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'Batman v Superman': Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Zack Snyder talk superhero smack down

Why 'Batman v Superman' is still a high stakes bet

Set in Nazi death camps, 'Son of Saul' is a powerful, immersive vision of hell

"Son of Saul" is an immersive experience of the most disturbing kind, an unwavering vision of a particular kind of hell. No matter how many Holocaust films you've seen, you've not seen one like this. A confident, audacious first feature by Hungarian director László Nemes and winner of the Grand...

'Gods of Egypt'? So bad, the gods of ancient Rome, Greece and Babylon are ROTFL

Wow! Where to start? The effects-driven (into the ground!) "Gods of Egypt" is so screwy, yet so feeble, its already-infamous whitewashed casting issues are the least of its troubles. As we hear in the opening voice-over, in a line recycled from any number of '50s TV variety shows featuring Sammy...

'Race' review: Jesse Owens biopic doesn't relay enough about Olympian

Thanks to "Olympia," filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's two-part documentary fantasia on the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the eternal film image of Jesse Owens is that of a calm, then fiercely competitive, then jubilant American dominating the Germans and everyone else, in the air (the long jump) and on the...

'The Witch' review: Puritan family falls under spell of a demon

In 1999, when the Internet was young and our hearts were blithe and bonny, the found-footage horror film "The Blair Witch Project" was brought to market on a production budget of well under a million dollars. It went on to make nearly a quarter-billion worldwide. Its aesthetic seemed novel back...

'Risen' review: A 'Game of Thrones' take on telling of Easter story

"Risen," the biblical epic arriving in theaters during Lent to get audiences hyped for Easter, plays as fascinating counter programming for one of February's other auspicious releases. The film puts a grimly modern lens on the Resurrection story of Jesus, with a Roman tribune (Joseph Fiennes) discovering...

Box office: 'Allegiant' opening falling short of other 'Divergent' films

"The Divergent Series: Allegiant" will claim first place at the box office this weekend, but the post-apocalyptic franchise is beginning to lose steam as it eyes the finish line. The third installment in the futuristic saga is looking to debut to roughly between $34 million and $40 million, a drop...

Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford reuniting for fifth 'Indiana Jones'

"Indiana Jones" is swinging back into theaters with Harrison Ford reprising the iconic role and Steven Spielberg directing. The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that the fifth film in the action adventure series will open July 19, 2019. The last "Indiana Jones" movie was 2008's poorly received...

'Batman v Superman' international trailer offers new footage

The latest “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” trailer offers glimpses at new footage from the film two weeks before its release. Many of the scenes featured in the international trailer have appeared in previous looks at the superhero movie — Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor talks about “the greatest...

The South by Southwest Film Festival always delivers fun, spirit and this year Obama

If audiences have come to expect one thing from the South by Southwest Film Festival, it is the unexpected. Even as it has grown in size and stature, the festival has worked hard to maintain a rambunctious spirit that one returning filmmaker describes as "warm-hearted subversion." Based in Austin,...

Marvel's Spider-Man revealed in the 'Captain America: Civil War' trailer

Just over a year ago, Sony revealed that they would be setting the beloved webslinger Spider-Man free into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Peter Parker would be free to explore all sorts of superhero hijinks with "Avengers" in the Disney-based movies. And today, the brand new face of Marvel's Spidey...