Silence of the Lambs (movie)

Television review: 'Hannibal' drains the mirth out of Lecter

2013-04-04 07:00:00

NBC sent out five episodes of its "Silence of the Lambs" prequel "Hannibal," and although the reasons to stop watching (when in doubt, impale a woman!) too often outweighed the reasons to continue (Hugh Dancy, tracked by a dangerous dream deer), I...

NBC hopes crime thriller fans will eat 'Hannibal' up

2013-04-02 06:00:00

You just can't keep a good cannibal down. More than three decades after he first murdered and chomped his way to pop culture infamy, sophisticated serial murderer Hannibal Lecter is back, alive and well-fed. And although he has gone from the big...

National Lampoon bringing new sketch show to L.A.

2013-01-17 07:34:00

National Lampoon, one of the most recognizable names in comedy, but one that has seen its brand image suffer in recent years, is getting back into the stage business with a brand new production -- "Sketches from the National Lampoon" at the Hayworth...

Discoveries

2011-03-06 00:00:00

Cricket Radio Tuning In the Night-Singing Insects John Himmelman Belknap/Harvard University Press: 260 pp., $22.95 "The game is to listen," Rachel Carson wrote in 1956 of the night-singing insects. "Not so much to the full orchestra, as to the...

Fall TV season: Watch sneak previews of CBS' 'Person of Interest,' 'Unforgettable,' 'A Gifted Man' [Video]

2011-05-19 16:36:19

Weekend movies: 'The Mechanic,' 'The Rite' and more

2011-01-28 16:35:28

Jodie Foster looks to sell Beverly Hills compound

2011-04-28 15:49:00

Actress Jodie Foster has listed her Beverly Hills compound for sale at $9,975,000, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The main house, with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms, was built in 1949. Climbing vines and red brick accents give the home an...

Quiz: Can you spot the Oscars' nominee for best actor?

2009-10-31 21:32:56

Jonathan Demme makes time for 'Family Week'

2010-05-04 00:00:00

If the dysfunctional, self-medicating characters that populate so much 20th-century drama were to check into rehab or get therapy, would they still be stage-worthy? Eugene O'Neill didn't write "Long Day's Journey Into Recovery" or Tennessee Williams "A...

'The Girl Who Played With Fire' by Stieg Larsson

2009-07-27 00:00:00

Already, a nimbus of legend surrounds the story: In late 2004, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson delivered to his publisher three finished manuscripts -- the opening salvos in a rumored 10-part suspense narrative. Like a latter-day Sj�wall-Wahl��, the...

Oscars quiz: Who turned down Jodie Foster's role in 'Silence of the Lambs'?

2010-02-06 16:33:09

Oscars quiz: Who gave this boastful acceptance speech?

2010-02-07 16:33:10

mixed with the velvet-gloved subtlety of the "Saw" franchise, this Fox series sets aside such petty concerns as plausible characters and plot in pursuit of cheap shocks and what must be gallons of fake blood.

2013-02-13 16:45:51

9 p.m. Thursday, NBC Break out the fava beans and a nice chianti: Long before the actions in "Silence of the Lambs," brilliant psychiatrist and secret serial killer Dr.

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Miggs and this "American Horror Story" inmate definitely have one thing in common -- flinging their stuff at a woman passing by. Ewwww.

2012-10-17 20:03:00