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In neighborhoods that have little in common with the candy-coated world of “Sex and the City,” there are still plenty of devoted fans of all backgrounds and income levels.

Mr. Korman won four Emmys for his contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and was seen to hilarious effect on the big screen in “Blazing Saddles.”

If you read the plot synopsis, IThe HappeningI sounds like IThe Day After TomorrowI with the family intimacy formula used in ISignsI applied to it. But actually it looks more like indie horror movie IThe SignalI. Except IThe SignalI is about people suddenly going insane and trying to kill other people while IThe HappeningI appears to be about people suddenly going crazy and committing suicide. The population of New York has quite literally become a bunch of lemmings, just point them to the nearest ledge.

There are no supernatural happenings, just people under extreme stress succumbing to their worst instincts, in Stuart Gordon’s grim, expert little thriller “Stuck.”

Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal.