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This week's review-roundup from the online magazine Slate tackles Vegas hit men with mohawks, lusty teen werewolves and Kevin Smith acting. Hear what critics are saying about Smokin' Aces, Catch and Release and Blood and Chocolate.

Soap operas tend to push the envelope with dramatic storylines. ABC's All My Children is the latest show to do this by introducing a transgendered character: a woman, played by a male actor.

If you don't care about football and this Sunday's Super Bowl, you might want to take note of this week's movie releases. Slate magazine offers a roundup of critical assessments for An Unreasonable Man, Factory Girl and Because I Said So.

Oscar contenders in the two categories devoted to short films — animated and live-action — include a new take on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, an alien abductor in training (Lifted), a brief musical comedy set among falafel stands (West Bank Story) and the story of a door-to-door Mormon evangelist in love with a married woman.

Celebrity couple Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have a new book out about relationships. It's titled Friends: A Love Story.

Some Oscar nominees don't get much attention on the red carpet. A quick look at the nominees for Best Short Documentary show subjects ranging from AIDS orphans to gifted high school artists.

'Sleepwalkers' is a new film that projects moving images onto the outdoor walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The interweaving narratives follow the lives of five characters as they awaken and make their way to work.

Actor and director Clint Eastwood's most recent films, Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers, examine the World War II battle for the island of Iwo Jima from competing perspectives. (This interview was first broadcast on Jan. 10, 2007.)

Wednesday evening, many PBS stations across the country will broadcast the first part of a new documentary that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five Ohio families. A Lion in the House takes an unflinching look at a subject that many viewers may find uncomfortable.

Our film critic reviews The Devil Wears Prada, a film adaptation of the book that stars Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.