Topic: Gary Cooper

Clint Eastwood isn't endorsing Obama? How that doesn't detract from the ad.

Hollywood endorsements don't always work, but they can matter, especially if the message is perceived as authentic and the celebrity is respected. Like Clint Eastwood.

The 50 best movies of all time

From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films

Will Earth no longer define time? Leap second could be abolished.

The rotation of the Earth has defined time for as long as time has been kept, but keeping up with all of Earth's little quirks by adding and subtracting an occasional leap second is getting tiring. Timekeepers could vote Thursday to rely solely on atomic clocks. 

On the Bowery: movie review

The 1950s documentary ‘On the bowery’ took men at the bottom of their lives and spun a story.

IHOP sues IHOP for trademark infringement

IHOP, the International House of Pancakes, is suing IHOP, the International House of Prayer, for trademark infringement.

Velva Jean Learns to Drive

A coming-of-age tale about a young girl growing up in Appalachia in the decade before World War II.

Studs Terkel

Monitor Picks

To commemorate the start of the MLB season, Monitor film critic Peter Rainer recommends the five best baseball movies ever made. ("Field of Dreams" isn't one of them!)