Movies
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Simpsons to slasher can stuff those stockingsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Christmas is a week away, and the movie studios are releasing a slew of stocking-stuffers today. Let's get to it: "The Simpsons Movie" -- Like many "Simpsons" fans, I wa...
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$76 million for the last human on earth
Dec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living huma...
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'Potter' gift set offers lots of goodiesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," was released in November 2001 and had worldwide box-office earnings of almost $1 billion. The story...
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'No Country' earns critics' top honorsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - "No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, won big Thursday when the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Awards were announced on WGN-T...
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Cusack a marvel in powerful 'Grace'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • If veteran actors ever qualify for one of those "breakthrough performance" awards given by various critics organizations, John Cusack would easily win one for his role...
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Movie controversy forces Afghan actors to flee homeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The rape of a young boy proves a pivotal scene in the movie "The Kite Runner," opening in select theaters today. The scene takes on even greater meaning when you know ho...
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'Chipmunks' a squirrelly movie that will drive you nutsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - No matter how dumbed-down the dialogue gets, no matter how stupid the characters act, baby boomers won't be able to resist Alvin, Theodore and Simon warbling "The Christ...
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'Legend' loses luster as familiar plot progressesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Near the beginning of the slightly futuristic, slightly scary and slightly ridiculous "I Am Legend," Will Smith goes roaring through the desolate streets of Manhattan in...
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'No Country' gains critics' top honorsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - "No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, won big Thursday when the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Awards were announced on WGN-T...
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'I am Legend' plagued by cartoony CGI characters, cliched endingDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Near the beginning of the slightly futuristic, slightly scary and slightly ridiculous "I am Legend," Will Smith goes roaring through the desolate streets of Manhattan in...