The L words

“Lost” Wednesday 8pm, ABC “Lost” gives “Heroes” fans hope. After wading through two seasons of terrible subplots, unlikable new characters and a general feeling of no direction, loyal viewers were rewarded with the terrific Season 4, in which the show totally got its groove back. (Is it a coincidence that comic book genius Brian K. […]

Capsule Reviews

Bedtime Stories (PG, 99 minutes) Adam Sandler plays a storytelling uncle whose stories surprise him by coming true. A presumably family-friendly adventure-comedy co-starring Courtney Cox Arquette, Lucy Lawless, Guy Pearce and Kerry Russell. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4 Bride Wars (PG, 94 minutes) BFFs Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway decide to plan their respective […]

The old man and the car

Meet Gran Torino’s Walt Kowalski: Korean War vet, retired auto worker, widower, ornery racist coot. Walt can’t stand the people crowding into his home for his wife’s wake, and they’re relatives and friends; don’t even get him started on the Hmong family moving in next door. But he’s played by Clint Eastwood, in an Eastwood-directed […]

So hip it hurts

“American Idol” Tuesday & Wednesday 8pm, Fox “Idol” remains America’s No. 1 TV show in the ratings, although the numbers have started to slide the past few seasons. Part of that is due to the natural laws of pop culture thermodynamics —all things lead toward entropy—but the show wasn’t helped by the overwhelmingly crappy Season […]

Capsule Reviews

Bedtime Stories (PG, 99 minutes) Adam Sandler plays a storytelling uncle whose stories surprise him by coming true. A presumably family-friendly adventure-comedy co-starring Courtney Cox Arquette, Lucy Lawless, Guy Pearce and Kerry Russell. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4 Bolt (PG, 96 minutes) In Disney’s 48th animated feature, a Hollywood dog who plays a canine […]

Tom Cruise gets führer-ious in Valkyrie

Valkyrie puts forth the idea that not all Nazis should be categorized as either ferocious barbarians or craven order-followers. We knew this, of course, from Schindler’s List. And from history. And from not being idiots. And yet we watch. We are curious. It is at once a caper movie, a period piece and a true […]

Many happy returns

“Scrubs” Tuesday 9pm, ABC In one of the more baffling moves in recent TV history, ABC opted to pick up an eighth season of NBC’s hospital comedy “Scrubs” after the Peacock gave it the ax. This is despite the fact that the show has never exactly been a ratings bonanza (last year it came in […]