The Short List of Things to Do

Week of Jan. 25, 2008

Untraceable

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The sicko serial killer knows the identity of his FBI pursuer (Diane Lane). So naturally her boss tells her to spend a rainy night in a cheap motel room, alone and unprotected. There are other glaring idiocies in this cop thriller that plays like a lesser episode of Saw. But what's vilest about this torture porn is that it pretends to have a conscience.

Grade: D-

November 28

The new Elvis Costello television series, Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special and Chungking Express on DVD

November 21

The Monty Python Holy Grail on DVD, Gears of War 2 for the gamers, Bolt in movie theaters, and more

October 10

The good cheer of Happy-Go-Lucky, reliving the amazing life of John Lennon, cathing up with The Starter Wife on TV, and more

October 3

Greg Kinnear, in Flash of Genius, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and more

September 26

Jenny Lewis in the record stores, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day in bookstores, The Lucky Ones in movie theaters, and more