What THR's critics say about the movies opening this week. By Paula Zulian With Halloween only a couple weeks away, Paranormal Actvitiy 4 is aiming to offer up some scares to moviegoers this weekend.

After time traveling back to the '80s in "Paranormal Activity 3," this fourth installment in the highly profitable, found-footage horror franchise begins with yet another gimmicky flashback. This time ...

The fourth outing in the microbudgeted Halloween franchise is pacing 43 percent behind the third installment in North America; Ben Affleck's "Argo" impresses in its second Friday, earning a stellar $5 ...

If last week was too full—and it was—this week looks positively threadbare. We have two mainstream releases of debatable interest and one art film. (And I mean that last quite literally.) All in all, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. "It fell on my desk through my agent as something with the ...