What I Learned at the Movies This Summer

For Rolling Stone, I put together a little report of the lessons learned from this summer's box office. For example, people will go see Christopher Nolan movies. Also, people will go see movies with women in them. And although people in the U.S. may not care about Transformers sequels, the rest of the world still does. You can read the whole thing here.

'pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides' review

The initial reviews suggest I'm all by lonesome in thinking that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides stinks. Folks, I think it stinks really bad. I explain why over at Screen International.

pirates of the caribbean: at world's end

This third Pirates is more ho-hum than yo ho ho.

people like johnny depp as a pirate

The Pirates of the Caribbean sequel is making a ton of dough, but isn't so good. Elsewhere in my Consumables column, I tackle Superman Returns, the Dixie Chicks, the Arctic Monkeys and other fun entertainment items.