Tag: movie

I once heard a Holocaust survivor say that movies made about the Nazis’ atrocities during World War II are only ever just movies, as they…

In an age when spectacle almost always trumps story in film, it’s sometimes easy to forget that movie magic starts with the characters. If you…

Basing a film on a true story is a difficult balancing act between reality and fiction. This difficulty is one that “Everest” has to contend…

As it stands, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” will become one of the most overlooked movies of the year. Directed by Guy Ritchie, most widely known…

The end credits of Pixar’s “Inside Out” (released June 19) shamelessly dedicate the movie to the animators’ kids. “Please don’t ever grow up,” they implore…

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Trips to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia were the stuff dreams are…

Nevertheless, the exploits of an adorable creature do not make a very exciting plot and so, in due course, all three rules are broken, and…

Gil Kenan’s “Poltergeist” is the lackluster remake of the 1982 classic that no one asked for. Kenan, director of 2006’s “Monster House” and 2008’s “City…

As a 20-year-old, Disney’s new “Cinderella” is all I needed to make me feel like a little girl again. This new, realistic version was just…

SpongeBob SquarePants is coming to our world — for about 20 minutes. If you have any hopes of seeing the land-based adventures of everyone’s favorite…