Every Father’s Day, my mind immediately thinks of movies. Although my Dad passed away almost five years ago now, I will always treasure our trips to the movies. Especially as a kid, I was thrilled that my Dad would take me to a place where my imagination could run wild and it was one area where we truly bonded. As I got older, I was always amazed at the amount of trivia he knew about actors, directors and even locations.

To celebrate this Father’s Day I thought I’d put together a list of my favorite Father’s Day movies. To be certain, there are traditional choices I could have picked, but this list is more about films that have...

With the summer movie season getting into full swing, I can’t help thinking how the business of entertainment dwarfs what’s up on the screen. And who gets lost in the shuffle? The moviegoers. They're fast becoming an afterthought, even though it's their dollars and blind love that feed the studios and exhibitors.

I've always loved the experience of sitting in a darkened theater, surrounded by others and immersing myself in the moving image. But at close to $25 a person when you add in parking and concessions, it’s hard to justify the cost.

Assuming that some movies are actually worth seeing at that price, or would...

2011 is here and with it time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the new one. If there’s a group celebrating the new year it has to be the Hollywood studios. 2010 wasn’t an awful year for movies but it wasn’t a good one, either. Too much rehash of the tried and true and not enough originality made it a bumpy year for the entertainment industry.

After years of tripe and treacle in theaters we finally saw audiences pushing back. One by one, costly paint-by-numbers flicks delivered disappointing box office or flat-out flopped. Although ticket sales topped $10 billion in North America last year, that was due to higher ticket prices. The harsh reality was that attendance actually dropped 4 percent, according to Hollywood.com.

Price increases can’t keep the industry afloat forever. To gets butts in seats the studios need to...

In a country that’s been “all about the Benjamins” for some time, few have noticed another financial barrier about to be breached: the $20 movie ticket.

With the release in May of “Shrek Forever After,” some AMC theaters in New York City initially priced tickets at $20. After an uproar from audiences and the press, AMC retreated, citing an unfortunate typo.

Sounds more like a trial balloon to me.

Although we sidestepped the $20 threshold for the moment, it's only a matter of time before theaters push past that price point.

I’ve always thought of movies as cheap entertainment and the perfect date night when you couldn’t figure out something else to do. Even as movies got more expensive, they were still reasonably priced compared to other entertainment options.

Once I started working in the industry, I...