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Imagine watching Star Wars and deciding the franchise should forever forward follow C-3PO. And that C-3PO was played by a former hunk who now...

50/50 When a young man is diagnosed with cancer, he and his best friend try to cope with the shock. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Abduction See full review Page 37. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks...

All stories have to begin somewhere. Brimstone & Glory, the new documentary about Mexico’s weeklong National Pyrotechnics Festival, takes place in modern-day Tultepec, but...

As adolescent male power fantasies go, Fast Five has an undeniable trashy charm...

Good science fiction makes you ask hard questions. Things like “What is the true core of human nature?” and “Do they really expect us...

Complaining about the length of a film can be a cop-out, a lazy way to avoid dissecting actual content in favor of basically whining about how valuable your free time is. But jokes about The Five-Year Engagement being long enough to legally make its audience common...

20 Feet From Stardom...

Moviegoers can rest easy. Mel Gibson is back in the business of starring in violent, paranoid thrillers. Back in the business of starring in movies — period...

When Jack Warner previewed The Breaking Point in the summer of 1950, he knew he had a hit on his hands. And with good...

The object that gives this movie its title looks intriguing...

Once upon a time, the world was filled with magic and wonder. But that was “once upon a time.” Nowadays, the world is dull...

Like death, taxes and CBS creating another spectacularly unfunny comedy, reboots are an inevitable part of life now. To resist them isn’t merely tilting at windmills, it’s tilting at windmills you then go ahead and buy anyway. Instead, let’s just get writer/director ...