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A New York Stop for Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and 'Uncle Vanya' New York Times (blog) ArtsBeat is a Web site devoted to culture news and reviews, and to the work and interests of the reporters and critics of The Times's culture department and the Book Review. Come here for breaking stories about the arts, coverage of live events, ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Oye! Times I don't know whether to credit the film makers or the digital projection system, but the results were stunning. This all made for an entertaining combination of thrill ride and detective who done it. One reviewer said this film and its 2009 predecessor ... See all stories on this topic »

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Film Review Hollywood Reporter This trek is something one can more readily accept on the page than onscreen, especially as in a book you don't actually have to listen to Oskar carrying a tambourine everywhere he goes or see him wearing an Israeli gas mask in the subway. ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

The Lady Vanishes Blu-ray Review Bigpicturebigsound.com The best of his "little" pictures, however, was the 1938 classic The Lady Vanishes starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave (in his first credited movie role). The Lady Vanishes was released to solid reviews in both England and the United States ... See all stories on this topic » Bigpicturebigsound.com

THE LOBO : PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL : REVIEW Comic Book Movie The film is true to the integrity of the comic on which it's based and as close to the source material as other revered CBMs, such as, Robert Rodriguez's Sin City or Zach Snider's Watchmen. It's hard to believe that a short 10 minute comic book film ... See all stories on this topic » Comic Book Movie

Review of Jung vs. Freud in A Dangerous Method PsychCentral.com (blog) By John M. Grohol, PsyD A Dangerous Method, the new David Cronenberg movie — based upon the 2002 Christopher Hampton stage play entitled, The Talking Cure, (which in turn was based on the 1993 non-fiction book by John Kerr, A Most Dangerous Method) ... See all stories on this topic » PsychCentral.com (blog)

Film review: Breaking Dawn - eat me The Express Tribune As a Potterhead, I would like to point out that Twilight's tactic of breaking the movie version of the book into two parts was ripped from the treatment given to the last Harry Potter film. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I say. ... See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune

Box office report: 'Sherlock Holmes' tops ho-hum weekend with $40 mil Entertainment Weekly The PG-13 movie, which received middling reviews, will now have to hope it has sturdy legs throughout the holiday. One good sign is that A Game of Shadows received an "A-" grade from CinemaScore audiences, so word of mouth should be positive. ...