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"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
Grand battles! Dazzling special effects! But where are all the people?
By Stephanie Zacharek May 16, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "America's Next Top Model"
Tyra Banks crowns a "juicy" winner, breaks new ground -- and reminds us why we can't stop watching this show.
By Sarah Hepola May 15, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "The Hills"
Never mind the sex-tape rumors. "The Hills" ends another soapy season with a nod toward love.
By Joy Press May 13, 2008
Why Ronald Reagan didn't completely suck
In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president.
By Louis Bayard May 13, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "Survivor: Micronesia"
"Survivor's" best season ever ends like a John Hughes movie, with selfish popular girls, angry outbursts and a great big love confession!
By Heather Havrilesky May 12, 2008
Critics' Picks
What you need to see, read, do this week: A lavish gay TV wedding, a moving movie memoir, the sound of schoolyard heartbreak.
May 10, 2008
"Speed Racer"
You know a movie's heading nowhere fast when even its monkey doesn't make you laugh.
By Stephanie Zacharek May 9, 2008
"What Happens in Vegas"
This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters.
By Mary Elizabeth WIlliams May 9, 2008
Is everything we know about American history wrong?
Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations."
By Louis Bayard May 9, 2008
"The Rabbi's Cat"
A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it.
By Douglas Wolk May 7, 2008
Hospital, USA
This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm.
By Laura Miller May 6, 2008
Critics' Picks
A full-tilt, pulse-pounding Iraq-war movie; deep thoughts from Jack Handey; a site for old Suck fans and more.
May 3, 2008
"Made of Honor"
This formulaic romantic comedy starring Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey leaves us McCold.
By Stephanie Zacharek May 2, 2008
Ursula K. Le Guin celebrates early Rome
The unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life.
By Laura Miller May 1, 2008
"Iron Man"
Robert Downey Jr. gives this inventive superhero blockbuster its warm, glowing heart -- and makes it soar.
By Stephanie Zacharek May 1, 2008
Does Madonna still matter?
On "Hard Candy," the 49-year-old disco queen gracefully walks a tightrope between sex, motherhood and aging.
By James Hannaham Apr 30, 2008
Legal appeal
Long before there was "Law and Order," a TV criminal defense attorney named Perry Mason brought high courtroom drama to the masses.
By Louis Bayard Apr 29, 2008
Finale wrap-up: "Big Brother 9"
The finale demonstrates how just a spoonful of sugar helps the mediocrity go down in the most delightful way!
By Heather Havrilesky Apr 28, 2008
Flagging America's racial divide
An infamous 1976 photo captured a violent encounter between white Bostonians and a black lawyer during an anti-busing rally. A new book explains why this image continues to haunt and define us.
By Louis Bayard Apr 28, 2008
Tangled up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 26, 2008
Critics' Picks
Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A knockout '70s R&B singer, a ravishing anime, the best season of "Survivor" in years.
Apr 26, 2008
"Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay"
This good-natured sequel might not be as endearing as the original, but it's still much more than another stoner comedy.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 25, 2008
"Deception"
It's bad enough that this Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman thriller is improbable. But why does it have to look so awful?
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 25, 2008
City of lost children
The PBS documentary series "Carrier" discovers conflict and camaraderie among the (shockingly young) inhabitants of the USS Nimitz.
By Heather Havrilesky Apr 24, 2008
"Baby Mama"
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a dynamite duo, but this spoof of our child-centric culture doesn't go as far as it could.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 23, 2008
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