Wherever movie theaters are too small and the big screen just needs to get bigger, IMAX will try to be there. The Large Format Cinema Association is presenting its first IMAX film festival now through March 7 at the The Bridge Cinemas in the Howard Hughes Center. Read more...

WILL Win: Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” SHOULD Win: Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” The word “duh” comes to mind in this category. Read more...

With a pink planet above and a neon-colored mosque behind him, Mick Jagger is sitting Indian-style, wearing a black Merlin hat and a Middle-Eastern silk robe, and forming an “X” with his forearms, palms facing himself. Read more...

“Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” Directed by Guy Ferland Miramax Films I am sad to say I didn’t have the time of my life “¦ again with “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.” While the film slavishly follows the formula of the original “Dirty Dancing,” all of the familiarity that hooked audiences in the original rendition is rushed through without a second thought in the remake. Read more...

OK. OK. We know. Predicting Oscar winners is about as creative and necessary an endeavor as knitting sweaters for a dog. Sure, it’s something you can do, but it’s not something you need to do ““ let alone something you necessarily should do. Read more...

Fueled by charges of anti-Semitism for its depiction of the death of Jesus, the release of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ” may have already ignited enough controversy to be considered an event of biblical proportions. Read more...

“The Balcony” Macgowan Little Theater Mar. 5-13, 8 p.m. The UCLA Department of Theater presents Jean Genet’s “The Balcony,” directed by M.F.A. candidate Max Snyder. Son of a Parisian prostitute, Genet saw plenty of good ol’ 1950s censorship against his play, which explores the steamy side, as opposed to the non-steamy side, of brothel life. Read more...