Joe Anderson

"Simon Killer" is an amoral tale, and a cautionary one, that reminded me my mama was right when she said "Never talk to strangers" and "Looks can be deceiving." Indie director Antonio Campos has put the tipoff in the title, suggesting that this...

"Simon Killer" was among the most divisive entries at the Sundance Film Festival when it premiered there in 2012. While it struck some as a chilling, unblinking look at the descent into violence and madness of a young American in Paris, to others the film...

BERLIN -- Contrary to the title, there are many shots in David M. Rosenthal’s film “A Single Shot,” world-premiering Saturday at the Berlin International Film Festival.  But the one that sets this story in motion takes place in the first...

|TV SPORTS| Men’s College Basketball--Savannah State at Ohio State, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Wisconsin-Green Bay at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (Big 10 Network) NBA Basketball--Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, 7 p.m. (ESPN); Denver Nuggets at Minnesota...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, 10 a.m. (CBS) College Football--Alabama State vs. Bethune-Cookman, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Kentucky at Louisville, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN); Southern Methodist at Baylor, 5:30 p.m. (FXSP) Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, Indy...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

Ten thoughts on the Chicago Bears after their 20-17 exhibition victory Friday night over the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. 1. Lovie Smith always has said that it's hard to make final roster cuts, with plenty of hard decisions in the process....

Check out the travels of Leslie Hope of ABC’s paranormal hit, “The River,” and you get the impression that very little scares the Canadian actress. Long before “The River” came along, when she was playing Teri Bauer on...

The more cynical TV viewer might knock the suspenseful new horror drama "The River"as a rip-off of such flicks as "Paranormal Activity"and "Blair Witch Project." I'm glad I'm not cynical—as least in that respect. "The River" (8 p.m. Feb. 7, ABC;...

Sometimes, if you go looking for magic, you may find it. Then the problem is -- what do you do with it next? On Tuesday, Feb. 7, ABC premieres "The River," a drama series starring Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek," "John From Cincinnati") as Emmet Cole, a...

ABC on Tuesday announced its 2011-12 prime time schedule that includes 13 new shows, seven of which will premiere this fall. Among the new entries is "Pan Am," adrama about pilots and flight attendants set in the 1960s (everyone seems to be creating their...

THE CRAZIES Anchor Bay / 2010 / 101 min. / R Director Breck (son of Michael) Eisner comes back from his expensive, 2005 studio flop, SAHARA, with this much more modest remake of George Romero's 1973 THE CRAZIES. If this film is any indication, Eisner is...