Escape has been the theme for U.S. moviegoers in recent months, but audiences aren"€™t avoiding attending good, serious films; Hollywood is avoiding making them. The newly released, highly derivative thriller Obsessed finished first at the U.S. ...

The election of Illinois senator Barack Obama (D) to the presidency confirms a simple truth: when the economy goes into a recession during the last two years of a presidential term, the party in the White House is replaced. That’s an adage I ...