Robert K. Elder

'I'm sorry, Scott, we did hear a little more stomach. . . . Can we try that again?" says audiobook director Paula Parker to author Scott Turow, sitting a few...

In "The Hero With a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell observed the striking similarities of heroic tales in various cultures. He didn't mention anything about furry feet, however. Author J.R.R. Tolkien's...

Apparently, the moviegoing public demanded a remake of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," and the producers of "Honey" have bravely answered the challenge. Jessica Alba (TV's "Dark Angel") stars as Honey,...

Jack Kerouac, who fathered the Beat Generation with the novel "On the Road," wrote only one fantasy novel, "Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three," a metaphysical ode to pulp characters of...

Six major movies opened Wednesday, all vying for attention this weekend. Full reviews ran Wednesday in Tempo; movie trailers are on www.metromix.com

Talk about love -- Toni Morrison did on the final weekend of the 14th annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Talk about money -- that's something poets rarely do, noted Joseph Parisi....

"Saving and Spending" may be the official theme of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival, but our quick peeks at some opening-weekend highlights might be better titled "comedy and tragedy." From...

Starlets Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy jump-start the latest edition of the "Scary Movie" series as two Catholic schoolgirls who stumble upon a mysterious, deadly videotape, as in 2002's "The...

In "Bubba Ho-Tep," an ancient Egyptian mummy feeds on the blue-haired residents of an East Texas rest home. Only an impotent, elderly Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and the (nearly) assassinated...

A combination of "The Terminator," "The Punisher" and "E.T.," writer/director Takashi Yamazaki's "Returner" serves as both an homage to and shameless thief of its influences. The result: a sprawling, deformed,...