Those who ordinarily could care less about Greek mythology may find themselves showing a bit of interest on Friday. Wolfgang Petersen’s much anticipated blockbuster, “Troy,” is based on Homer’s “Iliad,” the epic story of the Trojan War. Read more...

DRITA: The Albanian Folk Orchestra Fowler Museum Today, 6 p.m. DRITA, meaning “the light,” will perform Albanian traditional music and songs from all regions of Albania, using clarinet, accordion, violin, dajre, llaute and cifteli. Read more...

“In America” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Today and Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Though Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou were nominated for acting Oscars this year, the real star of the movie is Jim Sheridan’s screenplay, written with the help of his daughters Naomi and Kirsten. Read more...

“Van Helsing” Directed by Stephen Sommers Universal Pictures “I want to live,” cries Frankenstein’s monster at one point in “Van Helsing.” About halfway through the film, you’ll want to scream the opposite. Read more...

On page 56 of its Jan. 26 issue, Newsweek ran a story about the makers of “The Blair Witch Project” with the following introduction, parodying the film’s opening title card: “In January 1999, “˜The Blair Witch Project’ debuted at Sundance. Read more...

While Cox Arquette did manage to rake in a little dough with the “Scream” movies, her film career has never taken off the way it has for some of her co-stars (as anyone who saw “3000 Miles to Graceland” can attest). Read more...

In the high-stakes world of competitive book collecting, everyone is a wild card and anyone can be a dark horse. Now that sounds like my kind of competition. Read more...