The 10 Best Owen Wilson Performances

Today, November 18, Owen Wilson celebrates his 44th birthday. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Wilson was expelled from the private high school he attended with his brother, Luke. He then attended military school in New Mexico and later, the University of Texas in Austin. There he met aspiring filmmaker Wes Anderson, and the rest is history. Since breaking through with his role in Bottle Rocket, Wilson quickly became one the most popular comedic actors in Hollywood. He never got too big to work with his original collaborator, however, and the two will team up once again in The Grand Budapest Hotel,...  read more

The 20 Best Comedy Movies on Netflix Instant

Sometimes, at the end of a long day, you just need to laugh.  read more

The 20 Most Memorable Wes Anderson Characters

Part of what makes Wes Anderson’s films so terrific is the array of unforgettable characters. While we watch the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom on repeat, here are the 10 most memorable major characters and 10 most memorable minor characters of the writer/director's first six films.  read more

Salute Your Shorts: Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket"

Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.Whatever else he may be, Wes Anderson has been a large figure in American filmmaking for the past decade. When the AV Club put out its list of 10 Films that Couldn’t Have Happened Without Wes Anderson two years ago, the publication could've kept the list going for ages, and since then the number of films and filmmakers he’s influenced has only grown longer. Especially of late, Anderson tends to have apologetic fans who love...  read more