Both gut-wrenching and eerie, "Reservation Road" takes its audience on an emotional roller coaster resulting from a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a 10-year-old boy. Read more...

In "Lars and the Real Girl," Ryan Gosling plays a shy, handsome, yet delusional young man named Lars. Read more...

Those familiar with the brick-breaking, mushroom-munching Mario of olden days will have just one question when they get their hands on Nintendo's blockbuster Wii title "Super Mario Galaxy" on Nov. 7. Exactly what was in those mushrooms? Read more...

On a college campus where the most prized tickets are usually for the football game against 'SC, it is unusual for a play about a deranged, old king to sell out weeks before opening night. But then, most plays don't feature Gandalf. Read more...

Portland-based band Blitzen Trapper may remind listeners of Radiohead, not because of their sound but because of their penchant for self-released albums. The sextet, playing tonight at the El Rey Theatre, has self-released three albums of fractured alt-country on their own label, Lidkercow Ltd., after forming officially in 2000. Read more...

Writer, director and former Bruin Mike Cahill surprisingly enough has something in common with the loony protagonist of his new film "King of California": They both like to dig for treasure. Literally. Read more...

When the lights illuminate the intimate Reuben Cordova Theatre on the Beverly Hills High School campus, the stage reveals eight formally dressed members of a publishing firm, enjoying their after-dinner brandy while at a weekend getaway at a country home. Read more...