Reviews
Culkin brothers shine in coming-of-age tale (Reuters)
Reuters - Playing like "Juno" junior, the engagingly irreverent "Lymelife" is a period suburban rites-of-passage story with a pitch-perfect cast headed by Alec Baldwin, Timothy Hutton and not one, but two Culkin brothers -- neither of them Macaulay. More »
McConaughey wipes out in "Surfer, Dude" (Reuters)
Reuters - Matthew McConaughey and his pals, including co-stars Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson, probably had a blast making "Surfer, Dude." But they forgot to provide an equally good time for the audience. More »
Rock industry leader shares memoir (AP)
AP - "Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business" (Gotham Books, 320 pages, $26), by Danny Goldberg: Danny Goldberg might not be a household name, but many of the rock stars with whom he's worked are. His tale is the true Cinderella story of a kid who was in the right place at the right time, starting at the bottom of the rock business and eventually conquering it as the leader of several of the industry's biggest labels. More »
Latest Higgins thriller by-the-numbers kill fest (AP)
AP - "Rough Justice" (G.P. Putnam's Sons. 326. $25.95), by Jack Higgins: To call suspense writer Jack Higgins' latest effort two-dimensional probably does a disservice to the flat surfaces of the world. More »
"Coco Chanel" telepic boasts pleasing aroma (Reuters)
Reuters - Throwing inconvenient truths out the window, Lifetime's new biopic of haute designer Coco Chanel is a delicious extravagance, a telefilm sometimes rapturous in the way it looks and feels. More »
Coward play "Easy Virtue" dusted off for screen (Reuters)
Reuters - A young American woman with a past invades an English aristocratic family already in the throes of disintegration brought on by World War I in "Easy Virtue," Australian filmmaker Stephan Elliott's impish reconstruction of an early play by Noel Coward. More »
"Bonnie Hunt Show" off to a good start (Reuters)
Reuters - The first two days of "The Bonnie Hunt Show" make it instantly clear that Hunt was born for this deceptively difficult gig as a daytime talk-show host but may not entirely know it. More »
A satiric 'Smell' celebrates musical theater (AP)
AP - There's something to be said for persistence, particularly when it's plied by actor David Pittu in his hilarious depiction of Jacob Sterling, a Broadway wannabe who has been "prominently up-and-coming for over 20 years." More »
Review: `Towelhead' is sure to shock (AP)
AP - If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. More »
Viewers unlikely to "Disturb" Fox sitcom (Reuters)
Reuters - They say sitcoms are just one hit away from making a comeback to their previous glory. Maybe so, but Fox's "Do Not Disturb" isn't it. This is a show that could bury the genre altogether. More »