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Forest Whitaker lands his Oscar winning portrayal of General Idi Amin in the film adaptation of the book The Last King of Scotland - available on DVD April 17th.

No surprises with The Departed, Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker winning top honors.

The classic novella endures as the model for psychological thrillers in literary works and inspiration for movies.

A new line of environmentally- and people-conscious jewelry from Russell Simmons, which empowers impoverished communities in Africa where diamonds are found and mined.

Spike Jonze, director of the film based on Maurice Sendak's popular children's story, delivers a melancholy tale of an insecure, young boy with a powerful imagination.

Ceremony was boring, ran too long and even the celebrities looked like they'd rather be eating pizza

The Shield has been the top show on TV for years now, but has not received the Emmy and critical kudos some weaker broadcast fare like Lost and The West Wing have.

In an age when all major events are filmed and dissected to the Nth degree, Vantage Point examines a presidential murder from eight different views. 7.5/10

A noir-infused view of the contemporary L.A.P.D., Kings is L.A. Confidential with Keanu Reeves and an artillery of brutality.

The Last King of Scotland gives us a glimpse into the unusual life of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

Other teen films preceded his and others would follow, but no other writer or director spoke so clearly to high school's class conflicts and general adolescent angst.

Writer/Director Jieho Lee has told four interweaving stories of happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Forest Whitaker star.

Street Kings wants us to invest in its characters. It wants Tom Ludlow to be Vic Mackey, and it wants to have depth. Unfortunately, all these ideas fall short in the end.

During a summit on terrorism in Spain, eight strangers have a unique vantage point of an attempted assassination. But which vantage point is in on the conspiracy?

Those with a soft spot for Maurice Sendak's beloved meditation on childhood anger will want to steer well clear of this melancholic mess of emo film-making.

A flawless expansion of Maurice Sendak's story, "Where the Wild Things Are" is a film to treasure, discuss and lovingly revisit. One of the decade's best family films.

The non-profit National Board of Review of Motion Pictures calls Disney/Pixar's Cars the best animated movie of 2006.

Season seven of the Shield will begin airing on September 2nd, 2008 and will consist of the show's final 13 episodes.

Hollywood's biggest night delivered an upset as Marion Cotillard took Best Actress and the expected, Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor. No Country for Old Men a big winner

"No Country for Old Men" wins Best Picture in bumpy but fresh post-strike awards show.

Comic conventioneers will get an eyeful of animated films when Comic-Con hits San Diego this July. Films include Coraline, Where the Wild Things Are and Beowulf.

Dakota Fanning is a young, child actress who has starred in many 'big name' movies; Dakota's latest films demonstrate her ability to play more mature movie star roles.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the first psychological thrillers. Set in Victorian London, the novella tells of the dark side of humanity.

Director Jonze and his co-writer Dave Eggers teamed up with the author of the classic picture book to recreate Max's adventure-fantasy, and his beastly friends, on film.

Kristen Stewart is known widely for her role of Bella Swan in the Twilight movies. This rising star has what it takes to make it in Hollywood.

Every holiday season movie audiences have come to expect prominent film releases and this season will be no exception.

Brutally violent and engaging, Platoon takes the Vietnam War and centres it around a battle between two men for a new recruit's soul.

Celebrities, including former Beatles frontman Paul McCartney, will support a new PETA campaign for vegetarianism with video and print ads.

The Cancerian man is born between June the 22 and July the 22. Their astrological symbol is the crab and their ruling planet the Moon.

Neil Jordan's thriller about an ex-IRA volunteer and his tentative relationship with the girlfriend of a British soldier.

Going boldly where so many bad children's book-adaptations have gone before, Where The Wild Things Are stays true to the source material, expanding on it wonderfully.

Catherine Keener, and the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano and Chris Cooper, star in Spike Jonze's film version of Where The Wild Things Are.

Director Jonze has a gorgeous visual style which will make this film a children's classic, but the script by Jonze and Dave Eggers is not so much wild as woeful.

Professor Melvin B. Tolson proves that the power of words can be mightier than the sword.

After more than 15 years of working with first-rate directors and co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio is arguably one of the best actors of his generation.

Actor Ben Stiller received this year's Generation Award; Stars give viewers first look at upcoming summer blockbusters; Andy Samberg's digital shorts revamped