This Freshly Diverse 'Seven' Ups The Firepower
The Magnificent Seven is a remake of a movie that's already a remake that's updated in both casting and body count.
Movie Reviews
Movie Reviews: 'Magnificent Seven' And 'Storks'
David Greene talks to Justin Chang about two movies out this week: the remake of The Magnificent Seven and the animated children's picture Storks. Chang is film critic for the Los Angeles Times.
Kate Winslet Wreaks Bespoke Vengeance In 'The Dressmaker'
Kate Winslet plays a woman with designs to punish the townsfolk who once wronged her in this tonally confused Australian comedy.
'The Magnificent Seven': Because 'The Pretty Good Seven' Didn't Test Well
I Haven't Seen The First Six Yet! Director Antoine Fuqua remakes the classic 1960 Western; our critic calls it a "fun but nonessential" example of "high-grade pulp."
It Takes An (Empty) Village: 'The Ruins of Lifta'
A new documentary focuses on a now-empty town near Jerusalem, the future of which is hotly contested.
A Korean Celebrity Couple Kidnapped By Kim Jong Il: 'The Lovers And The Despot'
The fascinating tale of a South Korean movie star and director kidnapped in the 1970s is dutifully recounted in a documentary that fails to explore several lingering questions.
A Feel-Good Chess Movie Keeps Sentimentality In Check: 'Queen Of Katwe'
A Disney film about a Ugandan girl who becomes a chess champion hits familiar beats but evinces a nuanced understanding of extreme poverty and the societal forces that reinforce it.
Oliver Stone Puts A Melodramatic Spin On 'Snowden' And The Surveillance State
Stone's new film presents the exiled former NSA contractor as a heroic whistle-blower. Critic David Edelstein says movie's take on Snowden is entertaining — but also a bit one-sided.
Movie Review: Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'
There has already been a high-profile documentary about Edward Snowden. Now comes a drama from a filmmaker known for dramatizing the Vietnam war and the Kennedy assassination.
'Bridget Jones's Baby' Is High-Spirited And Playful
Our critic Ella Taylor loves this "generous, candid" sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, in which the now fortysomething Bridget willfully faces down new professional and romantic challenges.