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'The Birth of a Nation' is heavy-handed and hero worshiping'Nation' director Nate Parker also stars as Nat Turner, the leader of a slave rebellion that took place in 1831 in Virginia. Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, and Penelope Ann Miller co-star.
Is 'A Wrinkle in Time' a nascent sign of Hollywood diversity?As director of 'A Wrinkle in Time,' Ava DuVernay becomes the first woman of color to direct a live-action movie with a budget of more than $100 million. An indication of emerging gender and racial diversity in Hollywood?
New 'Jackie' trailer: Why do Oscars highlight actors playing real people?A new trailer has been released for the upcoming film 'Jackie,' which stars Natalie Portman as the former first lady. Why does the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences often select actors who play real-life figures as worthy of an Oscar nomination and often a statuette?
Date set for live-action 'Mulan,' Disney will reportedly cast Chinese actressDisney is planning to release a live-action version of its animated movie 'Mulan,' in 2018 and is reportedly seeking a Chinese actress to take on the role.
First LookAll eight 'Harry Potter' films to return to theaters in IMAXAll eight 'Potter' movies will be back in IMAX theaters later this month. The return will take place ahead of the debut of the new 'Potter' movie 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.'
First Look'Miss Peregrine' tops box office: How it beat rivals, even 'Deepwater Horizon'The Tim Burton movie 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' came in No. 1 at the box office in its debut weekend. The film is based on the bestseller of the same name by Ransom Riggs.
New 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trailer: Can film turn the franchise around?The upcoming 'Pirates' film features the return of franchise actors such as Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Geoffrey Rush. The movies' domestic box office grosses have declined since the second film.聽
Box Office: 'Miss Peregrine' Tops With $28.5 Million, 'Deepwater Horizon,' 'Masterminds' BombThe Tim Burton film still has a long way to go to recoup it's $110 million budget. The disaster film 'Deepwater Horizon' came second, despite positive reviews.
'Deepwater Horizon' puts the spotlight on human toll of disaster'Deepwater' stars Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams, who was able to escape the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. 'I was very moved by the fact that 11 men lost their lives,' director Peter Berg said.
'Denial' star Rachel Weisz: 'I felt it was a very important story for the fight for truth'Weisz stars in 'Denial' as Deborah Lipstadt, a writer who聽was sued for libel in Britain in 1996 by Holocaust denier David Irving after she called him a liar in one of her books.
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' is fairly generic Tim Burton'Peregrine' stars Eva Green as the head of a home for unusual children, a place that is being threatened by the evil Barron (Samuel L. Jackson).
'Deepwater Horizon' is a slam-bang action movieFans of 'The Towering Inferno' will find a lot to like in 'Deepwater,' which centers on聽Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell as two old-school stalwarts who spend a great deal of screen time dodging mud, fire, bulletlike bolts, and collapsing derricks.
'Denial' is efficient and dryThe film is saved by the performances of Timothy Spall as David Irving, a British Holocaust-denying historian, and Tom Wilkinson as barrister Richard Rampton, who represented author Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) when she was sued by Irving.
Jon Favreau will helm live-action 'Lion King': Is 'Lion' Disney's biggest triumph?The newest Disney animated film to be adapted as a live-action production is 'Lion King,' with Disney recently announcing that 'The Jungle Book' director Favreau will take on the classic 1994 film.
'Silence' will arrive for Oscar season: Will Scorsese film be awards favorite?Scorsese's latest film, 'Silence,' could be another awards season contender for the director. He and his films had been nominated several times before his 2006 movie 'The Departed' won Best Picture and he received a best director Oscar.
'Fences' trailer: Will play adaptation draw Oscar nods, big box office?A trailer has been released for the upcoming movie adaptation of the classic August Wilson play 'Fences.' Many critics are seeing the film as a possible Oscars contender.聽
Big opening for 'The Magnificent Seven' shows westerns can still gallop'Magnificent,' which is a remake of the 1960 film and stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, came in first place at the box office in its opening weekend. Other new movies this past weekend included the animated film 'Storks.'
Can 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' translate to the silver screen?'Peregrine,' which opens on Sept. 30, is the newest attempt by Hollywood to translate bestseller status into hit box office. But it's been a bumpy road recently for young-adult film adaptations.
'Queen of Katwe' star David Oyelowo calls the film a 'life-affirming African story''Katwe' stars Madina Nalwanga as聽Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan girl who overcame聽obstacles to become a chess champion. It co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.
'The Magnificent Seven' brings diversity to Western genre'Seven' stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt and is a remake of director John Sturges' 1960 Western, itself a remake of Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai.'聽
