Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert is turning his wry wit toward Christmas. His comedy special, “A Colbert Christmas” airs this Sunday at 10 p.m. and it will skewer the festivities of the season before the season’s really begun. As Colbert points out in his wickedly funny way, all the cheesy Christmas specials really do look alike…

In “Fanboys”–coming to theaters February 6, 2009–a group of friends obsessed with Star Wars plot to break into George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of “Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.” The movie stars Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, and Kristen Bell. Related Features: Quiz: The Religion of ‘Star Wars’ The Force…

Hollywood is a conspiracy, all right. Movies tell the same stories over and over again, Hollywood thinking that we won’t notice if the movies show ogres or animals fall in love and live happily ever after, or that the planet has already been saved twice this year. According to the Anti-Defamation League’s national director, Abraham…

I learned several things at a recent “Twilight” movie release party at my local Borders bookstore: 1. Mixing a strawberry smoothie with chocolate syrup to create a blood-like berry blast results in a rather tasty treat 2. The C.I.A. should look into recruiting teen girls because they have an extraordinary ability to recall infinitesimal details.…

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