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Computer animation has come a long way since " Jimmy Neutron." What at first seemed as weird and otherworldly as a "Clutch Cargo" cartoon or a "Davy and Goliath" episode now seems natural to the eyes.

When it comes to putting offbeat charm on the big screen, Wes Anderson is the expert.

The sight, strolling into the "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" corner of Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights, was enough to give John C. Reilly a start.

The latest from Wes Anderson plays like a wan, withdrawn redo of his previous film, The Royal Tenenbaums : It concerns an egocentric, curmudgeonly father figure married to a character played by Anjelica Huston, and swaps one Silverado star in love with Huston for another .

Sep 24, 2009 You can imagine how excited people in Hollywood were after the enormous success of Grease in 1978.

Casting director Caro Jones, who cast more than 1,000 TV shows and films including "Rocky," died of multiple myloma on Sept.

Dear fans of Sam Raimi, I would like to take just a brief moment to apologize for being a mainstream heathen.

This weekend: 'Mad Men,' 'Psych,' 'Monk,' 'True Blood,' 'Merlin,' Miss Universe, Gene Hackman, Angela Lansbury, Don Hewitt The most notable offering this weekend? The smashing second episode of " Mad Men" at 10 p.m. Sunday on AMC.

I miss Gene Hackman. I've been kind of obsessed with him for years, and still believe that no matter how bad a movie may be, it's worth watching if he's in it.

You still have time to enter to win a set of six great new movie posters from classic Hollywood courtesy of Turner Classic Movies -- I have two sets of the six posters to give away, and to win all you have to do is enter your name in the comments section of this post -- all part of my celebration of my blog birthday.

This weekend: 'Mad Men,' 'Psych,' 'Monk,' 'True Blood,' 'Merlin,' Miss Universe, Gene Hackman, Angela Lansbury, Don Hewitt The most notable offering this weekend? The smashing second episode of " Mad Men" at 10 p.m. Sunday on AMC.

When last I left you Wonderboy - having failed to get off at the station - were stuck on a train headed for who knows where while my wife ran alongside it frantically waving her arms like she was trying to swat a swarm of mosquitos.

Probably the most noteworthy is the Buffalo Billsa TM dominant end Bruce Smith, a first-ballot inductee with an all-time record 200 career sacks.

Probably the most noteworthy is the Buffalo Billsa TM dominant end Bruce Smith, a first-ballot inductee with an all-time record 200 career sacks.

Videojournalism and innovatory story telling from ex BBC, Int.award winner Videojournalist, lecturer and trainer, David Dunkley Gyimah Feed Monday, August 03, 2009 What's videojournalism gota do with the arts "You mean journalism as art", one of my journalism board members emailed me.

David Baldacci, 48, has just written his 18th thriller, First Family . His first novel, Absolute Power , was made into a film in 1997 starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman.

Sandwiched between two era-defining, career-eclipsing gangster flicks, Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 thriller is more than just a breather between winning Oscars; this ode to paranoia is a pitch-perfect encapsulation of both the nauseaous vibe of Nixon's Amerikkka and the artistic vitality of New Hollywood's darker impulses.

One of the biggest films of the year hits shelves this weeks as Fast & Furious roars onto DVD and Blu-Ray. There's also some SciFi TV on DVD to check out and three worst DVDs of the week.

Grace and Leo reunite high-school loves separated by college and a pro-baseball career.

Grace and Leo reunite high-school loves separated by college and a pro-baseball career.