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......

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......