Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency.

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.

The layout was griping, the glide is awesome. Two ten-inch fins up, way up.

To call "A Lot like Love" dead in the water is an insult to water.

Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.

If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be.