Film & Stage Reviews

Nixon, Bare Flesh on Fifth, Addams Family: Great N.Y. Weekend Peter Strauss does a terrific impersonation of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers.”

‘Twilight’ Star Mourns Suicide; Hamm Probes Cold Case: Movies Near the end of “Remember Me,” there’s a lingering shot of the Twin Towers on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just before they were destroyed by terrorist- piloted jets. Like much of the movie, the symbolism is heavy- handed.

Kim Cattrall Flirts, Clowns in ‘Private Lives’: London Stage Kim Cattrall transformed the monochromatic role of Samantha in “Sex and the City” into a portrayal of sexual self-confidence. Maybe any actress with a certain va-va-voom could have done the same. Va-va-voom will never be enough to tackle Noel Coward’s “Private Lives.”

Tattoos, Photos Bare East-West Split; Brecht’s Baby: S.F. Stage Making the 19th century look sexy might seem an odd strategy for a 21st-century theater. Yet California’s Berkeley Rep has come up with another clever show about Victorian obsessions.

Roasted Bodies, Lost Souls Horrify in Hanks’s War Series: TV You know you’re watching an intense war film when being machine-gunned is an act of mercy. That’s the predicament for many Japanese soldiers in “The Pacific,” a 10-part World War II miniseries that begins Sunday on HBO at 9 p.m. New York time.

Damon Searches for Chemical Weapons; Wedding Follies: Movies What manic thriller directed by Paul Greengrass stars Matt Damon as an obsessed man caught in a web of political intrigue, gunplay and spine-tingling chases?

See Nicole Kidman Sulk, Hear Chopin Play: Great London Weekend Steal a glimpse of a sulking Nicole Kidman as the Friday stop on your weekend in London.

Spitzer Documentary, Falcon Smuggling Highlight Tribeca Lineup An unfinished documentary on former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, a biopic on maverick French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and a crime drama starring James Franco will be shown at next month’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York.