My Bangladeshi friend gasped. "We know Jonah too! He's a Muslim prophet," she said. My Korean friend, who happens to be a Buddhist, looked at us both and exclaimed. "Look at you two! It's like you're following the same religion."...

Recommended The Movies The tenets of the cin ma v rit (or direct cinema) movement have become such a common part of the documentary vernacular (as well as that of its bastard cousin, the reality TV show) that it is

Recommended Ambition, scandal, and betrayal abound in the 1986 ITV adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's novel "First Among Equals," which mixes the density of British politics and the over-the-top-ness of melodrama with great verve. Every chapter focusing on real-life parliamentary struggles

tells the story of a pretty young woman named Chu Ling (Chen Ping) who, while walking home alone from work late one night, is brutally raped by five surly thugs. Rather than take this matter to the authorities, she does

Highly Recommended Let's get right to the point: Marillion is the best rock group around, and better still, they're of that rare breed of band that have managed to improve with age.Fans have long felt the group is one of

Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard were on the score sheet as England made it four wins out of four in their World Cup Qualifiiers campaign. Steven Gerrard gave the three lions the lead from 30 yards after 11 minutes, picking

Recommended Very loosely adapted from former LAPD cop Joseph Wambaugh's novel about three rookie officers in the early-1960s, their years of on-the-job training and reunion during the 1965 Watts Riots, the (new to DVD) movie of The New Centurions (1972)

Recommended THE FILMHULK SMASH! And he does in a big way in "The Incredible Hulk," a Hollywood patch job of sorts; a production aiming to realign the comic book chi lost to Ang Lee's angst-riddled "Hulk" back in 2003. Now,

Highly Recommended A mad scientist, a brain in a jar, an ancient cult, and Time Lord history collide in "The Brain of Morbius," the fifth serial from the thirteenth season of "Doctor Who." Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen continue their

Skip It THE FILMI have no idea what prompted writer/director Peter Engert to create "The Valley of Tears," but I'm positive it was a creative itch that didn't need to be scratched. Certainly I've encountered my share of unwatchable cinema,

Artist:Von IvaSong:La LaAlbum:Our Own Island

You can now buy a plug-in that claims to be able to fix any frequency response problems with your room acoustics. But surely to do this it would need to look into the future?

The sound of Zebra & Giraffe is not unlike that of other big, alt-rock bands you've heard. There's some Linkin Park, a touch of Bloc Party and more than a little Foo Fighters. That's not the only common trait shared

Artist:Von IvaSong:Do It!Album:Our Own Island

New Hi Resulution 'Half-Blood Prince magazine scans have emerged online via 'Canada's Famous Kids Magazine'. Also, SnitchSeeker has posted several hi-res scans from the Half-Blood Prince feature in Empire Magazine, which was released over the summer

As we previously reported, Daniel Radcliffe was a guest on 'Inside the Actors Studio' with James Lipton. While actual text from the interview was not previously available, they now have been posted online for us all to read.

The National Trust and English Heritage have joined forces to launch a consultation on the future of prehistoric human remains excavated from their sites in Avebury, Wiltshire. The remains, which are currently kept in the Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury, date