http://nwherald.comThe latest news from the nwherald.com websiteen-usWhere would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/64497833/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/64497833/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 06:01:00 GMTThe redemption-minded sports flick “The Blind Side” serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/16/r_31yt5d1st2gwc8be13_unq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/16/r_31yt5d1st2gwc8be13_unq/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTAs Hollywood closes specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who’s left to make great American movies?http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/17/r_84kxwqxxqiibqvttqznl_w/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/17/r_84kxwqxxqiibqvttqznl_w/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTShe's always been referred to as Sandra. So it’s a little disconcerting when she energetically introduces herself with, “Hi, I’m Sandy.” But energy was necessary for Sandra Bullock to portray Leigh Anne Tuohy in the new film “The  Blind Side."http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/41221509/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/41221509/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTIt’s been a big year for animation, with a great variety of styles represented by “Up,” “Monsters vs. Aliens,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the upcoming “The Princess and the Frog.”http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_6pfwbyxdqeo4ajfrjpa9aq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_6pfwbyxdqeo4ajfrjpa9aq/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTThe "Twilight" series may have changed the lives of fans worldwide, but perhaps no one has been more affected by its success than the three stars of the film: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_qtxqen3lrdyazx2fzwboq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_qtxqen3lrdyazx2fzwboq/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTDescribing how her character brutalizes her daughter in “Precious” and at one point endangers the life of her infant granddaughter, Mo’Nique says, “That was rough for me. But the moment the director says, ‘Cut,’ you leave it right on the floor.”http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_wqwp0pnsqvsxk6c_l0cwgw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/18/r_wqwp0pnsqvsxk6c_l0cwgw/index.xmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTWhat do you want for Christmas?http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/11/r_m4hsd9rmqkc8lii2yfgbxq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/11/r_m4hsd9rmqkc8lii2yfgbxq/index.xmlThu, 12 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES – Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens’ imagination.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_b98ok342tuyuhk8apidplw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_b98ok342tuyuhk8apidplw/index.xmlTue, 10 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCameron Diaz and James Marsden have a terrible moral dilemma in Richard Kelly’s “The Box”: Press a button on a mysterious container, they’ll get $1 million, and someone they don’t know will die.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/05/25569168/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/05/25569168/index.xmlFri, 06 Nov 2009 06:01:00 GMTLeaving aside for a few moments the technology behind Robert Zemeckis’ animated “A Christmas Carol,” this is the most satisfying version of Charles Dickens' oft-told tale in years.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_g6h9qxm7qjuzlkfap6gd7a/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_g6h9qxm7qjuzlkfap6gd7a/index.xmlThu, 05 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT“The Men Who Stare at Goats” pokes fun at the U.S. military for trying to create a team of psychic warriors, but you at least have to give the military credit for keeping an open mind.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_roycvylrockuvzuieba3a/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/r_roycvylrockuvzuieba3a/index.xmlThu, 05 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT“Gentlemen Broncos” is a comedy so weird, so off, so simply wrong that even freakish hero Napoleon Dynamite would have a hard time lending it his catch word, “Sweet.”http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/27/r_fbfj_zz8r1sjszhqkswn1q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/27/r_fbfj_zz8r1sjszhqkswn1q/index.xmlThu, 29 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTLow-rental 1980s horror returns with filmmaker Ti West’s “The House of the Devil,” which scores points for restraint and attention to detail but defaults when the mortgage comes due with a bloody, pointless, uninspired climax.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/28/r_p_bc4ysqrdmmnmlpvalzeg/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/28/r_p_bc4ysqrdmmnmlpvalzeg/index.xmlThu, 29 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTLOS ANGELES – Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/22/24678730/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/22/24678730/index.xmlFri, 23 Oct 2009 05:01:00 GMTBela Lugosi is burned into most movie lovers’ brains as THE Dracula, but he’s hardly the only guy to portray the legendary bloodsucker. Christopher Lee played the Count seven times in the course of 15 years, Leslie Nielsen hammed it up in Mel Brooks’ vampire send-up, and John Carradine got to portray Dracula in a battle against, of all people, Billy the Kid. Ah, the ’60s ...http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/22/26770102/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/22/26770102/index.xmlFri, 23 Oct 2009 05:01:00 GMTConsidering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don’t put much on the line in their film biography “Amelia.”http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/22359903/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/22359903/index.xmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMT“Astro Boy” is one of those happy moviegoing surprises.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/48153846/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/48153846/index.xmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTIt’s getting downright batty trying to keep all these vampires straight.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/r_lpq_goxltmsvvenyfyoggq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/21/r_lpq_goxltmsvvenyfyoggq/index.xmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTThe real mystery of "Law Abiding Citizen" isn't how Gerard Butler's character manages to wreak explosive, bloody havoc on Philadelphia while confined behind the walls of his jail cell.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/15/35759278/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/10/15/35759278/index.xmlFri, 16 Oct 2009 05:01:00 GMT