Srtaff Reports

'TRANSYLMANIA' * You've got to love actors who show up, give their all and try to make something out of whatever Z-grade horror comedy they've been lucky enough to get...

'The Maid' ***1/2 A spiky social comedy from Chile, Sebastian Silva's "The Maid" features a marvelous, moon-eyed actress, Catalina Saavedra, as a sphinx-like servant who has lived, worked and, slowly,...

'Everybody's Fine' *** "Relief" is the word for it. It's a relief to see Robert De Niro giving an honest, effective starring performance in a project that does not stink...

'Brothers' ***1/2 Amid all the promotional noise for "Up in the Air" and "Avatar" and the rest, it's easy to overlook a drama like "Brothers," with its plain-spoken title and...

'Up in the Air' *** For a movie set in a sour economy, "Up in the Air" is very crafty about lobbing to the sweet spots of all concerned. It...

No doubt I am committing some sort of critic's breach of conduct, but I have discovered my new favorite television show, and it isn't even on television. At least not...

R. Kelly, 'Untitled' ** (out of 4) It's tempting to read into the title of R. Kelly's first album since his acquittal on child-pornography charges last year. Is his 10th...

Clear out all those books on tape. "The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History," by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, is out, just in time for holiday travel, or...

'Fantastic Mr. Fox' ** 1/2 So many careful and clever visual felicities dot the landscape of Wes Anderson's animated feature "Fantastic Mr. Fox," from the catastrophically inclined watercolors painted by...

'Old Dogs' * "Wild Hogs," "Old Dogs" -- what's next, "Bumps on Logs"? Truly, I would rather watch John Travolta and Robin Williams sitting on a tree trunk, doing nothing,...