Film

By CARLA MEYER
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Patrick Chamusso, the refinery foreman played by Derek Luke in "Catch a Fire," brims with energy, whether he's dancing to a Donna Summer song or coaching the local youth soccer team.

This busy husband and father's enthusiasm is remarkable for flourishing under oppressive conditions.

By CARLA MEYER
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Patrick Chamusso, the refinery foreman played by Derek Luke in "Catch a Fire," brims with energy, whether he's dancing to a Donna Summer song or coaching the local youth soccer team.

This busy husband and father's enthusiasm is remarkable for flourishing under oppressive conditions.

By BETSY PICKLE
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Ryan Murphy has Nielsen ratings, awards nominations and hate mail to tell him what people think of "Nip/Tuck," the button-pushing FX show he created and writes, produces and directs.

By BETSY PICKLE
Friday, November 03, 2006
Ryan Murphy has Nielsen ratings, awards nominations and hate mail to tell him what people think of "Nip/Tuck," the button-pushing FX show he created and writes, produces and directs.

By ROBERT DENERSTEIN
Friday, November 03, 2006
If you made a short list of actors who might play a South African Special Branch officer during the apartheid years, Tim Robbins wouldn't leap to mind.

But that's what happens in "Catch A Fire."

The movie tells the story of Patrick Chamusso, a black man who joined the rebellious A.N.C.

By ROBERT DENERSTEIN
Friday, November 03, 2006
Few performers have evoked as much criticism as Tim Robbins and his wife, actress Susan Sarandon, who often speak out for liberal causes. So what's it like to be scorned by people who have never met you?

"It's all pretty abstract," said Robbins.

"When I'm in a room with someone and there's direct contact, that's real.

By ROBERT DENERSTEIN
Friday, November 03, 2006
ALL THE KING'S MEN (C-) A mostly stagnant attempt to breathe new life into Robert Penn Warren's classic 1947 novel, already made into an Oscar-winning movie in 1949.

By JAN CRAIN RUDEEN
Thursday, November 02, 2006
("Monster House." Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; PG; $28.95, DVD (also available on Blu-ray Disc and PSP) Grade: A-)

It took me a while to figure out who the audience for "Monster House" is supposed to be.

By BARRY PARIS
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
There wasn't a tree or blade of grass on Iwo Jima, just black sand and volcanic rocks. But it was the first piece of Japanese soil _ the sacred homeland itself _ invaded by American forces, who desperately needed its airfields for B-29 bomber strikes on the main islands.

Some 21,000 Japanese troops were dug in during February-March 1945 and told to defend the godforsaken place from their maze of interlocking underground strongholds, fortified caves and machine-gun nests _ all cleverly camouflaged.

It took 25 days of fighting, 20,000 U.S.

By BARBARA VANCHERI
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Absolutely floored and numb.

That's how Adam Beach felt after watching "Flags of Our Fathers," in which he plays the late Ira Hayes, a U.S. Marine and Pima Indian who hoisted the American flag atop Iwo Jima in a photograph seen 'round the world.