Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman host our Movie Date podcast. In this blog, Kristen and Rafer fight it out and find some common ground on the summer movie schedule.

In the coming weeks, over 100 movies will be hitting theaters, ranging from teen romances like the latest “Twilight” flick to big budget action movies like “Iron Man 2.” It’s hard to know what to see and what to skip. Nonetheless, Rafer and I have dared to choose a few favorites and pass a few judgments. Below, our thoughts on some of this summer's highly anticipated flicks, organized by category.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, Rafer and Kristen consider shoot'em ups and romantic comedies after Kristen walks out of "The Losers" and into "The Back-up Plan."

This weekend's big movies include J-Lo's artificial insemination romantic comedy "The Backup Plan," and the action adventure flick "The Losers." Takeaway movie contributor and Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman walks us through the new releases. 

For this week's movie segment, we’re celebrating the Tribeca Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday night with "Shrek Forever After."

Just eight years old, the downtown New York festival attracts some of the biggest film distribution companies, actors, directors, and media outlets in the world. 

In this week's podcast, Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer are in a rare agreeable mood: on 'Kick Ass,' on the dearth of good female superheroes and whether or not one should watch movie trailers before seeing a film.

Chris Rock, Demi Moore, David Duchovney and kids that kick ass are all coming to a screen near you. We turn to Takeaway movie contributor, Rafer Guzman, to find out what's worth watching this weekend. 

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, Rafer and Kristen discuss the similarities between 'Date Night,' 'Hot Tub Time Machine,' and other movies that might appeal to married people, or those as shockingly old as 30 or 40. 

For this week’s movie segment, we discuss the international film phenomenon, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Already the top grossing film in Scandinavian history, the cold case murder mystery has opened in a handful of theaters across the U.S. over the past several weeks to enthusiastic audiences, stellar reviews, and rumors of a Hollywood adaptation.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, inspired by "Leaves of Grass" (and Ed Norton's starring role as a set of identical twins - one strait-laced, the other, uh, not) Kristen and Rafer discuss movies that involve twins.

Today, the widely anticipated John Cusack/Rob Corddry vehicle, "Hot Tub Time Machine" hits theatres nationwide. As the title suggests, the film centers on a hot tub that transports its characters through time, back to the more innocent year of 1986.

Rafer Guzman, Takeaway movie contributor and Newsday writer talks about the most memorable time travel movies, and why audiences find these tales so compelling.

This week, inspired by "Hot Tub Time Machine," Rafer and Kristen take their own trip through time.

Today, the widely anticipated girl-band biopic “The Runaways” hits theatres in limited release. It follows the real-life story of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie’s 1970s rock band.

In honor of the film, we look back on our favorite girl band movies of all time with the help of Emily Rems, managing editor for Bust Magazine and Rafer Guzman, Takeaway contributor and Newsday film critic.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, inspired by "Runaways," they take on movies about rock and rock bands.

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, the actor-director team behind the hugely successful "Bourne Identity" franchise release "Green Zone" today, inspired by an account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, they commemorate their third date with a talk about Sunday night's Oscar show.

After weeks of anticipation, the Academy Awards show is finally upon us. At 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, Oscars will be handed out and speeches will drag on forever. Telling us about what to expect from this year’s show, which will be broadcast on ABC, is Rafer Guzman, Takeaway movie contributor and film critic for Newsday. He gives his predictions on the winners.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, they discuss the Oscar nominees they each consider must-sees, and the ones they think are over-rated.

A little over a week remains until Oscar night. With ten best picture nominees this year, not to mention a full roster of five animated features (on top of all the other categories), there's not a lot of time to see what's on the ballot. Newsday critic and Takeaway film contributor Rafer Guzman fills us in on which movies are must-sees and which are okay to avoid.

Each week, Newsday film critic Rafer Guzman and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer get in a heated, but friendly debate about the movies. This week, with so much Olympics coverage: sports movies for people who don't like sports.

Garry Marshall's latest star-packed (one might say "star-stuffed") romantic comedy extravaganza, "Valentines Day," hits theaters this weekend, but is it really all that? Takeaway movie contributor and Newsday writer Rafer Guzman doesn't think so. In fact, he believes that for several of the film's major plot lines, there are other movies that do a much better job of covering the same ground.