"Parker" plays like the bloodiest promotional video ever made for Palm Beach tourism. Stabbings, explosions and furniture-smashing brawls occur at some of the ritziest (and name-checked) locations within the sun-splashed, pastel-soaked slab of Florida opulence. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the idea of The Breakers.

A playful, elegantly made little horror film, "Mama" teasingly sustains a game of hide-and-seek as it tantalizes the audience with fleeting apparitions of the title character while maintaining interest in two deeply disturbed little orphan girls.

The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock."

The heralded holiday movie season is marked by big-budget extravaganzas, Oscar hopefuls and family films suitable for post-Thanksgiving or early Christmas viewing and for filling that luxuriously open week (for some lucky workers and students) before New Year’s Day.

It happens every year around this time — the ritual, hot chocolate-enhanced, pajama-clad viewing of the heartwarming 1946 holiday movie “It’s A Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart as downtrodden everyman George Bailey.

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

A Gilbert father and his two sons are facing federal charges following their arrests involving a $10 million money order scheme authorities say stemmed from the Mama Mia Panaderia and Market in Chandler.

Time waits for no man, and neither does technology.

Time waits for no man, and neither does technology.

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

Time waits for no man, and neither does technology.

If you’re itching to take up knitting or are stuck in a beadwork project, there’s help — and many classes — online.

It’s a story that’s sad, but true and one of what might have been in the music world of the 1950s: It’s the story of the late great Johnny Ace.

I am a firm believer in the First Amendment; Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press are near and dear to my heart. Today’s topic is not to create controversy, only an open letter to parents of young children.

A wickedly dark comic streak breaks up the vivid violence and relentless bleakness of "Dredd 3D."

If you're itching to take up knitting or are stuck in a beadwork project, there's help - and many classes - online.

The new film Dredd 3D follows a day-in-the-life of the post-apocalyptic Mega City One’s most famous judge, jury and executioner - Judge Dredd. But the new movie is more of a gritty re-envisioning of the comic-book source material and a direct remake of Sylvester Stallone’s Judge Dredd from 1995.

Performing Arts 2012-13 season preview

WASHINGTON – Gloria Castillo will almost certainly see her grandchildren Sunday for National Grandparents Day – all they have to do to visit is take a few steps down the hall.

When asked what piqued their interest about Pomegranate Cafe’s monthly movie nights, Patty Immekus was quick to tell an anecdote about her friend Karen DeDonato, sitting next to her at a small table painted magenta.

NEW YORK — It's not just in your head. Mondays really are the worst.