The burden of history weighs heavily on Christian Bale’s Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings. Its director, Ridley Scott, can no doubt sympathize. He’s adapting a story that’s literally scripture, but cinematic gospel is stacked against him as well. With DeMille having told what is, to many, the definitive Bible story in The Ten Commandments, and Scott himself having largely perfected the 21st century sword and sandal epic with Gladiator, what novelty can Gods and Kings really bring to the table? The answer is typically modern of Scott and other blockbuster filmmakers: more and more spectacle, less and less clarity of vision.
After weeks of speculation, the first footage for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now available for viewing. Was it worth the hype? Did it make us turn from the comfortingly dismissive cynicism of the Dark side toward the fanboyish optimism of the Light? The consensus: yeah, pretty much. Which is a little surprising, considering how little of a trailer it actually is. Unless Abrams plans on breaking up every other shot with a black insert, just half of the 88-second trailer has any actual footage in it. At only 11 shots long, is there much of anything that we can infer about the new movie’s plot, or how good it’s going to be?
Horrible Bosses 2 does worse than just live in the shadow of the predecessor it so slavishly imitates: it makes one doubt whether the original can still be of value if something cast from its mold can be this feeble.
We sat down with The Imitation Game stars Matthew Goode and Allen Leech to talk Turing, Cumberbatch, Matthew's secret nickname and surviving press tours.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 often plays like a waiting game, but it solidifies the star and ideas of the franchise as the true heroes behind the YA phenomenon.
Foxcatcher is an accomplished blend of sports-themed drama and true crime that’s cool to the touch - a frequently mesmerizing, yet sometimes frustrating watch.
With the holiday season now in full swing, it's time to deck the halls, start calendar shopping, and prepare for months and months of Oscar speculation. With few exceptions, 2014's most buzz-worthy awards contenders have chosen a late year release, including the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, which is currently garnering a lot of attention.
Big Hero 6 accomplishes its goal of entertaining those young enough not to notice how dispiritingly familiar it is as both an animated and superhero movie.
