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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), is making a cameo appearance in the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight. The lifelong Batman fan will also host a $50-a-ticket screening on July 12. The proceeds will go to Montpelier's Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
Animators learn how our world functions — even when their characters are from another one.Web Extra:Video: How the Hulk Defies Gravity
Gonzo lovingly pays tribute to maverick journalist Hunter S. Thompson.Web Extra:Scenes of Irony and Excess
June 29, 2008 · In 1932, director Merian Cooper approached Fay Wray about playing a lead role in a new movie he was planning — King Kong. But when Cooper first proposed the film in 1931, not everyone thought it was a good idea.
June 27, 2008 · Crazily inventive, deliriously engaging, emotionally true, Pixar's latest is a gratifying look back at the silent-film twilight of 70 years ago — and a cautionary look 700 years ahead, at what our silent planet's twilight might be.Web Extra: Watch Clips
June 26, 2008 · The French box-office smash is overstuffed with conspiracies, but beautifully constructed and thematically rich — so it remains a pleasure even as the story becomes increasingly implausible.
June 27, 2008 · L'amour fou has rarely been crazier than in Catherine Breillat's splendidly perverse period romance, whose kisses come dipped in poison — and whose lead (the mesmerizing Asia Argento) is no lady.
June 27, 2008 · Robot love story and human cautionary tale, the film is daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental. It's a tonic in these times — and it proves Pixar still has its touch.Web Extra: Watch Wall-E Dance
June 27, 2008 · Walter Mitty meets Lara Croft, and then both pretend they're in The Matrix. That's Hollywood's latest hymn to hit men, a brutal but lazily plotted actioner from Russia's Timur Bekmambetov.Web Extra: Watch Clips
June 26, 2008 · Adam Yauch's new documentary, Gunnin' For That #1 Spot, follows NBA basketball prospects through high school. "Normal" life means intense scrutiny for these kids, Yauch says. Three of the players will be lottery draft picks in this week's NBA draft.
June 26, 2008 · After 17 girls from one Massachusetts school turned up pregnant, some wondered about a possible "Juno Effect." The idea is that Hollywood glamorizes teen pregnancy, and one professor says her research shows it's very real.Web Extra: Open thread
June 20, 2008 · TV's beloved secret-agent spoof gets a big-screen update — but like its bumbling hero, the film is constantly trying to be something it's not. The result: an unfunny comedy spliced with an unexciting spy caper.Web Extra: 'Smart' Clips, New and Classic
June 19, 2008 · Insist on seeing it? You may well recoil from sports comedies, Bollywood musicals, self-help spiritualists, puns and even characters with beards for the foreseeable future.Web Extra: Watch Clips, If You Dare
June 19, 2008 · Monica Ali's best-selling 2003 novel gets the big-screen treatment from director Sarah Gavron. It's a cautious, almost timid take on the story — with a few pleasant surprises.Web Extra: Watch Clips
