The lady gangsta fantasy of M.I.A.'s video for 'Bad Girls'

Today M.I.A., aka Maya Arulpragasam, debuted her video for new single “Bad Girls,” working again with “Born Free” co-conspirator Romain Gavras. Filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, the country’s film capital also seen in “Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Gladiator” and several other Western movies, the video is meant to evoke a Persian Gulf landscape – dusty, baked, semi ...

8 'Kojak' movies released on DVD

Eight "Kojak" movies and new seasons of "Cheyenne" and "Mannix" are among TV shows arriving on DVD this week.

New TV Western to be filmed in New Mexico

Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is coming to New Mexico -- for at least 10 episodes, anyway.

Movies Now Showing, 2/3/2012

Some reviews originate at newspapers that do not award star ratings; some movies are not screened in advance for critics. Ratings range from zero to four stars.

A 1929 Cartoon Explains How 'Talkies' Work

Once upon a time, synchronized sound in movies was still  new and exciting .  Finding His Voice , a cartoon starring two rolls of film named Talkie and Mutie, illustrates that process. In the course of ...