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Nobody makes entertaining movies with purpose better than Korean director Bong Joon Ho. Both the dystopian train ride of “Snowpiercer” and the environmentally-conscious “The Host” combine outrageous, effects-driven showdowns with real ideas. The charming “Okja” continues that welcome trend, following the peculiar exploits of a mutant pig and the girl who loves her, while using that blatantly silly premise to assemble a savvy anti-corporate screed.

The director’s sixth feature takes place in an alternate present in which the bioengineering entity known as the Mirando Corporation has figured out a technology for growing animals in laboratories for food. In the snazzy, over-the-top opening sequence, CEO Lucy Miranda (Tilda Swinton with a sinister grin, revisiting the role of zany villain after a similar turn in Bong’s “Snowpiercer”) unveils a new challenge: The company will disseminate its baby pigs to farmers around the world, then recollect them in a decade for a beauty pageant.

★★★☆☆Alien invasions have long been the scourge of the cinematic planet Earth and those pesky tentacled critters are up to their old tricks again in Doug Liman's entertaining time-hopping sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow (2014). Based on Japanese writer Hiroshi Sakurazaka's slender novel All You Need is Kill, the film stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt as military hotshots seemingly destined to keep reliving the same doomed battle on a loop. Zipping along at a nifty pace, and shot through with amusing gallows humour, it plays out like an amped-up extra terrestrial Groundhog Dog (1993) which remains enjoyable with the unusual sense of watching someone else playing a big budget, on-rails video game shooter.

Zipping along at a brisk pace,--albeit one that feels like it's rushing to be over--featuring dueling bromance buddy tales from both protagonists and villains, and mostly amusing in its vulgar humor and gags, the "action"-comedy "30 Minutes Or Less," is entertaining, but ultimately only a mild effort in the mediocre R-Rated comedy sweepstakes that have dominated this season. Based very loosely on a 2003 incident involving a pizza delivery man in Pennsylvania who had a bomb fastened around his neck (the real life tale ended way more tragically), "30 Minutes Or Less" is the speedy final film in this seemingly…...

Insert Credit endeavors to suss out where you should be allotting your video game allowance, sifting out a single title from many and crowning it as The One Game You Need to Get This Week. Don't consider these reviews, gentle reader. Rather, think of Insert Credit as a mix of hands-on time, informed opinion and intuition.

For the week of May 23, 2011, you should insert credit into: "Bumpy Road".

Why do cute games work so well on Apple's handhelds? Sure, games with twee aesthetics pop up everywhere, but something about the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch make games like "World of Goo," "Eliss," and "Cut the Rope" sing. Maybe the cuteness serves as a cognitive shortcut for games that might otherwise seem daunting. Hearing that chubby bird's whoop in "Tiny Wings" lets you know you're doing something right in an immediate fashion.

Or maybe it's the touching that amplifies the penetration of cute.

The 2011 Golden Globes are upon us, which means it’s a big night for the always fashionable question, “Who are you wearing?”

That said, since this particular live blog is for unapologetic couch potatoes/pop-culture junkies/TV addicts, and since I’m typing this while wearing Old Navy sweats and an Allison Iraheta concert t-shirt, I think the more appropriate question is: “What are you eating?”

Me? I’ve got leftover sausage-and-mushroom pizza and a scary amount of Diet Coke to fuel my commentary. And now it’s your turn to head down to the comments to share your Golden...