Has anyone seen the cobra I just bought? | Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Wes Anderson doesn't have many casual fans. You either love the strange worlds of whimsy he creates or you find it all a bit precious and twee. Count me in the former camp and count The Darjeeling Limited as a return to form for Anderson after the ambitious but foggy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Next generation 3-D isn't......

While it easily won the weekend box-office crown, Beowulf disappointed somewhat with a 28.1 million dollar opening. If it's anything like Zemekis' last film Polar Express, though, the amazing 3-D will continue to pull in audiences for weeks to come. Having seen it at the IMAX theater at the Bridge, I can say that it is totally worth the price of a ticket. Bee Movie stayed strong in its third week, adding $14.3M and......

As if introducing the song from Polar Express at the Oscars wasn't proof enough that P. Diddy would show up to the opening of a can of catfood, he spoke today at the funeral of Johnnie Cochran. There were lots of impressive attendees, of course -- Rev. Jesse Jackson, Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt of the Black Panthers -- but Puffy made sure to get a spot at the mic. On April 1st SOHH reported that......

Well it's hardly akin to getting a star on Hollywood Blvd, but is it a coincidence that Chris Van Allsburg is in town to sign his award-winning book, The Polar Express, at the newly opened Dutton's Beverly Hills, just as the movie adaptation has been released? Tuesday, November 16 at 5:00 Dutton’s Beverly Hills 447 N. CANON DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 (310) 281-0997......

This weekend sees the opening of at least four new movies hitting theaters all across the Southland, and in surveying them LAist can't help but think how Angelenos could experience the same events in said movies around Los Angeles without ever having to pay a cent. After The Sunset, stars Pierce Brosnan as a thief who, along with his girlfriend Salma Hayek, tries their best to take part in illegal activities and avoid getting caught......