
Ben-Hur: A Tale of Three Movies, a Book and a Surprising Conversion
The nearly four-hour epic Ben-Hur, released in 1959, won an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Charlton Heston. The American

The nearly four-hour epic Ben-Hur, released in 1959, won an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Charlton Heston. The American

Hollywood’s sequel machine is reportedly broken. Entertainment pundits have been wringing their hands a good bit as of late, writing that this year’s crop of

Movies can make people do strange things. And, no, I’m not talking about some of the usual suspects here. You know, teens taking up smoking

A few weeks ago, Michael Foust of the Christian Examiner/Post asked me what I thought about the news that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Most turtles content themselves with their built-in mobile homes and eating greens at the local watering hole. But when you’re an anthropomorphized terrapin with mad

If you’ve seen the trailer for the new film Me Before You, you’re probably thinking to yourself that this looks like a wonderful, sweet love

Sure, maybe the X-Men franchise may be losing a bit of its mystique. But the superhero squadron still managed to be a beast at the

This will certainly be the shortest blog I’ve ever written—by a wide margin! In fact, it’ll only be five sentences. And if I hadn’t already

Captain America: Civil War‘s reign atop the box office came to a decidedly unheroic end this weekend. Even Cap’s iconic vibranium-alloy shield wasn’t enough to

Usually, when a film plunges nearly 60% in its second week at the box office, it means other newcomers have a fighting chance at the
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