Falling asleep 38 minutes into “Lars and the Real Girl” three nights ago was a sign that my film-watching patience and skill has dwindled now to virtually non-existent that I have become a father. It’s as simple as this: When you are exhausted from chasing around a toddler all day, the last thing you want to do is watch an art house film and analyze Ryan Gosling’s moustache icicles during a snow storm.

Provided you're "eating right", you're growing every day.

I know it may not seem that way. At times you may feel like you're not going anywhere, that you're making no progress, that you'll never be "tall enough to ride this ride". I feel this way all this time.

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Film Reviews: Given the must, dust and rust emanating from this third installment, it's clear the time has come for this "Mummy" franchise to be truly mummified once and for all.

TV Reviews: Given E!'s burgeoning celeb-reality lineup of notorious but beautiful women -- Denise Richards, Kim Kardashian and the Lohans among them -- Pamela Anderson fits right in, tabloid TV's veritable holy grail. Yet Anderson improbably outsmarts those who would exploit her in "Pam: Girl on the Loose."

Legit Reviews: A playwright well before he became the artistic director of Theater Rhino, the nation's longest-running gay theater, John Fisher has long demonstrated a keen interest in historical and military subjects that's atypical for gay venues. "Ishi: The Last of the Yahi" preems here sans any gay content or interpretation. This tale of California's purported "last wild Indian," who spent his final decades as virtual museum exhibit, offers absorbing, imaginative analysis of thorny ethical issues. The only major flaw is a hefty length that dissipates interest after the strong first act.

Film Reviews: Claws are definitely extended in "Good Cats," a sharp satire revealing the dark side of China's economic miracle that goes for blood and gets it too.

Legit Reviews: The world premiere of "Gallipoli," Nigel Jamieson's stunning debut with the Sydney Theater Company, is a deserving centerpiece for artistic director Robyn Nevin's flamboyant final season. Staged in the Sydney Theater, STC's biggest house, "Gallipoli" is a visually-stunning, high art performance piece. It features poetry, video imagery, intricate lighting, a cast of 35 and a trap-door ridden stage.

Film Reviews: In his documentary "America the Beautiful," Darryl Roberts wanders around asking everyone why America is so obsessed with beauty, particularly since, as he goes to great pains to demonstrate, the consequences of that obsession can prove so dire.

Exec Shuffle: Executive to coordinate digital production -- Universal Pictures has upped Matt Apice to VP, digital production, in the studio's worldwide creative services group.

VPage: 'Sisterhood' party hearty at sequel's bash -- Squeals, cheers and frantic cell phone texting outside the Ziegfeld Theater marked the arrival of the young stars of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" for the pic's Gotham premiere on Monday.

Film Festivals: Concentration camp drama to screen at fest -- Mark Herman's "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas," a U.K./U.S. co-production distributed by Buena Vista/Disney, will be presented in the Official Selection, out of competition, at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept. 18-27).

Technology News: Pan-African decoder enables HD TV recording -- MultiChoice launched a decoder developed for the emerging high-definition market on its pan-African DStv satellite service on July 25.

TV Reviews: Ewan McGregor and fellow actor/pal Charley Boorman like hanging out together on motorcycles. This time, their sojourn will take them the length of Africa, and based on the nuts-and-bolts premiere, it promises to be a worthwhile ride.

Web Exclusive: Korean production company goes for $15.2 mil -- Korean production shingle SM Pictures has been sold to Premiere Entertainment, one of the country's major DVD production and distribution outfits.

Film News: Director aims to make 'mainstream tentpoles' -- Brett Ratner, whose Rat Entertainment shingle has been parked at New Line since 1996, is moving his first-look pact to Paramount Pictures. He will take offices in the Gloria Swanson Building on the Par lot starting Friday.

Music News: Alex Winter to write 'High School' for shockjock -- Howard Stern is revisiting "Rock 'n' Roll High School." The shockjock is producing, along with Larry Levinson, a remake of the 1979 film. Alex Winter, best known for playing alongside Keanu Reeves in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," has been hired to script it.

Front Page: Activision, Vivendi games hit reset -- The merger of Activision with Vivendi Games has forced the owners of major Hollywood licenses like "Ghostbusters" and Jason Bourne to make new videogame plans.

Film Festivals: Two sophomore fests to begin Aug, Sept -- Two film festivals successfully launched last year in Korea have unveiled lineups for their second frames.

TV News: Veteran exec reups deal through 2012 -- Sony has locked up its tube topper Steve Mosko for another four years, keeping the studio vet firmly in charge of Sony Pictures Television.

Film Reviews: A handful of messy, screw-up cops battle legions of impeccable, organized gangsters for the hearts and minds of Korean youth in Kang Woo-suk's third "Public Enemy" go-round. A return to form for the hugely popular franchise after its disappointing sophomore sortie, pic, well-scripted by Jang Jin, has the cohesiveness its predecessor so sadly lacked.

TV News: Wandell set to run TV co. -- After weeks of speculation, ABC Studios exec Morgan Wandell’s deal to take the reins at Greg Berlanti’s rapidly expanding TV company is official.