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TBS launches a 'Sex and the City' for men

Uneven comedy blunts bite of 'Dark Shadows'

'Footnote' a family drama with devastating punch

New on DVD: 'Albert Nobbs' earns loud praise for quiet moments

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May 23

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'Battleship' barely stays above water

May 17

Watching "Battleship" is like getting ready to play the board game on which the film is based but then having to sit through an hour of vacation photos from a trip to Boringville, USA, before you can start. If you can make it through that hour, the rest is kind of fun.

The first half is the plodding introduction of Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a renegade who's saved from his failed life when his brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), makes him enlist in the Navy. The film's full of trite dialogue, such as the speech Stone gives Alex when he says, "Who do I call to teach you humility? Sorry, I don't have that number." Read more →

Don't expect much from 'What to Expect'

May 16

"What to Expect When You Are Expecting" is loosely based on the popular pregnancy guide by Heidi Murkoff. That means the film and book share a title and there are some pregnant women in both. Any other similarities are purely coincidental.

A group of women deal with impending motherhood in different ways. Cameron Diaz is a TV fitness guru who becomes sexually involved with her dance partner (Matthew Morrison) during a "Dancing With the Stars" type show. Read more →

Pregnancy guide 'What to Expect' gave Lopez comfort

May 16

LOS ANGELES -- Motherhood didn't start so great for actress/singer Jennifer Lopez.

She was in such pain after having a Caesarean section to deliver her twins in 2008 that Lopez couldn't hold the newborns. Despite the discomfort, she turned down offers of painkillers. Read more →

New on DVD May 22: 'The Grey'

May 16

This week's DVD selections offer different looks at male bonding.

"The Grey," Grade B: A group of survivors of a plane crash must battle a pack of hungry wolves. Liam Neeson stars. Read more →

'The Dictator' rules with raunch, satire

May 15

Sacha Baron Cohen's latest unabashed leap into the world of political incorrectness, "The Dictator," is so off-color, vulgar and frat-boy funny that there is a tendency to want to apologize for laughing.

Don't hang your head in shame. The film works both as a sneaky political satire and as a raunchy over-the-top comedy because the script has a central focus. Read more →

TBS launches a 'Sex and the City' for men

May 22

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Danny Masterson describes his new cable comedy, "Men at Work," as a male version of "Sex and the City."

He's not talking about how the four stars -- Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch and James Lesure -- strut around in hot fashions. He's referring to the storyline of four very different friends talking about their different sex lives. Read more →

Networks shake up fall TV lineups

May 18

The five major TV networks have announced their plans for the 2012-13 season and that means 21 new shows will launch in the fall with the hopes of becoming the next big hit.

But if past years are any indication, many of the new programs will miss. For the 2011-12 season, the networks added 27 shows and only 10 will return for a sophomore season. Overall, the networks either canceled or ended the runs of 37 programs, including "House," "Desperate Housewives" and "One Tree Hill." Read more →

TV briefs: Travel Channel to air 'Trip Flip'

May 18

Where's my bag?: The Travel Channel enlists travel expert Bert Kreischer to turn the tables on vacationers and offer them a fantasy retreat in the new series "Trip Flip" premiering with back-to-back episodes at 9 and 9:30 p.m. June 28.

Kreischer will convince passersby to seize an opportunity of a lifetime and add a large dose of spontaneity into their lives. Read more →