Movies
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'Milk' celebrates, rather than mourns, its heroMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - "Milk" The best thing about this stirring biopic is its tone. Most biopics treat their subjects with dreary reverence. "Milk," on the other hand, is a joyous celebra...
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'Brothers' a personal tale of siblings in battleMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Jake Rademacher's Iraq war film "Brothers At War" is less about "finding the heart of the American soldier" as one observer phrases it, than a personal documentary explo...
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Obvious, uninspired immigration drama tries to emulate Oscar winnerMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - "Crossing Over" sounds like the title for a movie about people dying and going to heaven. In a way, it perfectly fits Wayne Kramer's ensemble U.S. immigration drama. Peo...
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Now out on DVDMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - "Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition": Walt Disney's second animated feature ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first) has never looked or sounded b...
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'Race' a chase to save face for the human raceMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It only seems proper that during the week that we get an updated remake of one of the most depraved horror films ever made ("Last House on the Left") we also get an upda...
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Sky to host celebrity team in battle of the sexes gameMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Sky will host the first-ever Basketball Battle of the Sexes game when it takes on an all-male team from the Entertainment League in a June exhibition contest...
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'Last House' offers no shelter from the savageryMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Dennis Iliadis' remake of the outlaw horror film "Last House on the Left" panders to our bloodlust with gleeful abandon, manipulating us into cheering for acts of graphi...
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Jackie Chan starts shooting historical epic
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - HONG KONG -- Jackie Chan says he has started shooting his new movie in southwestern China -- a production Chinese media have described as a historical epic about a frien...
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Barrymore: I want to direct next 'Twilight' film
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- She starred as a buddy to that lovable alien E.T., but does Drew Barrymore have what it takes to direct vampires? The 34-year-old actress ("E.T.: The Extra-T...
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'Watchmen' conquers box office with $55.7 million
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Watchmen" clocked in with $55.7 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office, making director Zack Snyder's comic book adaptation abou...