Allen Coulter

In what may be the single most damaging performance in any film this year, Affleck puts on extra pounds, a fake honker, and a horrifyingly bad debonair act.

Whether you're talking about an empire or a TV series, it doesn't get much bigger than Rome.

Despite having something of the flavor of TV's most testosterone-laden shows, Sons of Anarchy is its own distinctive beast and another worthy entry in the stakes of addictive serialized TV.

Tony is as much an archetype of the American father as Homer Simpson, only just smart enough to be perpetually miserable.

Only slightly edgier and no more sensible than a Nicholas Sparks story.