In Disney's latest princess film, the daughter of a Hawaiian village chief hears the call of the ocean, recognizes her island's need for redemption, and sets out on the quest of a lifetime. But before Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) can return the?Pounamu stone that is the...
Aviv Alush has a ten-year career as an Israeli actor, but this weekend, his worldwide exposure erupted as he played Jesus onscreen in the adaptation of Paul Young?s The Shack. In the film, a man finds himself invited to discourse with the Trinity, who show up...
A decade ago, I read Paul Young?s novel The Shack, and became intrigued by what I might ask God if I were face-to-face with the Almighty Creator of the Universe. If we're honest with ourselves, seeing loved ones suffer and die is often the greatest challenge to our...
While I tend to think of Robert Zemeckis as a comedy/drama director, in the World War II film?Allied, he moves Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard around like chess pieces in a game of cat-and-mouse with dashes of romance thrown in. Like?Mr. and Mrs. Smith?or?Killers, we...
Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere, and I don't even mind. Sometimes Khan and sometimes Sherlock Holmes, occasionally historic and periodically period piece, Cumberbatch now arrives as the latest name actor to populate the Marvel Universe. As mangled Dr. Stephen...
Created by H. Rider Haggard in 1885, Allan Quatermain was the protagonist of thirteen adventure novels, spanning fifty years of an English-born hunter/adventurer who found an affinity with the people of Africa in their affairs dealing with the English, the Germans,...
Hacksaw Ridge?is the extraordinary story of an ordinary man named Desmond Doss. Not gifted with exceptional physical powers, or benefitting from a stellar education, Doss enlisted in the Army during World War II as a conscientious objector, challenging the way that...
Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2, True Grit) delivers a solidly entertaining performance as a seventeen-year-old struggling with her place in the world. Written, directed, and produced by Kelly Fremon Craig,?The Edge of Seventeen?explores the many factors that have...
In the complicated adaptation of Ben Fountain's novel?Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,?Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) returns to the United States a hero, having dragged his sergeant, Shroom (Vin Diesel), out of a firefight. But?his unit is incorrectly labeled "Bravo Squad"...