If You've Gotta Reboot 'Ghostbusters,' At Least Do It With This Cast
The announcement of the new Ghostbusters cast went over like ... well, gangbusters.
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Full Of Complexity And Ambivalence, 'American Sniper' Shows The Cost Of War
The film about a Navy SEAL whose service in Iraq made him a mythic figure has become a cultural lightning rod. But the squabbles are too simple for a low-key movie striking in its lack of stridency.
It'd Be No 'Folly' To Remake This Musical Classic
Now that the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods has made more than $100 million at the box office in just three weeks, NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello has a modest musical proposal.
New Technology Immerses Audiences At Sundance Film Festival
From flying like a bird to walking through a refugee camp in Syria, virtual reality has enabled journalists, filmmakers and artists to immerse their audience in their stories like never before.
'Stronger Than Ever' Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape
Critic Kenneth Turan says Going Clear and The Hunting Ground are among the films that "blew people away" at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance A Lab For Changing Models In Film, TV
Audie Cornish speaks with film reporter Steve Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times about the trends, breakouts and mood at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Got $15 Million? Actor Rowan Atkinson Has A Car For Sale
The actor who most famously plays Mr. Bean wrecked the high-performance car back in 2011. Luckily, he wasn't seriously injured. But it did cost him $1.4 million to get it fixed.
At Its Core, Warped Family Drama 'Mommy' Is 'A Story Of Love'
In his award-winning film, Xavier Dolan, 25, tackles the relationship between a single mom and her troubled son. He says, "I feel like I knew this kid. ... He's just the worst version of who I was."
'Red Army' Explores How The Cold War Played Out On Ice
When the U.S. hockey team beat the USSR during the 1980 Olympics, it was dubbed the "miracle on ice." Red Army profiles the Russian athletes and their place in the Soviet Union's propaganda machine.
'Red Army' Profiles How Cold War Played Out On Ice
The new documentary is not a film about Soviet-era military machines. It is the story of the legendary Soviet hockey team of the 1970s and 80s — one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports.