I didn't think it was possible, but here it is: I officially like a Taylor Swift song. Not only that, I like a Taylor Swift video, which I really didn't predict, being as how she's usually prancing around in sundresses and cowboy boots batting her cat-swoosh eyeliner and singing about John Mayer or whatever. But her video release for "Safe & Sound," well, it's a brand new Taylor—and I think I'm a fan of this version.

"Safe & Sound" is her contribution to The Hunger Games soundtrack, and the music video is startlingly perfect for the film's dark vibe. Who knew blonde, perky Swift could create such a gorgeously eerie mood?

Me and my boyfriend Han -- he hates photos!As part of my recent all Star Wars weekend* with my son in which we visited Skywalker Ranch and LucasArts and saw a sneak peek at Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D, I have to say I went into a complete and utter Star Wars mania geekout. I couldn't get enough!

I mean, how surreal is it for a former kid of the 1970s to have Stormtroopers holding the door for you and R2-D2 leading you to the loo. I swear to God I started twirling my hair nervously into Princess Leia buns while trying to shake anxiety sweats from the surges in my Midi-chlorian count.

So I just gotta share some of the best moments from our trip -- because it was a total trip, indeed. It was a Star Wars memorabilia dream. Check it out.

The reviews for The Vow are in, and it looks like Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum have mad chemistry. And it's a good thing, too. Because to hear the critics tell it, if it weren't for that chemistry, we might start wondering if Channing Tatum is actually just a computer-generated vision of manliness and not an actual human being.

Oh my, the consensus seems to be that Channing is not exactly what we could call an ACT-OR, as such. Poor Channing, what are you doing in this role as a bohemian type in the first place? It's like he's a Greco-Roman wrestler in a movie about Greco-Roman wrestling who suffered a tragic head injury and wanders away only to find himself in the wrong movie, wearing a pork pie hat. And he can't remember where he really belongs!

Planning on seeing The Vow this weekend? Because it looks like the perfect blend of sap, tears, and feel-good stuff to get us ready for Valentine's Day next week. What gal doesn't love a flick that gets her all psyched up about true love right before what usually turns out to be the most disappointing day of the year?

I'm not gonna lie. I got a tad bit excited the first time I saw the trailer for The Vow. It really seems to have the whole Nicholas Sparks vibe going on, which I typically love. And don't even get me started on my girl crush on Rachel McAdams. She's beyond amazing, the perfect gal to tug at our heartstrings and make us wish we lived in a movie. Which brings us to the other lead actor in the film, Channing Tatum. It's ok -- go ahead and drool a little bit if you want to. I did.

It's true. Channing Tatum is complete and total eye candy, which is exactly why he was an incredibly bad choice to play the lead in The Vow.

If you find your pulse racing during Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday night, don't count on it resting during the commercial breaks. Looks like the movie trailers airing between touchdowns are all action-packed, metal-scraping, explosive, testosterone-fueled blockbusters. 

Meanwhile, those of us who like movies cast in a soft glow, with sensitive men declaring their undying love to actresses in fab dresses are Out. Of. Luck. This is SO not our moment. Nope, Super Bowl Sunday is night of a thousand acts of aggression, and it doesn't end in the stadium. Check out the upcoming flicks that'll be blasting on big-screen TVs all over America this weekend.

You saw him in The Thomas Crown Affair. He played a mobster in Summer of Sam, an evil boss in The Spanish Prisoner, and porn producer Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski. Ben Gazzara, veteran actor, died yesterday at the age of 81. 

Ben Gazzara was one of those character actors you've seen in movie after movie. If his face doesn't pop into your mind immediately when you hear his name it's because he disappeared so deeply into his roles -- and because he played so many different kinds of  roles. 

Daniel Radcliffe in 'The Woman in Black'I'm not one for scary movies. I just can't get over the fact that it's all "pretend" as I sit there squeamishly staring at the screen through my fingers every time something goes bump. However, I could definitely see myself making an exception and heading to the theater this weekend for Daniel Radcliffe's first big-screen venture post-Potter, The Woman in Black, debuting in theaters nationwide today.

Directed by James Watkins, The Woman in Black follows Radcliffe's character Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer, as he travels to a remote village and discovers a vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who's terrorizing the locals. It sounds freakishly scary, but definitely a must-see. I'm so overly curious to know if Radcliffe can pull off another character besides Harry. See what the critics have to say in their The Woman in Black reviews, here:

Just in time for the Super Bowl commercials bonanza, a new, extended Hunger Games trailer has been released. And it's so thrilling, I can hardly believe they're showing it to us nearly two months before the movie opens. I mean, doesn't that qualify as torture? Hunger Games doesn't show up in theaters until March 23!

Please, I beg of you, don't watch the trailer below. It's thrilling. But it's just going to drive you crazy.