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Writer Mark Jordan Legan summarizes what movie critics are saying about this weekend's movie releases -- Hide and Seek, Alone in the Dark and the IMAX film Aliens of the Deep.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan has a roundup of the buzz on this weekend's major film releases: Flight of the Phoenix, Spanglish and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

With the Oscar nominations looming, film critic Bob Mondello notes that there seem to be dozens of men in the running for best actor, but almost no women on the distaff side of the equation.

A Series of Unfortunate Events is likely to be a boon for the nation's movie theaters. The dark comedy is based on three of the popular Lemony Snicket books. Jim Carrey plays the villain. NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the film.

After being introduced at the age of 12 to a set of religious rules, Jennifer Traig developed a hyper-religious form of obsessive-compulsive disorder known as "scrupulosity." She chronicles her disorder in the memoir Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood.

Author Ron Chernow releases Alexander Hamilton, his new biography of the first secretary of the Treasury. The book traces Hamilton's life from his childhood on the West Indies island of Nevis to his early designs for the American economy and his death in a duel with then-Vice President Aaron Burr. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Chernow.

The Walt Disney Co. is blocking its Miramax division from distributing Fahrenheit 9/11, a new documentary from filmmaker Michael Moore highly critical of the Bush administration. Reports suggest Disney was worried about upsetting the president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Moore discusses the controversy with NPR's Michele Norris.

Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall's latest CD is called The Girl In The Other Room. The release is a departure from her past work, bypassing interpretations of jazz standards in favor of songs written by Krall and her husband, Elvis Costello. Tom Moon has a review of the album, released March 27 by Verve records.

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a horrific disaster -- and the full story was far worse than corrupt politicians of the time made known. Now author James Dalessandro uses fiction to set the record straight in his new novel 1906. He speaks with NPR's Cheryl Corley.

Day to Day technology expert Xeni Jardin reports about the impact that digital camera technology has had on the war in Iraq.