Deception (movie)

Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...

On Demand DVD New Releases June 10-16. Updated fairy tales (Oz the Great and Powerful, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) might make for an interesting double feature, though the latter is not rated for children, to be certain. And while no other title can...

“Dancing With the Stars” is back, and the competition has responded with with an array of new fare. CBS will counter with new episodes of its comedies. “How I Met Your Mother,” at 8, sounds most intriguing because it will offer...

Do we really need a “Psycho” with cell phones? “Bates Motel,” arriving Monday, poses that question on a week when sports and reality are likely to generate the headlines. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament takes over the CBS...

Monday's schedule underscores how television has changed. We have the funeral for a real TV icon, J.R. Ewing, on “Dallas.” And we have another season finale for “The Bachelor,” whose characters are fun for a while but don't...

Most talk about NBC's new nighttime soap Deception, which premieres tonight at 10, has centered on two things: the fact that its lead character is a black female  (Det. Joanna Locasto, played by Caliornication‘s Meagan Good) and the show's seeming...

Here are some major changes coming to the TV schedule this week: MONDAY: “The Bachelor” starts its 17th season at 8 p.m. on ABC.  Sean Lowe, who was rejected by Emily Maynard on “The Bachelorette,” takes the title role this time....

A few highlights Monday night: 1. “The Following,” a much-discussed drama about a serial killer, debuts at 9 on Fox. The show is deeply disturbing, but lead actors Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy give bravura performances. For all the concern...

Mark Swed reviews the Los Angeles Philharmonic's contribution to the Pacific Standard Time with a concert of classic Hollywood film music conducted by Thomas Wilkins....

Charles McNulty reviews the West End revival of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" at the Comedy Theatre, starring Kristin Scott Thomas....

There's not much reason to watch Ernst Lubitsch's silent historical epic "Anna Boleyn" (which Netflix informs me is also called "Deception"), unless you're, say, a movie blogger who has set herself the cussed task of watching only films from 1920, 1940,...

Chicks rock the nonfiction list this week. Singer Patti Smith -- whose iconic record "Horses" was a creative landmark for rock music and female musicians -- marks her twelfth week on the list. Her book is the memoir "Just Kids,"......