Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Another Stephen King story about a terrorized writer! This time a peeved Southerner named Shooter levels accusations of plagiarism. Johnny Depp will help sell this one.

“Crazy/Beautiful” is a teen film of slightly above-average quality and intelligence, which makes the objectionable material all the more disappointing.

Fowl play threatens the plucky inhabitants of Tweedy’s Farm as dozens of dowdy hens must produce a sufficient out-lay or face an untimely eggs-it.

In 1984, Jeff Bridges portrayed a genial visitor from another world in ‘Starman.’ Seventeen years later, it seems the interplanetary tables may be turned.

Director Robert Rodriguez’s intelligent, thrill-a-minute script features a stylish mix of James Bond intrigue and gadgetry, plus impressive visual effects and the most psychedelic evil genius since Willie Wonka.

“Gordy” is the heartwarming tale of a piglet determined to keep his family from becoming part of a Denny’s Grand Slam breakfast.

The students of Lincoln High lack books, chairs, heat and hope. The only teacher who genuinely cares about them just got suspended …

Tonight is Christmas Eve! I hope your day’s going well and you’re in a festive mood. Personally, I’m looking forward to a candlelight church service, a traditional Italian dinner, and then watching each of my children open a single present as we plug i …

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller features a puritanical village isolated from neighboring towns by fiercly foreboding woods.

Disney abandons its formula of catchy tunes and talking wildlife for enough intense action to warrant a PG rating.

A syndicated radio show. Two best-selling books. A nightly television program. Just when we thought Howard Stern had run out of venues for controversy, the shock jock is at it again.

This modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” is set in an upper-middle class Seattle high school.

Jasper is a decent, earthy, hardworking guy who has been by Sam’s side for years. In contrast, Kelley is a spoiled, disrespectful snob.

Adam Young never asked to be a pop star. Oh, he’s not complaining. But when the shy kid from Owatonna, Minn., posted a few of his songs on MySpace for friends and family back in 2009, he didn’t expect a computerized ditty called “Fireflies” to go viral …

It’s a premise with promise. A seventh-grade teacher challenges his students to change the world. One does by creating an altruistic domino effect called ‘Pay It Forward’