Directed by Stephen Daldry (Paramount, 2011)Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a 9-year-old boy whose father is killed on 9/11 angered and touched a lot of readers.

Hollywood’s leading actor shines in roles that show success doesn’t always bring happiness.My seventh-grade English teacher once asserted that although the word gorgeous usually referred to women, some men were drop-dead gorgeous. I knew from other comments that she was thinking about Cary Grant in that moment.

Planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? We've got movie reviews for some of the best picture nominees, as well as plenty of other films that weren't nominated, but were considered top films for 2011 by our regular culture columnist, Pat McCormick. Did you see a film that recieved a nomination but isn't reviewed here?

The Ides of MarchDirected by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2011)As the title suggests, George Clooney’s cynical drama about a presidential campaign is a tale of loyalties and betrayals, both personal and political, and of the hollow victories achieved through these various treasons.In the days and weeks leading up to the Democratic primary in Ohio, each of the three central characters espouse