FilmWeek

Larry Mantle talks with Wade Major of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, and Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media about the week's new releases including "Nights in Rodanthe," "Miracle at St. Anna," "Eagle Eye," "The Lucky Ones," "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers," "Days And Clouds," and "Shoot On Sight."

Larry Mantle talks with FilmWeek critic Wade Major about the news that Universal Pictures has decided to say "no" to Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's animated, 3-D film, "Tintin." Sign of the economic times?

Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, and Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, review some of the week's new films including "Burn After Reading," 'Righteous Kill," "The Women," "Towelhead," "Sukiyaki Western Django," and "A Secret." Larry also talks with KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan and Peter Rainer about the Toronto International Film Festival.

In a move to reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced yesterday that it is taking over conservatorship of the nation's two largest mortgage lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Originally founded as government agencies, the two companies are now privately run and together comprise more than fifty percent of the mortgage market. Will this drastic effort counter the plunging housing market, which government officials say could lead to financial turmoil here and abroad? * Jennifer Zuccarelli, spokesperson for the U.S. Treasury Department. * Thomas Davidoff, Professor of Business, U.C. Berkeley's Haas Real Estate Group. * Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Member of the House Committee on Financial Services.

Larry and critics Wade Major, of CityBeat and boxoffice.com, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new films including "Red," "Ping Pong Playa," "Mister Foe," "Momma's Man," "A Girl Cut in Two," and "I Served the King of England." Larry also talks with Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media about the Telluride Film Festival.

David Lazarus and critics Wade Major, of CityBeat and boxoffice.com, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new feature films including "Traitor," "Hamlet 2," "The Rocker," "The Longshots," "Death Race," and "The House Bunny," and the documentaries "I.O.U.S.A.," and "Trouble the Water." And, critic Peter Rainer also discusses the Montreal Film Festival.

Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com review some of the week's new feature films including Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fly Me to the Moon, and Henry Poole is here, among others.

Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Claudia Puig, of USA Today, review some of the week's new feature films including "Elegy," "The Pineapple Express," "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," "Sixty Six," "Bottle Shock," "Transsiberian," and the documentary "Man on Wire."

Larry and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor review some of the week's new feature films including "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," "Swing Vote," "Frozen River," and the Czech film, "Beauty in Trouble." Then, Larry takes listener calls on guilty cinematic pleasures. Finally, he speaks with Laura Winter, co-director of the documentary "Baghdad High."

Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, and Wade Major, of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, review some of the week's new feature films including "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," "Step Brothers," "Brideshead Revisited," "Take," "Boy A," and the documentaries "American Teen" and "A Man Named Pearl." Then Larry talks with Variety reporter, Brian Lowry, about this year's Comic-Con, happening this weekend in San Diego.