The bleak, brilliant vision of 'Blue Jasmine'

In the world of “Star Trek,” God remains a lodestar of human striving.

Last month saw the debut of “White House Down,” the second “bad guys somehow manage to successfully invade the White House” film of recent months (along with March’s “Olympus Has Fallen”). Racking in poor reviews and limited box office, “White House Do

We claim to want art that challenges our assumptions. Yet cutting through the build up from our education and enculturation isn’t easy. It is especially difficult when the art we hope will entertain us also seeks to inform us about well-known historical events.The new movie “Copperhead&r

Despite using phrases like “the Jesuit order—you know, the one that includes the pope” and “Catholics—1/6 of the world’s population” I was unable to convince Plan B Entertainment that I was cool enough to get an advance DVD of "World War Z." I was

Baz Luhrmann presents an overwrought 'Gatsby' for the digital age