Easily the most bizarre, inventive sitcom of the fall season, Fox’s Arrested Development wrings laughs from the strange, the uncomfortable and the inappropriate. It’s not your typical sitcom, but it is a welcome addition to the prime-time landscape.

A cobwebbed, mummified horror entry that makes obvious, cartoonishly grotesque demands for attention.

Beautifully constructed from multiple perspectives, with richly drawn characters whose personal lives are as involving as the crimes they confront. Boomtown, from Graham Yost, is worthy of discerning “Sopranos” fans’ attention.

Part of Spielberg’s skill as a filmmaker comes in choosing the right collaborators. Janusz Kaminski’s gorgeous cinematography, Michael Kahn’s graceful editing, Jeff Nathanson’s clever script, and John Williams’ score all work well in unison, but the film’s masterstroke is the casting of Walken as DiCaprio’s utterly decent father. Read full review

Darker and more dramatic, this account of Harry’s troubled second year at Hogwarts may be a bit overlong and unmodulated in pacing, but it possesses a confidence and intermittent flair that begin to give it a life of its own apart of the literary franchise, something the initial picture never achieved.

What blasts off the screen like a heat wave, burning in the heart, is the sheer toe-tapping, booty-shaking joy of making music.