"The Seventh Seal" is the sound of a veteran emcee comfortable in almost any setting, and even though things occasionally get a little sing-songy, it's easy to see what inspired many a kid to pick up the mic.

This week’s suggestions: Catch the new “Twilight” movie; check out Sarah Palin’s and/or Stephen King’s new book; take part in Family Volunteer Day; catch the MLS Cup and other sports on TV; and prepare for your Thanksgiving celebration.

The team at Sherwood Pictures doesn't work like other filmmakers. They never have. After the surprising success of "Fireproof" -- the third film for the group comprised of pastors and staff at the Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. -- most film companies would have rushed back into production to maximize their profits. At Sherwood they stopped and prayed.

Deadline for making reservations for the 2009 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Volunteers’ Holiday Gala is 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20.
Gala tickets may be reserved by calling the museum at 878-5300. The annual event will be at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at the museum on the St. Gregory’s University campus. It will include dinner, entertainment, live and silent auctions.

The Boston police bomb squad on Tuesday detonated four World War II grenades that were found at a Wollaston home vacant since the elderly homeowner's death 2½ months ago.

As any experienced parent will tell you, the longer you can keep your kids watching PBS, the better. Once you move on to commercial television, it’s all over.

Canton, Ohio, police on Monday arrested an 18-year-old man driving a stolen go-kart, according to jail records.

This guy knows from experience that the customer is not always right. A.J. Adams’ book contains the 100 best anecdotes from the author’s Web site, and also 100 new stories. Much of it will seem strange to customers not actually portrayed in the volume. But retail employees might find the world the book describes rather recognizable.

Talk to Mark O’Connor, fiddler extraordinaire and sometime collaborator with Yo Yo Ma, and you glimpse not only where music has been but where it’s going. And where it’s going seems to be a much more flexible, improvisatory, creative place thanks to exploding technology and the mingling of world cultures. O’Connor, his music and his philosophy will return to Peoria at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

"Sesame Street" has been on the air for 40 years. That’s a long time without a commercial break. The groundbreaking educational children’s show was unique for its time. That’s part of what made it groundbreaking. And unique.

Jones Theatres, Inc. and Kool Gold KGFF Radio, AM-1450, are joining forces again to present the annual “Cans Film Festival,” a special movie showing to collect canned goods for the Salvation Army holiday food baskets.

Wearing all black from tip to toe, “Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz sat in a meeting room at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston dressed more like Johnny Cash than the vampire Emmett Cullen, whom he plays in the beyond-popular movie series. Just as Lutz’s character helps Bella in the movies, the 24-year-old actor was quick to lend a hand when a technically inept reporter couldn’t work her tape recorder. A push of a button, a flip of a switch and – voila – it works.

It’s worth getting your hands on “The Light in Darkness” for the amazing photos alone. But it’s the stories from fans of Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and its groundbreaking concert tour that make up the heart of the book.

Actress Sandra Bullock portrays Leigh Anne Tuohy, one of the two main characters in the new film “The Blind Side,” the true story of Michael Oher, a poor, homeless, underachieving high school kid she pulls off the street and invites to become part of her family.

“(Untitled)” is a subtle comedy about the state of contemporary art.

Disaster flick “2012” entertains in a so-bad-it’s-good way, with laughably bad dialogue, preposterous characters and situations, and special effects guaranteed to blow your mind.

The screams were loud enough to wake the undead. Several hundred "Twilight" fans poured into the Natick Collection last night to meet Kellan Lutz, who plays vampire Emmett Cullen in the popular book and film series. The second movie installment, "New Moon," opens Nov. 20.

The story of DJs broadcasting rock 'n roll during the 60s from a boat off the coast of England, because the BBC refused to, amounts to not much more than a boatload of characters who  you just can't manage to care about.

Don’t let the fact that “Z” is a subtitled film based on an event you’ve never heard of keep you from watching. Instead, consider it a conspiracy thriller with all the elements that make conspiracies thrilling: political intrigue, high-level corruption and a massive cover-up.

An engaging film, but as character studies go, little or nothing is revealed.