Reuters - This summer, two mediocre female-centered movies -- "Sex and the City" and "Mamma Mia!" -- drew huge crowds because they appealed to an underserved audience.

Reuters - Paul Schrader's "Adam Resurrected" doesn't lack for ambition.

AP - Will Wright is one of just a handful of celebrities in the world of computer game design. Like his contemporaries Shigeru Miyamoto (the Mario series) and Sid Meier ("Civilization"), he has a level of prestige similar to, say, Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese in Hollywood.

AP - Somehow, Diane English has managed to make the "Sex and the City" movie look like a documentary.

AP - There is much to admire in the operatic version of "The Fly."

Reuters - In a sea of serious festival films, "Ghost Town" stands out like a beckoning beacon of welcome frivolity.

Reuters - Spike Lee has so much on his plate in "Miracle at St. Anna" that it's little wonder everything goes flying.

Reuters - The Western might not make a galloping comeback anytime soon, but it won't be Ed Harris' fault.

AP - Metallica, "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros.)

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Reuters - After she scored nine pop hits between 1999 and 2006, top 40 radio gave Jessica Simpson the heave-ho.