“Hi Spielberg, let’s do it together,” reads a graffitied message on a wall in one scene from Tony Jaa’s Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. It’s a invitation for Spielberg to cast him in a film.
That’s one offer Spielberg should be glad to accept. Jaa, a martial arts star of almost superhuman abilities, knows how to an execute a thrilling action sequence. And he and the directors appear share the same fundamental belief about action/adventure films, namely, that it’s fine to suspend logic and plausibility as long as you make things look …

This year’s Oscar gowns were brought to you by a group of birds and little mice armed with needle and thread. They will make your dress so pretty; there’s nothing to it, really.

In 2010, staple gun + bubble wrap = Oscar fashion statement.

The best-remembered gowns of the 2000 begin to show just what they’re made of in the Elite Eight showdown, in which, for the most part, lower ranking gowns got duly trounced. But, as in many a March Madness bracket, there’s one dark horse candidate stirring things up.

The top 16 gowns of the ’00s. Did your favorite make the cut?

More amazing gowns, this time in color. See how I ranked ‘em, within.

What happens when college basketball rankings meet 10 years of Oscar fashion? Well, I spend far too much time blogging, for one. Gawk at gorgeous gowns, and decide whether you love or hate my picks for the top dresses of the decade, inside.

And now it’s time to pay tribute to the gowns we really love: the egregious missteps in the name of fashion that make us cover our eyes and shriek aloud, “Girl, what are you wearing?!” Without them, the Oscars would be boring — what fun is an awards show where everybody looks flawless and nobody takes any risks? It’d be like, well, watching the men of the Oscars parade down the red carpet in their nearly-identical tuxes.
In a way, I have to admire these women. There’s something cool about an …