"Blackroc" has what so many other rap-rock projects are missing: By using the same type of raw sound that so many hip-hop samples are after in the first place, Ohio garage rockers the Black Keys are able to create a hybrid record with an impressive guest list that includes Rza, Mos Def, Raekwon, Jim Jones and others.

In "New Moon," the second film in "The Twilight" series based on Stephenie Meyer's novels, love means never having to say you're happy. The movie comes off as a two-hour brood fest where everybody looks miserable as they bob up and down in an ocean of angst. Muhammad Ali would call this film a mope-a-dope.

The echoing shouts of "Edward ... Jacob ... Edward ... Jacob" resounded through the considerable crowd gathered Tuesday at a West Knoxville movie complex to catch a glimpse of or perhaps even share a moment with "Twilight" actors Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner -- two of the stars of "New Moon," the second film from the popular Twilight vampire series.

Janet Jackson made a transformation in the ’80s and ’90s, from the girl next door to a pop music icon.   

It’s easy, even understandable, to dismiss things we find uninteresting, distasteful or downright stupid. I do that often enough in this column, so let me be clear: I like fantasy fiction. I grew up with it. I read it. I play games based on the genre. I believe J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Pratchett and Orson Scott Card and Michael Moorcock and Dan Abnett Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson should have their own hall of fame.

Producer-turned-director Lee Daniels turned his adaptation of the 1996 novel by Sapphire into a film with help from Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.

The buzz is all about the film "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push" by Sapphire," that opens Friday.

"The Seventh Seal" is the sound of a veteran emcee comfortable in almost any setting, and even though things occasionally get a little sing-songy, it's easy to see what inspired many a kid to pick up the mic.

The team at Sherwood Pictures doesn't work like other filmmakers. They never have. After the surprising success of "Fireproof" -- the third film for the group comprised of pastors and staff at the Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. -- most film companies would have rushed back into production to maximize their profits. At Sherwood they stopped and prayed.

Wearing all black from tip to toe, “Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz sat in a meeting room at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston dressed more like Johnny Cash than the vampire Emmett Cullen, whom he plays in the beyond-popular movie series. Just as Lutz’s character helps Bella in the movies, the 24-year-old actor was quick to lend a hand when a technically inept reporter couldn’t work her tape recorder. A push of a button, a flip of a switch and – voila – it works.

Actress Sandra Bullock portrays Leigh Anne Tuohy, one of the two main characters in the new film “The Blind Side,” the true story of Michael Oher, a poor, homeless, underachieving high school kid she pulls off the street and invites to become part of her family.

“(Untitled)” is a subtle comedy about the state of contemporary art.

Disaster flick “2012” entertains in a so-bad-it’s-good way, with laughably bad dialogue, preposterous characters and situations, and special effects guaranteed to blow your mind.

The screams were loud enough to wake the undead. Several hundred "Twilight" fans poured into the Natick Collection last night to meet Kellan Lutz, who plays vampire Emmett Cullen in the popular book and film series. The second movie installment, "New Moon," opens Nov. 20.

The story of DJs broadcasting rock 'n roll during the 60s from a boat off the coast of England, because the BBC refused to, amounts to not much more than a boatload of characters who  you just can't manage to care about.