"Yuma" focuses on the characters
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LOS ANGELES  - The cinematographer of the upcoming remake of "3:10 to Yuma" doesn't view the film as a classic Western, even though Russell Crowe and Christian Bale spend much of the running time battling gangsters, greedy landowners and other assorted varmints.
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Two films tackle a subject that Hollywood usually prefers to avert its eyes from
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"Pan's Labyrinth" is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it's the other way around.
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There is plenty of sorrow to be found in âInto the Wild.â But though the filmâs structure may be tragic, its spirit is anything but.
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Some television dramas develop die-hard fans willing to take extreme measures â like buying 26,000 pounds of nuts â in the face of their showâs demise.
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The movies in Film Forumâs N.Y.C. Noir series explore themes of guilt, desire, ambition and powerlessness, which New Yorkers know a thing or two about.
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There are talks of a musical adaptation of Finding Neverland.
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By By Mariecar Mendoza, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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This beautifully performed, touching one-act play is not quite the personalized cry against genocide that the playwright intends it to be.
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It is tempting to think of âKing of California,â a serious comedy that does many things right, as a sequel of sorts to âOne Flew Over the Cuckooâs Nest.â
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Russell Crowe's remake  of the old Western "3:10 to Yuma" finally has found a home.
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Forget about dancing genies, buxom harem girls and dashing heroes in mythical Arab lands bent on saving ravishing princesses. In this animated movie, the issue is one of divine love, devotion and a struggle for God.
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Tycho:  Rhythm games aren't my forte, but I have a lot of inbuilt experience with meter which helps me fake it until I can build genuine skill.  And, as rhythm elements have crept into the entire medium, Tycho stock has been in a boom phase.  It's understandable, then, that while I soar and illuminate - and Gabriel sputters, bound to earth - tensions related to my prowess have begun to burn red-hot.  That is, until they cool again.  These things have a way of working themselves out in the fullness of time.          There's an incredible article over at Wired this month (and possibly also in the magazine?) about the Bungie's psychological approach to game design.  What a tremendous challenge it must be to retain authorial control in such a case!  As someone whose output is rarely screened by any agency, the whole thing gave me chills.  The right to fail nobly in a creative endeavor (as we sometimes do) is such a powerful luxury.  No such luxury may be extended to them, upon whose toil an entire platform rests.  God keep me from such a fate.          I keep hearing that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption isn't being promoted very well, but the person saying this always seems to know about it, and then when people share this complaint in the thread those people also seem to be "in the know."  It ships on the twenty-seventh of August, if you weren't aware - but since you almost certainly are, we needn't dwell on it.  What we should be dwelling on are the series of teaser vids that Retro has been trickling out.  Metroid's largely mysterious heroine has always been a huge draw for me, and going into deep detail about the character would actually damage the mystique.  But the universe she operates in need not be vague, which is why these clips are such a rich meal:  there's the Aurora Unit trailer that modernizes ancient Metroid canon in a classy way, and there's a treat at the end of the Valhalla trailer that ties it all together.  They both cover a setting that has gotten darker and more sophisticated, tones we don't typically associate with Nintendo.       We like to get kicks in on the post-Harmonix Guitar Hero, partly based on their "wacky" multiplayer concept - which ordinary gamers will probably love - but also out of a sort of tribal loyalty.  This having been established, they've built an authentically heroic tracklist that really has a lot of beef.  Going from the most recent Rock Band announcement out of Leipzig, both versions appear to have Radiohead's "Creep" and the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," which is something of a comfort.  After seeing different songs on each game from Metallica and The Rolling Stones, I wasn't sure if they were already traveling down the catalogues securing exclusive weaponry.  I hope that the labels in this case see the old wisdom of arming both sides.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 16--They are like two peas in a pod, the churches only a few blocks apart on Yuba City's east side.
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A fascinating blend of musical, melodrama and feminist fairy tale, âLaaga Chunari Mein Daagâ shows Bollywoodâs moral universe in transition.
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Alain Corneau's psychodrama is the latest movie to explore (and to exploit) Western fascination with Japan.
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âComanche Moon,â like âLonesome Doveâ before it, upends the classical code of the film western, one that prizes the heroâs commitment to chastely maintaining the social order as the ennobling alternative to intimacy.