Slap me thrice and hand me to my mother, it's Jack!" The joyous proclamation that greets Cap'n Sparrow could have been uttered by any cinema manager from Annapolis to Zeebrugge, so vital has POTC become to the box office...

Though my year-end head cold continues to linger, I thought I would keep my promise and blog a little about some of the extra-curricular stuff from the attic I've been re-viewing, as opposed to reviewing...

He said: "Acting is a con. At the end of the day, you lie for a living. That's my goal. To be the best possible liar." The 20-year-old actor is well on his way to earning the best liar accolade, with a series of major roles in 2007...

The pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has roped in the Chennai film industry to increase awareness of the Sri Lankan Tamil problem among the people of Tamil Nadu, and to collect money for the rehabilitation of Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka...

nevertheless qualifies as choice escapist fare, the sort best watched on a lazy Saturday afternoon when it s just too hot to venture far from the A/C...

Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of "Bruce Almighty," is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy "Evan Almighty"...

TACOMA -- Brett Blanshan doesn't give the impression that he's all that concerned with first, second or third place...