'Alien: Covenant' Continues To Mine Old Ground
While Alien: Covenant is better than Prometheus, the last franchise entry, it still lacks the basic elements that made Alien and Aliens so widely admired.
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In 'The Commune,' Where We Live Is Who We Are
Director Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune isn't really about the entire group that grows up around a 1970s Copenhagen family. It's about the family itself, and how the way we live defines us.
Asian Americans In Hollywood Still Waiting For The Spotlight
In the meantime, some are producing their own shows or creating material for alternative platforms like YouTube.
Don't Text In The Movie, Or Risk A Lawsuit
A Texas man went on a bad first date. He says his date was texting during a movie. He was so ticked off he filed a lawsuit demanding she pay the cost of the movie ticket.
Guy Ritchie's 'King Arthur: Legends Of The Sword' Flops At The Box Office
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword had a dismal opening weekend at the box office. Even director Guy Ritchie couldn't save this story.
Powers Boothe, Who Appeared In 'Deadwood' And 'Sin City,' Dies At 68
The character actor was known for his roles as a villain in TV's Deadwood and in the movies Tombstone, Sin City and The Avengers. Boothe died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Amandla Stenberg 'Infiltrates' Teen Romance World In 'Everything, Everything'
Amandla Stenberg stars in Everything, Everything as teenage girl who is forbidden to leave her home due to a rare illness. Stenberg talks about this role and her activism with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.
Camelot On Film: 9 (Not-So) Brief, (Intermittently) Shining Moments
Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is in theaters this weekend. How does it stack up against other movies that have tackled Arthurian legend?
Actor Curt Lowens, A Holocaust Survivor Known For Nazi Roles, Dies At 91
As a young man, Lowens survived Kristallnacht and joined the Dutch resistance. After the war, he played German officers on TV, on the Broadway stage and in films.
An Iraqi Sniper Traps Two U.S. Soldiers In 'The Wall'
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews The Wall, a film about two American snipers pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, behind a rapidly crumbling wall.