It's Thanksgiving, Let's Party!: Ten Films For The Coming Weeks
Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.
Get ready, folks, for the coming blur of forced reunions, work-related functions, and cacophonous Christmas parties.
Matthew Pearl | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books
The world around us has become more Dickensian lately. At least that's how it seems by the way the word circulates.
Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment
I found parts of A Christmas Carol, which is being marketed exclusively to kids with Disney's promotional muscle, to be much more upsetting than anything in Where the Wild Things Are.
Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
A character like Stanley McChrystal cannot afford to show vulnerability to his enemies, and by enemies I mean anyone who would prevent The 40,000 from going into production with him as its star.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment
CANNES, France — Jim Carrey has multiple personalities in his next movie. Carrey and director Robert Zemeckis brought a bit of holiday cheer to...
Chris Durang | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment
It's easier to find nice apologies and resolution of differences in literature and movies than in life. But blessed are the peacemakers, eh? If only we can figure out how to make peace.
Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 01.22.2009 | World
My husband and I have been reading the classic "A Christmas Carol" to our children.The book represents our countdown to Christmas. I can't help but get sidetracked in my mind to the situation in Zimbabwe.
John Farr | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment
As we see the rampant consumerism of recent years yield to the fundamentals of the holiday, these films best capture the essence of Christmas, year in and year out.
John Farr | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment
Regardless of one's faith, at its core the holidays involve gatherings of extended family spanning all life-stages, so it makes sense to lay in a store of films that all generations can watch and enjoy together.
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living
I think Ebenezer Scrooge has gotten a bad rap long enough. This poor guy has endured nearly 200 years of negative press and it's about time we took a...
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living
Competition is so endemic to our culture, consumption has become a competitive sport. Am I the only one who thinks something is out of whack here? Remember the mortgage mess we're in?
AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it agreed to deliver five movies via IMAX theaters beginning with the 3-D movie "A Christmas Ca...
John Farr | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment