Movies
Rooney Mara's extreme 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' makeover
Posted on January 13, 2011, at 1:44 PMHave the right haircut, numerous piercings, and bleached eyebrows convincingly turned Rooney Mara into the Stieg Larsson heroine, Lisbeth Salander?
Is Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy overrated?
Posted on January 4, 2011, at 12:27 PMIn The New Yorker, Joan Acocella tries to come to terms with the immense popularity of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its successors, despite their glaring faults
Kids are reading more (but 'Twilight' doesn't count)
Posted on December 17, 2010, at 10:44 AMHooray! Kids are devouring books, says Nicole Russell in The American Spectator. Too bad the books they favor are worthless, violent, and execrably written
The 'bizarre' 'Avatar'-themed wedding
Posted on December 10, 2010, at 1:40 PMChinese officials are selling Na'vi-themed weddings in the beautiful forests that inspired the film "Avatar." So why are some critics blue?
Why we love Harry Potter: 5 theories
Posted on November 19, 2010, at 2:51 PMWith the latest Potter film out this weekend, commentators are musing about the saga as a whole. What draws us back to Hogwarts?
Is 'Harry Potter 7' only for hardcore fans?
Posted on November 18, 2010, at 2:38 PMThe latest installment in the wizard movie franchise makes no attempt to bring casual fans up to speed, say critics. Is it worth watching anyway?
The 'Harry Potter' phenomenon: 7 surprising facts
Posted on November 17, 2010, at 2:22 PMStolen books? Tie-in tombstones? Pixar versions? As the penultimate "Harry Potter" movie hits the big screen, here's a look at the saga's impact on the real world
India's owl-population crisis: Is Harry Potter to blame?
Posted on November 5, 2010, at 8:30 AMA pet-owl craze is sweeping India, and wild birds are in decline. Are the boy wizard and his own pet owl, Hedwig, behind the problem?
The next Batman villain: 5 theories
Posted on November 1, 2010, at 8:00 AMIt's not the Riddler, says Christopher Nolan of the antagonist in his second Batman sequel, tentatively titled "The Dark Knight Rises." Who will it be then?
The 'Avatar' sequels: An instant guide
Posted on October 28, 2010, at 11:18 AMJames Cameron is taking his cameras underwater for two sequels to his sci-fi juggernaut, and filming could start as early as next year
Harry Potter's Quidditch: A real college sport?
Posted on October 26, 2010, at 2:00 PMAfter taking up an Earth-bound version of the fictional flying game, students are lobbying the NCAA to recognize it as a legitimate college sport
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series: An unpublished sequel?
Posted on October 12, 2010, at 2:02 PMYes, say new reports, Stieg Larsson did write another book — apparently set in the Canadian arctic. Will fans will ever get to read it?
Who is Rooney Mara, the world's newest movie star?
Posted on August 17, 2010, at 12:11 PMThe 25-year-old is the surprise choice to play Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood version of "The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo." But what else do we know about her?
The latest Tweets about 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
Posted on August 16, 2010, at 12:18 PMUnfiltered, real-time commentary from the world at large
7 highlights from 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' tour of Stockholm
Posted on July 13, 2010, at 3:14 PMDevotees of Stieg Larsson's hit 'Millennium' novels are making pilgrimages to the many real-life Swedish locations featured in the books
'Twilight': Why the movies are better than the books
Posted on July 2, 2010, at 11:07 AMYou'd have to pay me to pick up another Twilight novel, says Dana Stevens at Slate. But the new film Eclipse offers real insight into what it's like to be a teenage girl
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