Machete' reminds Michelle Rodriguez of ... Barack Obama?
LOS ANGELES - Before she signed on to make "Machete," the campy celebration of the eponymous Latino legend, Michelle Rodriguez had pretty much decided she didn't want to make a movie about her own culture. more

Schnabel movie chronicles Mideast conflict
The latest movie by Julian Schnabel couldn't have been more timely. more

Extra critically injured on `Transformers 3' set
Indiana State Police say a movie extra has been critically injured on the production set of "Transformers 3." more

The Movie Masochist: Aim low, hit lower
Years ago the great American movie critic Pauline Kael made it safe to enjoy bad movies. "Because movies are so rarely great art, if we can't appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them," she wrote. more

Capsule reviews of feature films
AGORA 2 1/2 stars. Rachel Weisz stars as the philosopher/astronomer Hypatia in this vivid historical drama set in Roman Egypt of the late 4th century, where religious tumult and ideological zealotry ruled. (What else is new?) 2 hrs. No MPAA rating (violence, adult themes) - Steven Rea more