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'Hidden Figures' screenwriter Allison Schroeder came to movie following NASA-centric family historySchroeder's grandfather and grandmother worked at NASA, while Schroeder herself, growing up near Cape Canaveral, remembers seeing launches at school.
Critics advise against scaling 'The Great Wall' – could it kill East-West collaboration?'The Great Wall,' a Hollywood-China co-production, has received negative reviews and industry watchers are predicting it will open behind such box office holdovers as 'The LEGO Batman Movie.'
Grand-scale extravaganza in 'The Great Wall' lacks transcendenceThe movie centers on battles between ravenous lizards known as the Taotie and those who defend the Great Wall. If you've seen one Taotie, you've seen them all.
'Kedi' is about how animals can bring out the kindness in peopleThe Turkish documentary centers on the stray cat population in Istanbul. Director Ceyda Torun has made a movie so far beyond the cute kitty stuff one sees on YouTube that it’s almost insulting to draw the comparison.
Disney's live-action 'Mulan' hires female director, Niki Caro, in still-rare moveNiki Caro becomes one of the few women to be brought on to helm a movie budgeted at more than $100 million. Caro has previously directed 'Whale Rider' and the upcoming film 'The Zookeeper's Wife.'
'I Am Jane Doe' lucidly presents important subject'Doe' is about the mostly middle- and high-school girls who have been victims of sex trafficking predominantly on the adult classified site Backpage.com.
'The LEGO Batman Movie' is exhilarating and exhaustingAt its best, 'Batman' has the same whiplash wit and inspired freneticism as 'The LEGO Movie,' though it's not quite as good.
'A United Kingdom' simplifies a complex political dynamicThe film, which depicts the mixed-race marriage between Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo), the prince of Bechuanaland (and later the first democratically elected president of Botswana), and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), makes its subjects glorified waxworks.
'The Daughter,' Ibsen adaptation, won't win over viewers who are new to playwright's work'Daughter' stars Geoffey Rush as the owner of a now-shuttered local mill who is about to marry his housekeeper (Anna Torv). When his son returns home for the first time in 15 years, family secrets are unloosed.
Uneven 'The Comedian' doesn't measure up to Robert De Niro's performance'Comedian' stars De Niro as a washed-up comic who continues his career because he craves the audience's acceptance. Leslie Mann co-stars.
In Black Lives Matter era, reviewers are won over by new documentary film 'I Am Not Your Negro'The documentary, which will be released in theaters on Feb. 3, is directed by Raoul Peck and is based on writings by James Baldwin about civil rights leaders including Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers.
First LookPeter Capaldi to depart 'Doctor Who,' British TV show that thrives on reinventionPeter Capaldi, the 12th actor to portray 'Doctor Who' on the long-running British science fiction program, says he's leaving the series. What makes BBC show so enduringly successful?
'Ocean's Eight' sneak peek: Are gender-flipping reboots helping to balance Hollywood?Are remakes of popular movies with actresses in the lead a good thing, or is it just another way to possibly cash in on familiar titles?
'Roxanne Roxanne' breakout star Chante Adams reveals how she landed her lead roleAdams stars in the Roxanne Shante biopic 'Roxanne Roxanne,' which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film co-stars Mahershala Ali and Nia Long.
CalArts' female students aim to stop stereotypes in animationNearly three-quarters of CalArts' more than 250 animation students are women and there's a new goal: ensure that when they land jobs, they get to draw female characters reflective of the real world.
First LookMarvel reveals villain to appear in 'Black Panther,' superhero movie with diverse castThe comic book movie company recently announced that a previously seen villain will come back in the upcoming movie, Marvel Studio's first film with a black protagonist.
'Gold' lacks urgency or adventurousness'Gold' stars Matthew McConaughey as Kenny Wells, who partners with a geologist in Indonesia. Matthew McConaughey's performance is a rousing feat without which this movie would have far less to recommend it.
'Midsummer in Newtown' does not oversell the restorative power of artThe documentary depicts a group of artists from New York who came to Newtown in the wake of the tragedy to stage a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with the local schoolchildren, almost all of whom were present when the shooting took place.
'The Salesman' isn't director Asghar Farhadi's best but offers glints of what often makes him one of best directors around'Salesman' stars Shahab Hosseini as a high school literature teacher in Tehran, Iran, who moves with his wife after their building's infrastructure collapses. The movie was recently nominated for the Oscar for the best foreign language film.
Oscar nominees 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester' will screen in more theaters – do Oscar nods help bottom line?Multiple best picture nominees will be screening in more theaters now that they've received Oscar nods. Can awards season attention help a film's box office success, too?
