FilmWeek

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, discuss this week's new releases, including Friends With Money, Lucky Number Slevin, Take the Lead, When Do We Eat, One Last Ride, On a Clear Day, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy, The Lady in Question is Charles Busch and The Fallen Idol.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including Ice Age: The Meltdown, Basic Instinct 2, Game 6, Lonesome Jim, Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, Adam & Steve, Brick, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Grace Lee Project and Evil.

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including The Inside Man, American Gun, The Fallen, Americano, Stoned, L'Enfant (The Child), Music From the Inside Out and Go for Zucker!.

Guest Host Ted Chen and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including V for Vendetta, She's the Man, Find Me Guilty, Don't Come Knocking, Thank You for Smoking, The Zodiac, Don't Tell, Gilles' Wife and Trudell.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including Failure to Launch, Ask the Dust, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, The Hills Have Eyes, Duck Season and Trudell; as well as last week's David Chappelle's Block Party, 16 Blocks and Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas).

From the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly, Lael Loewenstein of Variety, and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss the Academy Award nominations.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss this week's new releases, including Dirty, Running Scared, Unknown White Male, Street Fight, Tsotsi and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor and Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including Eight Below, Freedomalnd, Winter Passing, Battle in Heaven and Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor).

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Lael Loewenstein of Variety discuss this week's new releases, including The Pink Panther, Curious George, Firewall, London, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Cowboy del Amor, Through the Fire (The Sebastian Telfair Story), Neil Young: Heart of Gold and Darwin's Nightmare.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including Something New, A Good Woman, Manderlay, and FAQs as well as The World's Fastest Indian and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, both getting a wider release this week. Ayuko Babu, Festival Director of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, joins us for a preview.