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Bumper crop of TV comedies and dramas

Feature | Film and TV
2010-9-8

TWENTY-TWO new American TV series are making their fall debut, including half a dozen comedies and lots of cops and courtroom shows. Frazier Moore gives an overview and his 10 picks. Let's all marvel at the bumper...

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The death of an army poster boy

Feature | Film and TV
2010-9-5

PAT Tillman was many things to many people: a son, brother, husband, friend and, as an American football player for Arizona State University and the Arizona Cardinals, a star who drew cheers for his exciting, physical...

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Truly scary "Last Exorcism"

Feature | Film and TV
2010-9-5

"THE Last Exorcism" is one of the scariest movies to come along in a long time, until the last five minutes or so, when it completely falls apart. Really, that is about how quickly it all collapses. Director Daniel...

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A gorgeous escape'Eat, Pray, ove'

Feature | Film and TV
2010-8-29

EAT, Pray, Love" does exactly what it should to satisfy its core audience: It provides a gorgeous escape, exquisitely photographed and full of female wish fulfillment. Yet it also offers sufficient emotional heft and...

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A buddy-cop parody that works

Feature | Film and TV
2010-8-15

IF the mismatched-buddy cop movie seems egregiously overdone, the idea of a parody of that genre would seem especially needless, which is what makes "The Other Guys" such a wonderful surprise. On paper, this could...

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Jokes and fur fly fast and furious

Feature | Film and TV
2010-8-8

DOGS and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not so much. While these animals were resourceful and well-equipped enemies in the original "Cats & Dogs" from 2001, now they're forced to band together...

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Planning your own live funeral

Feature | Film and TV
2010-8-8

ROBERT Duvall looks great as a grizzled old coot, while Bill Murray makes a mighty fine funeral director. Surround them with sharp old-timey details of the Depression-era boondocks and the fit is even better. That...

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'Salt' - Jolie plays James Bond

Feature | Film and TV
2010-8-1

"SALT" is, quite literally, a shaggy dog story. Despite the cryptic ads that pose the question, "Who Is Salt?" and regardless of the various twists and turns designed to throw us off, the intentions of Angelina...

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Brave new world of dreams

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-25

DRIVING home from a screening of "Inception" the other night, my husband said to me, "I don't know how you're going to write about this movie." "You mean without giving anything away?" I asked. "No," he said....

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China's cartoon industry needs a fix

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-20

CHINESE animators and film studios are always trying to come up with original characters and stories that can be marketed worldwide and generate lucrative toys and spin-offs.Xu Wei reports on the quest for a Chinese...

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Dragon tattoo girl: Part II

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-18

"THE Girl Who Played With Fire" feels like a hasty knockoff compared to the adaptation of the first book in Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." The story falls...

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A not-so-gay family

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-18

WHAT an appropriate title writer-director Lisa Cholodenko chose for her family comic drama "The Kids Are All Right." The two kids of the film - teen siblings getting to know their biological dad - are great - smart,...

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'Eclipse' magic for Twilighters

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-11

A moon-eyed teen must choose between her vampire lover and her werewolf pal, a decision she faces amid the ever-simmering rivalry between bloodsuckers and lycanthropes. Wait a sec, aren't we right back where we...

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Global cartoon and games expo

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-10

LOVERS of comics, cartoons and animation can dive into a large international animation and game exhibition that kicked off yesterday at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. More than 200 animation exhibitors from around...

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Wiffenpoofs and Krokodiloes make music

Feature | Film and TV
2010-7-9

THE World Expo is filled with music, both on site and around the city, and one new audio-visual show features performances by more than 30 famous university groups. The Shanghai World Music Festival is a large-scale,...