LOS ANGELES -- Marlon Brando just walked in the room. "Good morning, good morning. Anyone sitting here?" he says, smiling and unshaven, taking the seat left open for him and running his hand t  

Hell is most definitely a place on earth, and it is very, very cold. Joe Simpson discovered this in 1985 while climbing the west face of Siula Grande in Peru's Andes Mountain range. He and his pa  

SANTA MONICA -- Because it occurs the day before the Academy Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, held outdoors at the Santa Monica Beach, doesn't get its full national due. If a Spiri  

The year 2003 was a watershed one for documentaries. Winged Migration, Spellbound and Capturing the Friedmans did as well in art houses as traditional narrative features. Michael Moore's Bowling  

LOS ANGELES -- Monster is a deceptive title for Charlize Theron's new film. Given its intentions, it should be called "Not a Monster." True, Theron plays a real-life serial killer, Aileen Wuo  

LOS ANGELES ­ Not even the notion of a flying boy is as surreally fantastical as the Hollywood casting system. Director P.J. Hogan's live-action adaptation of Peter Pan is a good example. Tr