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British actor Colin Firth is probably best known for his role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC/A&E production of Pride & Prejudice. It's being rebroadcast Sunday Night on PBS as part of a Jane Austen series.

Andrea talks with our Cultural Concierge, Jesse Kornbluth. This week Kornbluth wants everyone to watch the 1938 Russian film Alexander Nevsky, which he says has one of the greatest soundtracks in film history.

Fresh Air's TV critic David Bianculli discusses the long-term effects of the four-month-long writers' strike, and--more immediately--when we can expect new episodes of our favorite shows to return to the air.

"Jumpers" can teleport anywhere, due to an extraordinary genetic gift. The only problem: A secretive sect is set on killing them. Weak plotting, disjointed scenes pretty much do the same for this sci-fi adventure.

Movie and television writers may get back to work this week. Negotiators for producers and the writers reached a tentative agreement late last week and members of the 10,000-strong Writers Guild are expected to quickly accept a new contract.

With a shadowy past and a dark allure, Catwoman has been a compelling figure, for women and men alike. But she's anything but static. Her character, like her costume, has changed over time, from conflicted villain to damaged but empowered antihero.

Poor, picked-on Dicky Chow finds a green blob which becomes an alien puppy in this Hong Kong kid flick. The slapstick is excessive, the script (from writer-director Stephen Chow) treacly and contrived.

Not only does Scottish actress Polly Frame star in the current Brooklyn run of Macbeth, she also plays one of the three witches in the cast of Bunnytown, a show on Playhouse Disney that's been dazzling young and old since November.

Since the Writers Guild strike, Saturday Night Live has earned some of its highest ratings in two years. Introducing 27-year-old Casey Wilson, the newest member of the cast and one of the resurgent show's prime-time players.

Poet Lewis MacAdams lives in downtown Los Angeles and writes about his neighborhood in what he calls Close To Home stories. Today he makes a very unpleasant discovery.