There’s an old saying that, if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Unfortunately, with the current crop of effluence pouring out of Hollywood , this weekly column would...

If you have $50 million to waste on a movie about military airplanes, here’s a tip: Maybe it would be a good idea to hire a couple of people who have actually flown them.

Today, the Phantom is going to do something he’s never done before.  While he tries to catch as many current movies as possible, occasionally a movie will get by him.  Fortunately...

To be honest, the Phantom had no idea what this movie was going to be about.  The title would lead you to believe that coconuts and scantily-clad women would be in abundance.

It’s a shame that Hollywood can’t come up with a better way to promote their movies than to show misleading snippets of the film in TV commercials and theater trailers.

Forget about the hype surrounding “TomKat,” the overexposed “love” relationship between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Ignore the mindless warbling of the star’s diatribes about drugs and... 

Yes, it’s bad form to rub it in when you’re right about something, but no one deserves to have their noses rubbed in it more than the movie moguls currently engaged in trying to run Hollywood...

It’s quite simple. Ron Howard is one of the best movie directors in the history of cinema. The director of such great movies as “Backdraft,” “Cocoon,” “Apollo 13,” and “A Beautiful Mind,”... 

A story about a disgraced former football player who goes to jail, puts together a football team comprised of inmates, and plays a football team made up of prison guards.  

The Phantom knows this is a well-plowed field, but every fiscal quarter sees a new harvest of re-hashed movie ideas, burgeoning evidence that Hollywood no longer has a single...

One of the benchmarks for a professional movie reviewer is the ability to look past personal biases and offer a fair evaluation of a film.“Monster-In-Law” pushed The Phantom to his absolute limit... 

It’s official.  Paris Hilton is now the undisputed queen of rich white trash.  In her most recent appearance in the shock-schlock thriller “House of Wax,” Hilton shows that her greatest talent continues...

When “Guess Who” was originally introduced, it was tagged as a humorous modern take on the seminal 1967 classic “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.”  While the comparison may have improved...

One of the many problems with Hollywood today is an incredible laziness and cowardice which has permeated the industry. There are too many copycat movies that get green-lighted just because.. 

The Phantom entered the darkened theatre for the matinee, certain that the place would be filled with rugrats ready to cheer on the upcoming 90-minute cartoon.  Instead, he was surrounded by... 

It’s no secret that The Phantom, like most professional movie critics, despises sequels.  Part two, three, four, five, or 16 in a series usually has a correlative diminution in quality with each... 

In order to understand this movie, you must be able to pass a two-question test.  First, what is a pacifier?  It is a small device that parents give to babies and small children to help keep them...

A few weeks ago, the Phantom alluded to “Titanic” as his all-time favorite movie.  It made the Phantom realize that he had never done a “Top Ten” list like all the other famous movie critics.

Once again, Hollywood has delighted in duping the movie-going public.  The trailers and ads for “Hide and Seek” lead you to believe that this is going to be a horror flick.  It's not.

For years, The Phantom has wondered how such an untalented actor has managed to appear in such consequential films.  Leonardo DiCaprio, the annoyingly cute kid from...