David Chase, executive producer of The Sopranos, staves off fading away from the spotlight, serving as writer and director of Not Fade Away, a love letter of sorts to a bygone musical era.  

Zero Dark Thirty begins in darkness, not the pitch of night or space; rather simply, it starts with the black frame and voices. Instantly, we recognize the voices as those belonging to desperate callers on Sept. 11, 2001.  

To say that Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are' sometimes plays like a wrenchingly melancholy, Bergman-esque domestic drama isn't much help to people who want to know if children will like it.  

Mix the knowingness of policy wonks from 'The West Wing' with deadpan, mockumentary-style humor from 'The Office' and then throw in the scabrous, pessimistic take on the political motives for going to war from 'Wag the Dog,' and you have 'In the Loop.' Grade: B.