Movies
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Strong cast at center of thriller 'Michael Clayton'Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - "Michael Clayton" -- This is a fantastic film, a smart, character-driven thriller that demands a lot from the audience but rewards the effort. George Clooney, one of...
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Small Texas town a 'Giant' for Oscar
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - MARFA, Texas -- A thousand feet above a wind-swept, drought-browned valley, a man steps out of a late-70s Ford Granada on a deserted two-lane. He is confronted by a seco...
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Stone: U.S. should not have invaded Iraq
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - CAIRO, Egypt -- Sharon Stone believes the Sept. 11 attacks should not have been used as a pretext for the United States to launch wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according...
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'Jumper' stands atop box office
Feb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The globe-trotting thriller "Jumper" leaped to a box office win with $27.2 million on a weekend when Hollywood offered something for everyone, with new fi...
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The plot's similar -- maybe too similar -- to real lifeFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A promising young graduate student enters a university lecture hall and opens fire, shooting fleeing students and executing one at close range. This might sound like the...
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'Juno' star doesn't seem fazed by sudden stardom
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- If Ellen Page is having trouble adjusting to being the latest It-girl, she doesn't show it. An hour before the annual Oscar nominees luncheon, t...
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Hanks leads stars slated for OscarcastFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Organizers Thursday unveiled details of this year's Academy Awards, including Oscar-presenting roles for stars such as Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidm...
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'Pizza' guy finally delivers with touching rom-comFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The romantic comedy is a difficult beast to tame. "Love Actually" made it look easy; other films, such as "27 Dresses," seem to run out of material too quickly. "Definit...
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Latest Romero zombie film bitesFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The revelatory moments of utter shock and disgust thatˆ½ characterized George Romero's early horror films -- such as a zombified girl eating her mother's organs -- a...
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'Spiderwick' weaves virtuoso effects into an enchanting fantasyFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a lavish family fantasy adventure adapted from the fairy tale series by Tony DiTerlizzi (illustrations) and Holly Black (text), might occasi...