The new Birth of a Nation movie is rated R, and rightfully so. But its subject matter has us wrestling again with a tricky concept:
Miss Peregrine and her odd assortment of children found a peculiar new home this weekend: at the top of the box office. Real estate agents
Villains aren’t the only ones who use faith for less-than-shiny purposes. Sometimes the good guys do it, too. Sometimes we use our faith in ugly ways,
A team of fast-talking, sharp-shooting cowboys thundered into dusty, tumbleweed-filled multiplexes across the country—sidling up to the concession stand, demanding popcorn with extra butter and
The Magnificent Seven lands in theaters today, starring Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington and burgeoning superstar Chris Pratt. Next week, another box-office megastar, Mark Wahlberg, will
It’s a grim truism that it doesn’t pay to be a parent in an animated Disney movie. I mean, two words: Bambi’s mom. Right? And
Neither birds nor Blair Witch nor Bridget Jones’s Baby could sink Sully. The mustachioed captain and his movie stayed aloft above the box office for
Moviegoers gave The Birth of a Nation a standing ovation when it was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 9, even as its
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve screened no less than three movies dealing with the subject of cancer. These are, as you might imagine,
Are you a movie producer? Want to make a hit movie? Hire Tom Hanks and force him to take a really terrible trip. In Castaway,
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