Allison Benedikt

We believe chocolate, that Valentine's Day staple, has come to symbolize love because good chocolate is much like love: It makes your knees weak, you can't stop thinking about it...

The Grammys are Sunday, but for us, the real action takes place on the club level. We celebrate our tuneful, diverse music scene with the first edition of Friday's local...

NEW TO DVD/VIDEO. Capsule reviews of new DVDs/videos released Tuesday (subject to change by studios): American Wedding (star)1/2 One more slice of raunchy comedy from the "American Pie" franchise, "American...

Thanksgiving weekend is big for movies, shopping--and leftovers. Here are five 2003 turkeys even your pet might dismiss (or disgorge). GIGLI (star) 1/2 Just what we've been waiting for: the...

The most valuable lesson I learned in college was this: The sign of a good piece of writing is not necessarily that readers can relate to it. My writing professor...

Walter (Haley Joel Osment) shows up at his uncles' home, unannounced, for the summer. And so it begins: Grumpy old men affect the life of a lost little boy, and...

This remarkable film reconstructs the journey of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to London with images brought to life by a sweeping score and by the honest sounds of tires on...

The following are reviews of more movies opening Friday. `In This World' (star)(star)(star)(star) The first minutes of Michael Winterbottom's breathtaking refugee story, "In This World," are a jumbled, chaotic series...

When Hong Kong action flick "So Close" opens, a potentially catastrophic computer virus is threatening the system of CEO brothers Chow Nunn and Chow Lui's major corporation. There's something vaguely...

Even newspaper writers had roommates in college. Here are some of our staff's memories about those with whom they shared those intimate quarters. HER NAME WAS LAURA. SHE WAS PREPPY...