Vanessa Becknell, 2/7/12

TV and Film Department Editor, The Donnybrook Writing Academy

Ward's not only been racking up awards for his film Son of the Sunshine. Let's hope Ryan can make it through this interview without me blatantly hitting on him. (Spoiler alert: He can't.)

Scott Mendelson, 2/7/12

Film Critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

Perhaps the reason that Denzel Washington has maintained his star power for 20 years is that he still goes out of his way to make 'the kind of movies they just don't make anymore'.

Dan Persons, 2/7/12

Film Journalist

The balmy days of February have triggered an uncommon sense of renewal, nowhere more so than in the cinema, where, after a customarily dismal January, there now come glimmers of hope in the entertaining and atmospheric The Woman in Black.

Jackie K. Cooper, 2/7/12

Film Critic

Big Miracle is based on an actual events which occurred in Barrow, Alaska in 1988. It was discovered by a local television reporter that three whales were trapped under the ice in the Arctic Circle.

Tribeca Film, 2/8/12

Movies, Film Culture and More

Rampart takes viewers on a guttural trip through the streets of Los Angeles during a particularly turbulent period of social upheaval, ferried by one of the most corrupt cinematic cops (Woody Harrelson) in recent years.

Govindini Murty, 2/7/12

Co-Editor of Libertas Film Magazine

As the Egyptian military government prepares to put 19 American employees of pro-democracy NGOs on trial, and thousands of Egyptians continue to demonstrate, 1/2 Revolution offers a striking look back at the Egyptian revolution of one year ago.

Michele Willens, 2/6/12

Journalist, playwright and editor, 'Face It: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change'

At the Sundance Film Festival this month, the most anticipated documentary was Ethel, about the matriarch of the Robert Kennedy clan, directed by her daughter Rory. It joins a growing list of personal passion projects made by filmmakers.

Mike Ryan, 2/6/12

Senior Writer, Moviefone

This afternoon, Sony previewed new footage from the you're-anticipating-it-more-than-you-think-you-are reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, "The Amazing Spider-Man." The event was simulcast in four cities -- New York, Los Angeles, London and Rio de Janiero -- but only the post-Super Bowl crowd in the Big Apple was treated to an in-person visit by star Andrew Garfield.

Mike Sutton, 2/5/12

Writer; movie lover

The problem I'm concerned about is that so many films coming out of America seem to have virtually no ideas at all. It's not just the plots, it's the fact that the plots are recycled with such a paucity of visual and verbal invention.

Roya Rastegar, 2/6/12

Cultural critic, Ph.D., History of Consciousness

In current times of civil unrest, economic injury, and political failure, we depend on love -- in all its complexity and even through untenable circumstances -- to keep ourselves human. Here are the top 10 films that cannot be missed in the coming year:

Dan Lybarger, 2/3/12

Kansas City-based Freelance Writer and Critic

Polish-born director Agnieszka Holland's movies and television shows have often changed the way we look at familiar events.

Ricky Gervais, 2/5/12

Actor, writer, comedian, director, producer

"Fame" used to be fused with "respect" in some ways. That's what distinguished it from infamy. But not anymore.

Warren Adler, 2/3/12

Author

By the time one gets around to the start of the movie, a half hour or more beyond the published feature time, you are exhausted by the assault and your potential film enjoyment meter has been compromised.

Ben Daniel, 2/3/12

Presbyterian minister

Because I am a Christian, in order to support same-sex marriage I have had to make peace with the fact that the Bible condemns same-sex intimacy on the few times it addresses the issue.