Robert Downey, Jr.

Everybody’s Fine, the third film from Waking Ned Devine director Kirk Jones, is a remake of an Italian film of the same name.
It’s the story of Frank Goode (Robert DeNiro), a recent widower. After his children (Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, and Kate Beckinsale) all call and cancel a planned weekend, he decides to go visit [...]

While it may well be true that in space, no one can hear you scream, the question remains: can they hear you talking to yourself? The isolation of space has long been a thematic construct in the best science fiction. Moon, which stars the gifted actor Sam Rockwell in a virtual one-man show as the [...]

Even before I took my three younger nephews (ages 4, 6, and 7) to see this somewhat frantic, effects-filled kid flick about super spy guinea pigs, they were quoting one-liners from its trailers. Especially funny to them was the sight and sound of one of the rodents farting inside a tricked-out, super-fast hamster ball.

During the recent Academy Awards, Frank Langella was revered by Best Actor presenter Michael Douglas: “The pitfalls of playing a historical figure so familiar and so widely interpreted are too numerous to mention -  which is why when I viewed in amazement the new life brought to Richard Nixon by Frank Langella … the comparisons [...]

Choke, based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, stars Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini, a sex addict who purposely stuffs too much food in his gullet so people will love him. Sound messed up? It is, especially if you were a fan of the book. Director/writer Clark Gregg takes quite a [...]