The Film Yap

The “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” star talks being cast as Quil Ateara, scoring a major franchise role at his first audition, and finally becoming a wolf.

This spare, understated near-masterpiece about a post-apocalyptic wasteland is a joyous cinematic experience.

“Tooth Fairy” is derivative, family-friendly pap … and yet I just couldn’t bring myself to hate it.

“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” is Terry Gilliam’s most Gilliam-esque film to date, and a fitting final bow for Heath Ledger.

It’s a shame that “Avatar,” a truly watershed epic and the top-grossing film of all time, is being given such a bare-bones video release.

A disappointment that still resulted in a worthy film, “The Lovely Bones” arrives on video this week.

This excellent, little-seen comedy about the early outlaw days of British rock ‘n’ roll radio is now out on video, with top-shelf extras.

Both Peter Jackson’s much-lauded trilogy and Ralph Bakshi’s animated version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy are now on Blu-ray.

“Brothers” is less concerned with the rightness of the war on terror than the dire effects on the men and women touched by it.

A modest improvement over its predecessor, the mushy “New Moon” at least has action scenes with a little bite.