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A Parisian rat dreams of culinary glory, but how will he work among chefs without setting off screams? You expect kitchen slapstick; you get something that's closer to kitchen ballet, plus a story with both drama and heart. It's Cyrano de Bergerat, and it's (recommended).

Michael Moore's health-care polemic comes complete with the usual grandstanding — most of it very funny — but in this instance, all that sizzle is selling some serious steak. (Recommended)

Director Brad Bird and actor Patton Oswalt talk about their film Ratatouille. The animated feature tells the story of a foodie rat who becomes a chef in a top Paris kitchen. Bird previously directed and wrote The Incredibles and The Iron Giant. Oswalt is a writer and stand-up comedian.

Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, aka the folk-parody band Flight of the Conchords, hail from New Zealand and were named best alternative-comedy act at the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Now they're starring in an HBO series called, yes, Flight of the Conchords — which is, yes, about two transplanted New Zealanders living in New York City's Lower East side. It launches Sunday.

In his new novel, Falling Man, Don DeLillo, one of the most admired American writers, squarely faces the awful events of Sept. 11, 2001, with eyes wide open. DeLillo narrates the viewpoints of a number of people — including one of the hijackers — in prose both exquisite and exhausting.

A 12-year-old piano prodigy (played strikingly by actual piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) battles his parents' expectations (and his own) as he attempts to find his way in the world. Fredi Murer's film is an intriguing, complicated family drama.

Michael Moore is known for causing corporations and public officials some discomfort in documentaries such as Roger and Me and Fahrenheit 9/11. In his latest picture, Sicko, he casts a critical look at the U.S. health care system.

Actor Isaiah Washington will not be invited by ABC to return for another season of the hit program Grey's Anatomy, where he plays Dr. Preston Burke. This, after he reportedly used an anti-gay slur toward one of his cast-mates. Not everyone supports his firing, including two gay activists.

You Kill Me, a new mob comedy starring Ben Kingsley, centers on a hit man with substance-abuse problems — who hopes Alcoholics Anonymous can help him get back on the job.

Monday marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the movie Blade Runner. The film's neo-noir production is cited as having influenced building design. Some argue that its dystopic setting of Los Angeles in 2019 is not far removed from life on the streets of downtown Los Angeles today.