By BARBARA VANCHERISunday, July 20, 2008"The Dark Knight" has emerged as the next -- and possibly last -- must-see movie of the summer of 2008. Women and teen and tween...

Sunday, July 20, 2008A guide to movies from a family perspective: "The Dark Knight" -- Rated: PG-13. -- Suitable for: Children roughly 9 or 10 years old and up. --...

By PHIL VILLARREALSunday, July 20, 2008Pierre could be the serial killer who's on the loose. Or he might be just an honest magician/ex-high-school teacher trying to get by. He tells...

By PHIL VILLARREALSunday, July 20, 2008I'll do my best to avoid falling over slack-jawed into worshipful hyperbole over the wonders of "The Dark Knight," but no promises. Analyzing the successes...

By BETSY PICKLESunday, July 20, 2008The brooding hero of "Batman Begins" faces even tougher dilemmas in "The Dark Knight" than he did in his 2005 debut. Director Christopher Nolan's second...

By PHIL VILLARREALSunday, July 20, 2008With intentionally stilted acting, cliche-saturated dialogue and costumes that are straight out of "Scooby-Doo," "Viva" packs an ample supply of snark. Watching the "Austin Powers"-like...

By BETSY PICKLESunday, July 20, 2008In a summer that offers family audiences the varied charms of "WALL-E," "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Meet Dave," "Space Chimps" comes...

Sunday, July 20, 2008"THE MUMMY: SPECIAL EDITION." (1932. NOT RATED. UNIVERSAL. $26.98.) This DVD edition of the first "Mummy," one of the classic Universal horror pictures of the 1930s, is...

By BETSY PICKLESunday, July 20, 2008OK, it's time to come out of the closet. I'm an ABBA fan. I wasn't always. But after being dragged to the stage productions of...

By LEBA HERTZSunday, July 20, 2008With the Friday opening of the movie version of the musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA once again takes center stage in a movie. Here's a look...