entertainment - "movies"

The paradox of Starz's 'In the Gutter,' a semi-academic look at gross-out humor in the movies from its slapstick origins to the likes of 'Borat' and 'Knocked Up,' is that many of those most enamored with the genre are probably least likely to be attracted to a lesson in its history.

HOUSE. 9 tonight, Channel 29.SANTA MONICA, Calif. - He's played a stoner in the "Harold & Kumar" movies, a terrorist on Fox's "24" and a first-generation American in "The Namesake," and yet the closest Kal Penn's ever come to fulfilling a stereotype for an actor of Indian ancestry might be on Fox's "House," where he's a doctor.

Dwayne Johnson may have retired his wrestling name, The Rock, but he's still doing battle in the movies. He brought his upcoming family adventure, Race to Witch Mountain, to San Diego Comic Con to put it up against all the other big studio movies showing early footage to fans. This follow-up to the Disney series started with 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain casts Johnson as a Las Vegas cab driver protecting two alien teens from bad guys who would force them to use their special powers for evil.

With special celebrity guests, receptions and parties, workshops and panels, and plenty of films, the 10th annual Roxbury Film Festival is a unique opportunity for filmgoers to take in movies made for, by, and about people of color. Highlights of the festival include a screening of the film 'Of Boys and Men,' followed by a Q&A with its inimitable star, ...

DVD Reviews: While most '80s movies see their cinematic weight flicker as the years go by, others are able to withstand the passing decades and still pack a punch. Such is the case with 'War Games' and in this 25th anniversary edition packed with worthwhile extras.

Film News: Comic-Con offers glimpse into genre's future -- Apparently fed up about spending his summer with men in tights and armor, new york Times film critic A.O. Scott peevishly weighed in against comicbook movies, expressing 'a hunch, and perhaps a hope' that the genre has not only peaked but is in 'the beginning of a decline.'

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - If you're watching a Hollywood movie and a young couple on a transcontinental railroad trip gets involved in a murder, or a ragtag band of thieves plans the perfect heist, or hardened criminals scheme to break out of a tightly guarded prison, you're probably watching a Hollywood movie from another era.

I got to looking at the names of characters in movies and TV shows while at IMDB one day and discovered a fair number of AC Content Producers share their names with those whove popped up in the fictional realm