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- 'Beauty and the Beast': When a feminist plays a Disney princess
The new live-action version of 'Beauty and the Beast,' starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, is expected to become a massive hit at the box office. What message will the film send all those filmgoers?
- Warner Bros. reportedly planning 'Matrix' reboot: how the original movie changed film industry
Warner Bros. is reportedly looking into bringing back the ultra-successful 'Matrix' movie series in some form. The original 1999 film changed the movie industry.
- First LookKing Kong scales weekend box office with 'Kong: Skull Island'
The new movie 'Kong: Skull Island,' the latest take on the famous 'King Kong' story, had a strong opening weekend, coming in first against competition such as the 'X-Men' film 'Logan' and the horror movie 'Get Out.'
- 'Kong: Skull Island' is a fun movie with an inspired setting
'Kong' stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Hiddleston as members of an expedition who travel to a previously uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean and encounter King Kong.
- Socially conscious horror movies don't get any better than 'Get Out'
'Out,' which is directed and written by Jordan Peele, stars Daniel Kaluuya as a young black photographer who is brought to stay at his white girlfriend's parents' house for the weekend. In its own darkly satiric way, it is also a movie about racial paranoia that captures the zeitgeist in ways that many more 'prestigious' movies don’t.
- Smooth surfaces of 'The Sense of an Ending' need disrupting
'Sense' stars Jim Broadbent as Tony, a septuagenarian whose youthful past suddenly intrudes upon his humdrum life and forces a day of reckoning.
- Stars dish on 'Thor: Ragnarok': Will humor improve the series?
The first two stand-alone 'Thor' movies were far from failures, but they did less well at the box office than their Marvel brethren and received fairly negative reviews from critics. What will happen with 'Ragnarok'?
- 'Logan' slices box office with $85.3M, 'Moonlight' gets bump
The violent, gritty superhero film will end actor Hugh Jackman's 17-year run playing Wolverine, and its box office success further illustrates audience's interest in unconventional comic book movies, analysts say.
- With 'Logan,' superhero flicks face new test as adult-only fare
In recent years, comic books and graphic novels – and their film adaptations – have been firmly established as more than just kid fare. But R-rating excludes children entirely from the pool of potential ticket buyers.
- 'Logan' turns into a free-for-all bloodfest
'Logan' stars Hugh Jackman as the title character, also known as Wolverine, who in the dystopic world of the film is one of the few mutants left. Jackman gives Logan a withering rage that seems heartfelt, not hammy.
- 'Wolves' is cliché-ridden and predictable
The movie stars Michael Shannon and Carla Gugino as an alcoholic novelist who's in debt to gangsters and his wife, respectively.
- ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ avoids sentimentality
Swiss-born director Claude Barras and his screenwriter, Céline Sciamma, understand that just because a movie is kidcentric doesn’t mean it has to be kid stuff.
- What 'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins wished he could have said to the Oscar audience
The part of the 2017 Oscars that most viewers will probably remember is the wrong movie being announced as the best picture winner. But the win by 'Moonlight' is memorable for other reasons.
- Trailer released for 'Kong: Skull Island': How original 'King Kong' inspired Hollywood
The latest take on the 'King Kong' story, 'Kong: Skull Island' stars Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson and will be released on March 10. The original 1933 movie was praised for its innovative special effects.
- Following Oscar win, Viola Davis is first black winner of acting 'triple crown'
Viola Davis, who won best supporting actress Sunday night for 'Fences,' won a Tony for a theater production of the same role, in addition to an Emmy for her work in the ABC TV series 'How to Get Away with Murder.' How common is winning the award trifecta?
- 'Moonlight’ wins best picture Oscar in surprise victory as Trump dominates speeches
The story of a young gay black man, which stars actors including Trevante Rhodes and Naomie Harris, was named the best movie of the year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, though the movie 'La La Land' was initially and erroneously announced as best picture.
- Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar for playing an aspiring actress in 'La La Land'
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling co-star as a couple falling in love in contemporary Los Angeles in the film 'La La Land.' Stone was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in 2014's 'Birdman.'
- Casey Affleck, troubled janitor in 'Manchester by the Sea,' receives 2017 best actor Oscar
Affleck has been nominated before, as best supporting actor for his work in 2007's 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.' He stars in 'Manchester' with Lucas Hedges and Michelle Williams.
- Viola Davis wins best supporting actress Oscar for role as wronged wife 'Fences'
Davis was previously nominated for two Oscars for her work in the movies 'The Help' and 'Doubt.' She stars in the best picture nominee 'Fences' with actor Denzel Washington.
- Beyond Oscars' glare, a glimpse of women on the rise
The Oscars are embracing diversity this year. The gains for women in cinema and TV are hard fought – and just gaining momentum.