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The Latest in Movie News, May 20, 2013
Box office news, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cannes, and AFI honors Mel Brooks.
May 20, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
Lots of explosions but not much heart makes this a film that will please most but might leave fans disappointed.
May 17, 2013
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach's best film yet is an elegant pairing of serious and funny, as its name implies.
May 15, 2013
The Gospel of Gatsby and Draper
What if the self-made man wakes up one day and hates himself?
May 13, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, May 13, 2013
Iron Man beats Gatsby at the box office, Star Wars, Robert Downey Jr., new sound in theaters, and charges of bias in the Academy.
May 13, 2013
Faith-Themed Television Boosted by 'The Bible'
Is another chase after Passion dollars a good thing?
May 13, 2013
Streaming This Weekend, May 10, 2013
Looking for something to watch at home? We've got some recommendations.
May 10, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, May 9, 2013
Cinderella, gun control, Dungeons and Dragons, Andrew Garfield in Silence, and Jurassic Park 4 - hopefully not extinct.
May 9, 2013
Streaming This Weekend, May 3, 2013
What to watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime this weekend.
May 3, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, May 3, 2013
Deanna Durbin, Daniel Radcliffe, Natalie Portman as Lady Macbeth, John Williams and Star Wars, and Soderbergh announces his retirement.
May 3, 2013
Iron Man 3
Two movies about power—Pain & Gain and Iron Man 3—that remain strangely toothless.
May 3, 2013
Pain & Gain
Two movies about power—Pain & Gain and Iron Man 3—that remain strangely toothless.
May 3, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 29, 2013
The weekend box office, Into the Woods, James Franco, odd financial news from Netflix, and Django gets unchained in China.
April 29, 2013
Oblivion
Both Oblivion and Upstream Color are successful at their very different aims, even though neither does the job of great science fiction.
April 26, 2013
Upstream Color
Both Oblivion and Upstream Color are successful at their very different aims, even though neither does the job of great science fiction.
April 26, 2013
Mud and the Case of the Southern Film
Mud explores dimensions of care and violence intrinsic to Southern films, shedding light on what makes the genre work—and what doesn't.
April 26, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 25, 2013
Jim Caviezel, Guillermo Del Toro, Guys and Dolls, a Danish Western, and Shaun the Sheep gets a feature film.
April 25, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 22, 2013
Box office returns, Will Smith, Martin Scorcese's "Silence," Jason Sudeikis, and a ray of sunshine for the movie theater industry.
April 22, 2013
Streaming This Weekend, April 19, 2013
Looking for something to watch at home this weekend? Here's a few suggestions.
April 19, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 19, 2013
Lots more Star Wars on the way. Also, Vince Vaughn, Tom Cruise, Cannes, and the effects of healthcare regulation on the movie industry.
April 19, 2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Both 42 and The Reluctant Fundamentalist deal with issues of individual and systemic racial injustice—but come to very different conclusions.
April 19, 2013
42
Both 42 and The Reluctant Fundamentalist deal with issues of individual and systemic racial injustice - and come to very different conclusions.
April 19, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 15, 2013
42, Michael Caine, Transcendence, Veronica Mars, and the moral questions around Pain and Gain.
April 15, 2013
To the Wonder
The film is Malick at his Malickest, and at his most devout—which merits reflection on his body of work.
April 12, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 11, 2013
A new western from Disney, Jim Carrey, Beautiful Ruins, Django in Beijing, and some dismal news for movie theaters.
April 11, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 8, 2013
Jeremy Irons' statement about gay marriage sparks controversy. Also, Iron Man 3, Guillermo del Toro's latest, and a big weekend at the box office.
April 8, 2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines and Trance are two films that grapple with difficult moral dilemmas, but aren't quite up to the task.
April 5, 2013
Trance
The Place Beyond the Pines and Trance are two films that grapple with difficult moral dilemmas, but aren't quite up to the task.
April 5, 2013
Streaming This Weekend, April 5, 2013
Looking for something to watch at home this weekend? Here's a few picks..
April 5, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 4, 2013
RIP Roger Ebert. Also: a game-changing announcement from Fujifilm; Brad Pitt's latest; Boyle won't do Bond; and Richard Rodriguez reinvents casting.
April 4, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, April 1, 2013
Box office returns, RIP Richard Griffiths, Wes Anderson's latest, a Chinese Iron Man, and the Coens get religion (maybe).
April 1, 2013
The Host
The adaptation of the series by the author of 'Twilight' falls down on several fronts.
April 1, 2013
Streaming This Weekend, March 29, 2013
Looking for something to watch at home this weekend? Here's a documentary, two children's shows, and a couple of classics.
March 29, 2013
Admission
Even Tina Fey can't save this depressed and depressing romantic comedy, which fails to earn passing marks.
March 28, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, March 28, 2013
Independence Day sequels, Les Miserables on DVD, new Wolverine, a third Hemsworth, and North of Hell.
March 28, 2013
The Latest in Movie News, March 25, 2013
Box office returns, World's End, Robert Redford, Seth Rogen, and Kate Winslet in Divergent.
March 25, 2013
A Theological View of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Aside from disputes about whether torture succeeds, theologians wonder if it should be accepted by society if it does succeed (Samuel Freedman, The New York Times)
Brad Pitt Circling Biblical Epic Villain Turn In 'Pontius Pilate' At Warner Bros
Rather than a straight ahead Biblical film, Blasi’s script reads almost like a Biblical era Twilight Zone episode in which a proud, capable Roman soldier gets in way over his head (Deadline)
Anti-Muslim filmmaker's sentence unrelated to content, judge says
Youssef was under a type of federal probation at the time, and admitted to violating terms of that probation in court Wednesday (Los Angeles Times)
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