Not to put too fine a point on it, but "Catch and Release" is the chick-flick version of guy-cry movies like "Garden State " and "The Last Kiss. " Like them, it features underdrawn yet quirky characters onto which a youthful audience can project its anxieties. Like them, it uses an iPod playlist in place of story structure, and like ...

I read John Hayes' article "Tolerance for Torture" ( Films and TV up the ante on graphic torture scenes, Jan. 19 ) with great interest. The tolerance for torture has also expanded to a tolerance and actually entertainment of the rape, murder, kidnapping and exploitation of children in the media.

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Sara Schieron, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Matt Sussman.

I didn't fall off the roof! Back at work Monday after some time off for spring cleaning around the house. Had a very nice Easter with Daniel home from college and my mother joining us for a big meal.

LOST: male tiger-striped pit bull, "Firenight ," Greenville, 258-5166; neutered beagle, black, white and brown, red collar, 28 pounds, Woodlawn Avenue, (919) 524-6548; spayed mixed dog, reddish brown, looks like a Rhodesian Ridgeback, orange reflective collar, 60-70 pounds, tail curls a little, Statonsburg-Lew is Store Road, 753-8013 or 717-0244; male golden dog, no collar, black spots on tongue, ...

Humane SocietyThe Humane Society of Eastern Carolina's Pet of the Week is Joe, a small, young male Jack Russell terrier. All animals are spayed or neutered or come with spay or neuter certificates.

The following people were recently booked into the Allen County Lockup on felony charges either on preliminary charges after arrest or after being transported from another facility or were formally charged with a felony in Allen County. Misdemeanor charges are also listed if the person is charged with a misdemeanor in addition to a felony.