Juan Vidal, 08/06/12

Writer and member of national recording artists Rhema Soul

Today, with so much to be pissed about, so much to rally for and against, we need an N.W.A more than ever. We need a group to fear, a post 9/11 rap conglomerate with no filter or concern for what radio may or may not allow. Really, we need to be provoked.

Michael Giltz, 08/06/12

Freelance writer

It's common courtesy not to speak ill of the dead. Happily, a return to Gore Vidal's sturdy old political drama The Best Man stirs no nasty impulse.

Tom Silva, 08/06/12

Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, The Alter Group

There seems to be an inverse relationship between Hollywood and the general economy. According to the National Association of Theatre Owners during six of the past eight recessions in the U.S., box office and admissions sales increased.

Dan Persons, 08/06/12

Film Journalist

What is reality? What is identity? How long can a soul survive when one's perceptions and one's self are subject to electronic editing at a moment's whim? These and many other fascinating questions are raised and almost immediately dropped in Total Recall.

Mike Ragogna, 08/06/12

Radio Personality on Solar Powered KRUU-FM, Music Biz Vet

Hayden Bixby, 08/06/12

International Program Coordinator, Cura Orphanage

Fact #1: If characters in Moonrise Kingdom pull out a container of Tang, the adults in the audience will emit a gasp of recognition. Fact #2: When said adults react in such pleasurable surprise, your 15-year-old daughter will incredulously ask, "What the hell is Tang?"

Joshua Estrin, 08/06/12

Writer

As the tour bus barreled (safely) down Interstate I-40, I took the opportunity to spend a little quality time with Macy in one of the most enjoyable and irreverent question and answers I have had to date.

Bill Robinson, 08/06/12

Technology, Entrepreneurship & Rock 'n Roll Journalist

Booth at the End has had all the earmarks of a hit to me since I watched the first 30 seconds of the first episode.

Maggie Jackson, 08/06/12

Award-winning columnist, author of "Distracted"

Today, we too often believe that technology neatly solves a problem when in reality, technology merely shifts the nature of the challenges before us. I have no doubt that the inestimable Gene Smith deeply understood the depth of this issue.

Ambre Anderson, 08/06/12

Author

I'd consider this movie moderately tolerable, a reward to a deserving child, or incentive to find something better to do.

Tony Sachs, 08/06/12

Drinker of Spirits, Listener of Music, Watcher of Baseball, Writer of Words

I was in Rio to cover the Diageo Reserve World Class global bartending final. She was in Rio to promote Johnnie Walker's high-end Blue Label whisky, for which she is the spokeswoman. I scored an interview with her -- a five-minute interview, but an interview nonetheless.

Carole Mallory, 08/06/12

Actress, Professor, Film Critic, malloryhollywoodeast.blogspot.com

Go to Hope Springs and see what happens to this couple who is in love, but who does not know it or know how to show it.

Reyne Haines, 08/06/12

TV Personality; Author; Host NBC's "Trash or Treasure"

When she isn't rehearsing her lines she is scouting shops and the Internet looking for vintage jewelry. And not just ANY brand will do. Frederick is addicted to Chanel. And let's be honest, what woman isn't?

Marshall Fine, 08/06/12

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

Yes, I'm as excited as you are to go see (name of Legacy Act) when they play tonight. But if we can all observe a few rules of polite social behavior, I won't have to tell you what an a**hole you are in front of your equally annoying wife.

Pat Gallagher, 08/04/12

Freelance Writer

"Performing stand up is a narcotic that I need even if I do it a few times a year. Traveling is inconvenient but worth it to make people laugh."

Kim Morgan, 08/05/12

Film and culture writer

On the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death today in 1962, I'm revisiting one of her most interesting performances -- Don't Bother to Knock -- which boasts her early skills as an actress and foreshadows the sadness that would follow the star to her last gasp.

Daniel Menaker, 08/05/12

Writer and editor

Heisenberg haunts every documentary movie. The viewer never knows how the presence of the camera has affected what he or she is seeing. But we can always be sure that it has.