FilmWeek

Larry Mantle and critics F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly , and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, discuss this week's new film releases, including Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Northfork, The Housekeeper, I Capture the Castle, Tattoo, and Washington Heights.

Larry Mantle and critics Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, discuss this week's new film releases, including Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Swimming Pool, A Woman Is a Woman, and The Girl From Paris. . Larry and the critics also pay tribute to Katharine Hepburn and Buddy Hackett. Special events: American Cinematheque's Mods and Rockers at the Egyptian; Bunuel in France at LACMA; the Anime Expo in Anaheim.

Larry Mantle and critics F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, discuss this week's new film releases, including Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, 28 Days Later, Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary, Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johne), and On Line. Special events: F.X. Feeney hosting Great Unproduced Scripts: A Staged Reading at the Grove's Barnes and Noble; Bunuel in France at LACMA; Pier Pasolini: The Erotic Films at the Egyptian Theater.

Guest host Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, discuss this week's new film releases, including The Hulk, Alex & Emma, The Hard Word, May, The Legend of Suriyothai, Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During World War II, and the re-edited The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. This week's new videos and the Japanese Outlaw Masters 5 series at the Egyptian Theater were also discussed.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including Hollywood Homicide, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Capturing the Friedmans, Love the Hard Way, The Heart of Me, Jet Lag, Herod's Law (La Ley de Herodes), Manito, and Controlled Chaos. Larry and the critics also discuss the carreer of Gregory Peck, The Los Angeles Film Festival, and the documentary series Bagels and Docs at the Laemmle theaters.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, Peter Rainer of New York Magazine, and Leonard Maltin, co-host of Hot Ticket on CBS and on the web at: leonardmaltin.com discuss this week's new film releases, including 2 Fast 2 Furious, Whale Rider, The Eye, and Wattstax - the Special Edition. Larry and the critics also discuss audience demographics of subtitled films, along with the documentary series Bagels and Docs at the Laemmle theaters.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Finding Nemo, The Italian Job, Together, and A Decade Under the Influence. Along with Charles' take on the Animatrix shorts, The Israel Film Festival and Bagels and Docs at the Laemmle theaters as well as the Hollywood Black Film Festival were also discussed.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and Lael Lowenstein of Variety discuss this week's new film releases, including Bruce Almighty, The In-Laws, Marooned in Iraq, Respiro, The Sea, and Sweet Sixteen. Peter also gives us a report of the Bermuda Film Festival.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein of New Times and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new film releases, including The Matrix Reloaded, Down With Love, Spellbound, Cremaster 3, Chi-Hwa-seon, Everybody Says I'm Fine!, and L'Auberge Espagnole. Larry and the critics also paid tribute to actor Robert Stack, who died Wednesday night.

Larry Mantle and critics F.X. Feeney of the L.A. Weekly and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including Identity, Confidence, It Runs in the Family, People I Know, City of Ghosts, House of Fools, Japon, Ten, The Real Cancun, and Lawless Heart. Larry and the critics also found time to talk about this week's videos.