When J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” came out in 2009, the canon-rocking news was the romance between Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana). Shippers of Spockura (Spur...

“Star Trek Into Darkness” will be analyzed in obsessive detail by those who love it and will join the pantheon of movies about which writers must avoid making even the tee...

When I teach film, I often use clips from Baz Luhrmann movies as examples of formal techniques — montage, say, or framing. His use of the structure of filmmaking to communic...

In “The Great Gatsby,” out Friday, Carey Mulligan plays the impeccably bobbed Daisy. You too could look like her if you had diamond headbands and hours to spend with a fla...

During this year’s Super Bowl, Ram Trucks ran an ad using Paul Harvey’s late-’70s “So God Made a Farmer” speech. Harvey’s voice echoed across pictures of lush crop...

Our long national nightmare is over! And by “long” I mean four months, and by “national” I mean “personal,” and by “nightmare” I mean “not having anything go...

In “At Any Price,” out Friday, Dennis Quaid plays a Midwestern farmer with a rebellious son, a zillion acres of land and corn. Lots and lots of corn. He joins the crowded ...

Ever feel like ditching it all? Cutting the ties that bind you to work and student loans and that faucet that just won’t stop dripping and getting a new identity and heading...

As the tens of longtime readers of this column know, I keep track of the movies I see each year using my office wall and Post-it notes. The Movie-Ranking Wall of Stickies (mot...

Ken Jeong is in “Pain and Gain” for only a few scenes, but the doctor-turned-actor’s Johnny Wu, a cheesy self-help guru, sets the events of the film in motion when he en...

Sarah Silverman is an intimidating figure. She seems sweet, but she can turn sour on a dime. Which is why I was somewhat relieved I’d be interviewing the 42-year-old comedia...

For the record, when Henry-Alex Rubin’s phone buzzed during this interview, he didn’t move. It wouldn’t have looked good if he did, seeing as how his film “Disconnect,...

I am about to absolve you of something. Are you ready? It’s OK if you don’t like “To the Wonder.” The film, which opened last week, was directed by Terrence Malick, wh...

In “Disconnect,” opening Friday, Jason Bateman’s character essentially has an emotional affair with his phone, which rips his family apart. Still, he fares somew...

Chadwick Boseman delivers a crowd-pleasing performance in “42.” Which was a problem. The crowd was supposed to boo. While filming the biopic, in which the Howard Universit...