Go Memphis

Angels & Demons (PG-13, 139 min.) Menacing clerics, skull-lined catacombs, branding irons, the ancient cult of the Illuminati and the gimmicky serial murder of four Roman Catholic cardinals -- these elements promise a good, goofy time at the movies, yet director Ron Howard's bloated followup to "The Da Vinci Code" is even more burdened than its dull predecessor with a desire to avoid risibility. Full story »

In 1978, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings sang, "Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys." Fortunately for fans of movie and television Westerns, the celebrity guests coming to this year's Memphis Film Festival had been riding tall in the saddle for many, many years before that warning could reach impressionable maternal ears. Full story »

Capsule descriptions and starred mini-reviews by The Commercial Appeal movie writer John Beifuss. Full story »

Memphis is the first stop for this year’s somewhat-misnamed celebration of velocipedal culture that will roll through 39 cities around the world before the end of the year. The festival takes place Friday and Saturday, with films, music and a family-friendly block party in Overton Park. Bike ownership or even bike love aren’t necessary to participate. Full story »

The Orpheum's annual summer movie series begins Friday with "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and continues through September with programs devoted to "Classic Movies" and "Chick Flicks." Full story »

Since 2004, Muck Sticky (Justin Osburn) has produced five independent albums, including Muck Sticky Is My Friend (2008), a hook-laden homage to the opposite sex driven by an NC-17-rated hedonism. Frequent stage prop: a humongous (imitation) marijuana cigarette. Full story »

Movies opening this weekend include "Battle for Terra," a computer-animated science fiction film about a peaceful alien planet which faces destruction from colonization by homeless humans; "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" in which Matthew McConaughey plays an arrogant womanizer who coasts on his looks and charm but eventually realizes that love does matter after all; and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" starring Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber in the franchise prequel. Full story »

With a slate of close to 100 narrative features, documentaries, shorts, music videos and animated films, the 10th annual On Location: Memphis International Film Fest continues today through Sunday in all four auditoriums at the Malco Ridgeway Four, 5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy. A Saturday morning showcase includes free movies for kids, while today is "Cinema for Seniors" day -- $5 admission for movies before 5 p.m. for those 55 and older. Full story »

Craig Brewer's made-in-Memphis MTV series, "$5 Cover," a dramatic serial set in the studios, nightclubs and bedrooms frequented by Midtown musicians, debuts online and on cable television May 1. But the "$5 Cover" universe opens for Mid-South visitors next week with three nights of public theatrical sneak preview screenings. Brewer's complete 15-episode -- or "webisode" -- "$5 Cover" series premieres Thursday at the Malco Paradiso, 584 S. Mendenhall. Full story »

Movies opening this weekend include "Fighting," "Gomorrah," "The Informers," "Obsessed" and "The Soloist." Also, Craig Brewer's 15-episode series "$5 Cover" premieres at Pardiso and Studio on the Square. Still in theaters is the mall comedy "Observe and Report" starring Seth Rogen as a bipolar suburban rent-a-cop and Anna Faris as a sexy but crass cosmetics clerk. Full story »

"Prom Night in Mississippi," a thought-provoking and engaging documentary, chronicles the contentious but ultimately inspiring launching of the first racially integrated high school senior prom in small-town Charleston, Miss. The date of that historic prom: April 19, 2008. "Prom Night in Mississippi" is the opening-night selection for the 10th annual On Location: Memphis International Film Fest. Full story »

Want to see Faye Dunaway as a one-armed Memphis police detective battling a zombie Elvis wannabe in Wales? You can, in a movie called "Flick," which screens at 7 p.m. April 25 during the 10th annual On Location: Memphis International Film Fest. The festival begins Thursday, with "Prom Night in Mississippi" and continues through April 26 on all four of the theater's screens at Malco's Ridgeway Four, 5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy. Full story »

Movies opening today include "Crank: High Voltage," "17 Again" and "State of Play." Still in theaters is "Fast & Furious" which re-teams Vin Diesel and Paul Walker eight years after the first film of the franchise "The Fast and The Furious." Full story »

Movies opening today include "Dragonball Evolution," "The Great Buck Howard," "Hannah Montana: The Movie," "Observe and Report," and "12." Still in theaters is DreamWorks Animation's kid-friendly "Monsters vs. Aliens" whose lead character is voiced by Reese Witherspoon. Full story »

Like all DreamWorks Animation features, "Monsters vs. Aliens" is a colorful homage to the science-fiction B-movies of the 1950s that relies overmuch on nonsequitur pop-culture jokes, worn-out comedy crutches and celebrity voices. But the central "monster" and heroine, Susan (voiced by Reese Witherspoon), who's hit by a meteorite on her wedding day and grows to be a friendly update of Allison Hayes in 1958's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," is a character with real, um, weight. And the action set pieces are spectacular. Full story »