Music connect people to events in their lives, and movies have used that fact to reinforce their messages.

That was the come-on line Mel Brooks used trying to interest people in his first screenplay. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest film comedies with this interview from "The Guardian." 

This is one happening that movie fans wish hadn't -- happened, that is. 

Our mind-numbing attempt to catch up with the majority of this summer's releases continues with "Speed Racer."

"Up the Yangtze," which details the human cost of China's Three Gorges Dam, never quite rises to its full potential.

The new documentary "Up the Yangtze," now playing at the Tivoli, tells the human side of the largest hydroelectric project in the world, China's Three Gorges Dam. It is written and directed by a Chinese-Canadian, Yung Chang, whose grandfather told him stories of the old China. Though a real eye-opener, it falls well short of its potential.

Cinema St. Louis' intrepid operations supervisor captains a dozen 8-year-olds in an unofficial sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean."

Our belated attempt to put the Big Summer Movies in their place continues with an assessment of "Get Smart."