There's a reservedness about actor Vik Sahay. Chalk it up to his Canadian roots, or to the impeccable geek M.O. he cultivated in "Chuck," the highly successful NBC series which ran from September 2007 until this past January. Sahay's studiousness is like that of a theatre actor's, and yet he's perfectly at home doing movie and TV work. With a role in Universal’s "American Reunion," a leading part in William Brent Bell’s "WER"

Taking over the role which belonged to Michael Clarke Duncan for the sequel to "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" is like a tough act to follow. Clarke Duncan, who left us this past September, played Manute. In an inspired choice director Robert Rodriguez has picked President Palmer from "24," played by Dennis Haysbert. What's more, actress Devon Aoki will be replaced by Jamie Chung in the role of Miho. The film is adapted from the first

Ken Burns's documentary “The Central Park 5” (it was co-directed with Sarah Burns and David McMahon) begins with the recounting of the rape of a jogger in the park during April of 1989, the trigger event of a woefully tragic story. Working with his daughter and son-in-law, Burns has created a nearly flawless film about the cracks in our criminal justice system, zeroing in on the “us vs. them” mentality that became

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Better movies are coming in the next couple of weeks, is what I kept repeating to myself as I sat through “Deadfall," an incredibly average thriller about people with father issues. Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde play Addison and Liza, two siblings who forged a very deep bond with one another during their young years when they’re alcoholic father put them through hell. Now they’re casino robbers on the run in the blizzard-laden count-

[ERRATUM: it is incorrectly mentioned that Harmony Korine directed "Kids." In fact, this was a Larry Clark-directed film.]

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“Hyde Park on Hudson” wastes no time in letting us know it’s a prestige project. This is a film that takes place in a beautiful location (the New York estate of Franklin Roosevelt’s mother with its sunny view of nature, including a driving path among the flowers), has Laura Linney, as Roosevelt’s cousin Daisy, constantly butt into the film with a pretentious voiceover narration letting us know how important everything is, and has