“K-PAX,” a quirky tale of a mental patient who claims to be a visitor from a far-off solar system, topped the weekend box office, grossing $17.2 million, a surprisingly strong showing for a film with ...

It was exactly 20 years ago that a film about a cute little alien trying to get home made box office history. E.T. the Extraterrestrial was a poignant and exciting movie that won over critics and ...

The task is simple: walk or die.

“K-PAX” smartly weaves together two strains, a “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” duel between a patient and his keeper, and the super-intelligent alien saga, best illustrated by the adventures of the ...

In “K-PAX,’ a glossy fable about friendship and madness, Kevin Spacey plays a seemingly delusional man named Prot who claims to be a visitor from a distant planet, and Jeff Bridges plays his harried ...

“K-PAX” is a pleasant enough entertainment raised above its station by the quality of its acting. While the story line gets increasingly questionable, the fact that Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are ...

Winning an Academy Award can have a strange effect on an actor. Some Oscar winners decide that they will make only serious, solemn movies. Others become so picky about their parts that they ...

The must-see movie of the season opened on Friday, and once again, a stellar leading performance was turned in by Kevin Spacey. “K-PAX” is a movie about Prot (Spacey), a mysterious character who is ...

K-PAX. With Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard. Directed by Iain Softley. Running time: 122 mins. Rated PG-13: Child in peril. 2 Stars. Normally, I’d happily go to any planet ...