David Milch ("NYPD Blue," "Deadwood"), Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) and Sydney Pollack (Tootsie, Three Days of the Condor) gathered Saturday for the Creating Classic Characters panel at the Austin Film Festival. The conversation quickly became a completely engaging discussion of the craft of writing, managing expectations of the studios, Dostoevsky and much more. Black was his general convivial and vulnerable self, while the affable Pollack spoke with great humility about......

Some interesting cinematic offerings for you today, movie lovers. Much better than the dismal choices of last week (we read a review somewhere on the internerd in which the writer compared watching Aeon Flux to receiving an anal probe. Harsh). So cozy up in a theatre this weekend with one or more of this week’s new movie releases. *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Forget the Christian undertones (or......

Wow, it's almost pointless to tell you about today's new movie releases, as there are a whole two of them and they both look a little sketchy. In fact, we're not going to recommend either one of them. Nope, not a one. Aeon Flux Charlize exchanges her mullet for skintight outfits and more of an "edge." Apparently this flick was not prescreened for critics, and you know which movies are not prescreened for critics?......

Okay, there are a couple of new films we’d be willing to see this week, but honestly we’re too busy geeking out over next week’s release of Harry Potter IV. One thing we should mention: Eminem's 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’, a film about his life leading up to his huge success as a rap artist, was released on Wednesday. But if you’re anything like us, you probably don’t care. *Zathura To......

We went to our first screening at the Austin Film Festival last night, and we were treated to one of the more entertaining movies we have seen in quite some time. And, we got to pick the director's brain a little afterwards. Shane Black goes back to some familiar writing territory in his directorial debut “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” But instead of staying within one genre, say, a buddy flick, a thriller or a......