Movies
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Museum receives piano from 'Big'
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA A Philadelphia museum has received a musical gift for children and "Big" kids alike. The 16-foot piano Tom Hanks walked on in his 1988 film "Big" will be on...
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Drama helps 'Express' overcome sports-film clichésJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - "The Express" - It's amazing to think during a week when we inaugurated our first black president that not so long ago, it was a big deal when a black man won the He...
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Local Indians give 'Slumdog' mixed reviewsJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - "Slumdog Millionaire," the indie hit that received 10 Oscar nominations, wins praise from many suburban Indians for showcasing the "colorful palate" of their native coun...
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'Inkheart' an emotionally challenged fantasyJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Despite an impressive battery of high-quality special effects and a fun menagerie of fantastical creatures, "Inkheart" possesses much more ink (mostly on its characters'...
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List of 81st annual Oscar nominations is announced
Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Complete list of 81st annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," ''Frost/Nixon," ''Milk," ''The Rea...
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Five things the Oscars got wrong, five things they got right and ...Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Five things the voters of the 81st Academy Awards nominations got wrong: 5. Nominating Brad Pitt as best actor for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Come on now...
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'Benjamin Button' leads Oscar nomination; 'Dark Knight' snubbedJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Thursday buttoned up 13 Academy Award nominations, including best picture. Unsurprisingly, "The Dark Knight" didn't. Last summer, C...
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Myers' 'Love Guru' gets 7 Razzies nominations
Jan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Voters for 2008's worst movies love Mike Myers. They really love him. Myers' comedy flop "The Love Guru" led the field Wednesday for the Razzies with seve...
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Animated 'Waltz With Bashir' haunting, surrealJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Ari Folman uses stark animation to tell his personal documentary that reflects on his inability to remember what he did as an Israeli soldier during the 1982 massacres a...
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Sundance: Film fest welcomes futuristic flicks
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - PARK CITY, Utah -- The Sundance Film Festival is boldly going where independent directors rarely travel: into the realm of science fiction. This year's festival includes...