Notable And Dubious Super Bowl Achievements
()Now that the big trophy has been handed out, Monkey See distributes some of its own. Linda Holmes chooses between Snickers, Letterman-Leno and Google for Best Ad. Other honors include: best example of turning on a dime and most surprising movie resemblance.
What We're Reading, Feb. 9 - 15, 2010
Three standout novels: busted bankers, politics Roman style, and the Odyssey's lost books.
Author Interviews
Imagining 'The Next Hundred Million' Americans()
February 8, 2010 The U.S. population is expected to reach 400 million by mid-century. In his book, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, Joel Kotkin argues that future will be green, diverse and suburban. Kotkin explains how the nation's changing demographics will transform American life and communities.
Author Interviews
From Erdrich, A Page Turner With Deceit At Heart()
February 7, 2010 Louise Erdrich's new novel, Shadow Tag, is the story of a woman who writes two diaries — one that she knows her husband is reading, and one that she keeps secret. As she manipulates her husband, their marriage falls apart.
Monkey See
A Response To Taylor Swift's Label: On Tuning, Hating, And Tearing Down()
February 5, 2010 Taylor Swift's label wants critics to "get in the ring" if they want to criticize her. Okay, then!
Monkey See
The Return Of 'Lost' Clears Up Some Questions And Introduces ... Some Others()
February 3, 2010 A review of the two-hour season premiere of Lost, where we find out a little bit about fate — and why you're always better off using carry-on luggage.
Movie Interviews
Capturing England's Wild 'Red Riding' On Film()
February 5, 2010 In the complicated, often gory films of The Red Riding Trilogy, a serial killer and a rogue police force are both terrorizing a disillusioned Yorkshire town. Pat Dowell speaks with a director, the screenwriter and the novelist behind a startling cinematic epic — one based on a story that's entirely too true.
Movie Reviews
'Love' American Style: In Paris, Travolta Takes Names()
February 5, 2010 Luc Besson's latest action fantasy, From Paris With Love, stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Jonathan Rhys Myers as a diplomat trying to stop a terrorist attack in Paris. The story moves at warp speed — and it doesn't skimp on thrills.
Movie Reviews
Ellsberg's 'Dangerous' Decision: To Tell The Truth()
February 4, 2010 In their Oscar-nominated feature, documentarians Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich explore the anti-war awakening of Daniel Ellsberg, the former Marine and military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Critic Mark Jenkins says it's an unexpectedly gripping account of a pivotal episode in an explosive era.
Movie Reviews
'Red Riding': Noir Horror In Britain's Grim Gray North()
February 4, 2010 A three-for-one deal, the gorgeously bleak trilogy follows the blood trail of the Yorkshire Ripper as the serial killer tears through a small community, destroying lives and baffling detectives. Jeannette Catsoulis says that this elliptical, oddly poetic thriller offers closure to nobody except the dead.
Movie Interviews
Colin Firth: By Anyone's Measure, A Leading Man()
February 3, 2010 Yesterday Colin Firth received a Best Actor nomination for his starring role in A Single Man, the Tom Ford adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel. Today Firth talks to Terry Gross about playing professor George Falconer, a gay professor navigating Southern California in 1962.
Movie Reviews
Back In Paris, A Hectic 'Ultimatum' In District 13()
February 4, 2010 The greedy French ruling class gets a good thrashing in District 13: Ultimatum, a gravity-taunting sequel to Pierre Morel's 2004 actioner District B13. But as anyone who saw the first movie would expect, the physical kicks are a lot more convincing than the political jabs.
