Director Rob Reiner ("The Princess Bride" 1987) put together a nice little film called "The Magic of Belle Isle." This gentle and genial tale is about a famous western novelist struggling to cope with the death of his wife and the loss of his writing creativity. [..]

"Django Unchained" is a story set in 1858 about a freed African-American slave who goes on a search for his wife. He is helped out by a German bounty hunter, and, between the two of them, manage to get into lots of trouble, as is typical of [..]

When a man named Eric breaks up with his girl friend, his dog Gabe tries to make Eric fall in love with the girl next door to keep him from relocating from Los Angeles to London for a new job. This unlikely premise is the from the [..]

Producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott had a huge dud on their hands with their television miniseries "World Without End," based on the 2007 novel by Ken Follett. It was a sequel to "Pillars of the Earth," a superior 2010 miniseries also based on a Follett tome [..]

Executive producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have completed the fifth and final film of the "Indian Jones" franchise with "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." Director James Manigold ("Walk the Line" 2005) and his team of screenwriters created an excellent storyline that has Indy and [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Wes Anderson has a new movie out called "Asteroid City." The movie is filmed in his quirky style of narrative and unusual visuals, as in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014) and "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004). This film tells the story of a [..]

Director Todd Phillips ("Road Trip" 2000) has put together a fun film adaptation of a 1970's television show called "Starsky & Hutch." His screenplay, that he co-wrote with John O'Brien and Scot Armstrong, is not exactly Shakespeare but does contain lots of laughs and entertainment spread throughout [..]

"Sound of Freedom" is an exciting action film about a former government agent who goes on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Columbia. Director Alejandro Monteverde ("Bella" 2006) based the film on the true life experiences of former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard. [..]

"Emperor" is an interesting historical film depicting the behind-the-scenes machinations dealing with Japan's surrender to the United States after World War II. This finely crafted motion picture from director Peter Webber ("Hannibal Rising" 2007) and screenwriters Vera Blasi and David Klass was adapted from the 2002 book [..]

One of Paul Walker's last films was "Hours," where he portrayed a man struggling to keep his pregnant wife and unborn child alive when the power is going out in a New Orleans hospital, when Hurricane Katrina hit that city in August of 2005. Walker [..]