By BARBARA VANCHERI, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bill Pullman lowers his voice when he confesses he's not really a wine guy. Not his fault."I lost my sense of smell when I was in my early 20s. So, it affects my ability to really determine the nuances. It's like golfing for me, I can only joke at it or cheat," the actor said in a recent call from Chateau Montelena in the northern end of Napa Valley.

In high school, actor Rainn Wilson was a geek. In fact, he says, "I was every kind of geek, and one of the geeks that I was, was a band geek."

At first, Claire Forlani was puzzled at being asked to play the girlfriend in a movie from the "Cannonball Run" school of comedy.The script for "Beer for My Horses" was funny, but the actors were unfamiliar. "I said, 'I haven't heard of any of these actors. What have they done?' "

"The Dark Knight" has emerged as the next -- and possibly last -- must-see movie of the summer of 2008.Women and teen and tween girls will flock to "Mamma Mia!" to see that Meryl Streep is brave enough to be photographed on this side of 60 (she just turned 59) in bright sunlight and to sing, dance and scramble around a Greek island like a giddy girl.

Like a raft bobbing in the ocean, "Jellyfish" drifts from here to there, moving toward the shore and then skittering back with the waves. It shifts from one woman's story to another's in Tel Aviv, with water as a unifying theme.

Will Smith has been a consistent hitmaker in July movie theaters. If anyone ever asked, "Nicest star you've ever met?," the answer would be easy: Will Smith.

It sounds like a modern-day paradise: "A place where everyone's famous and no one ages. ... There's gonna be nowhere else like it on Earth."

Television has always been fertile ground for filmmakers looking to transport their casts -- whether they're the Simpsons or the "Sex and the City" girls -- to the big screen, or to reinvent a show's concept with new faces.

Standing in New York nirvana, a Fifth Avenue penthouse apartment with a terrace, Big tells Carrie: "Welcome home, baby."

Rambo vs. Indiana Jones wouldn't be a fair fight, so what about "Son of Rambow" against Indy?Reminded his $6 million coming-of-age movie was opening against the fourth Indy juggernaut, writer-director Garth Jennings quipped, "Yes, I feel so sorry for Indiana Jones. They must be terrified. It's going to be difficult for them, but I think they'll be OK."