Movies
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Marooned 'Mars' needs more than momsMar 10, 2011 1:00 am - This could be the first time in the history of science fiction movies that the humans are scarier than the Martians. If you've seen commercials for the 3-D movie “Mars N...
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'Red Riding Hood' a Twilighted foray into a fairy taleMar 10, 2011 1:00 am - Famed werewolf hunter Father Solomon (Gary Oldman) summons together the good people of the medieval village of Daggerhorn to give them the bad news: A werewolf is stalki...
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Common sense an alien concept in 'Battle: Los Angeles'Mar 09, 2011 10:00 pm - It's been a long time since we've had an old-fashioned, dumbed-down, apolitical war movie masquerading as an alien invasion drama, but “Battle: Los Angeles” fits the bil...
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'Walking Dead' among new DVDsMar 08, 2011 10:00 pm - “The Walking Dead: Season One” Based on Robert Kirkman's popular comic books, AMC's “The Walking Dead” premiered to more than 3.5 million viewers. The six episodes ...
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British director Charles Jarrott dies in LA at 83Mar 05, 2011 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — British director Charles Jarrott, whose career of nearly 50 years in film and television included the acclaimed British royalty dramas "Anne of the Thousa...
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'Slumdog' star says home lost in Mumbai fireMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - MUMBAI, India — "Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali said Saturday that her home had burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum in the Indian city o...
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Dann in reel life: Film accoladesMar 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Light achievements Earlier this week, I shared breakfast at the Egg Basket in Schaumburg with Paolo Cascio, a 1981 graduate of Schaumburg High School and now a resp...
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Movie guide: March 4-11Mar 03, 2011 1:00 am - KEY: Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexual situations, references), V (violence)...
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There's little beauty in 'Beastly'Mar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - “Beastly” is just as superficial and obsessed with looks as the characters and the mindset it rails against, which would seem like a bitter, frustrating irony if it meri...
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'Rango' stands tall in the saddle as a Wild West spoofMar 02, 2011 10:00 pm - Just when we all thought Pixar might be the top rung on the animated feature film ladder forever, along comes Gore Verbinski's radical neo-retro-three-dimensional-non-3-...