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The filmmaker Josh Koury has latched onto a great subject for "We Are Wizards," his peek at some of the more engaged fans circulating in the Harry Potter world.

"Quantum of Solace" prompts the question: Is revenge the only possible motive for large-scale movie heroism these days?

After two and a half hours in the thrilling, exhausting company of the characters in "A Christmas Tale," the intimacy we feel with them is wired with surprise.

Its a rare occasion that any movie has such impact that when the film ends, the entire audience exits the theater in total silence. It was a good several seconds after the credits finished rolling and the lights came up before I even realized what I was experiencing. It happens so rarely that it took that a moment for me to recognize it: I was speechless.

Mixing bollywood sensibilities with Danny Boyle's clever style of filmmaking, "Slumdog Millionaire" is the type of cinematic revelation that only comes along once or twice a year.

Beyoncé Knowles on her study of the life of Etta James and how it altered the direction of her new album.

Mark Walton, a Disney animator, gives voice to a hamster named Rhino and steals the show in "Bolt."

Lessons in cross-cultural understanding abound for a the British director Danny Boyle filming "Slumdog Millionaire" in an Indian slum.