The 20 Worst Films Of 2016
We have a great job. We know that. But along with all the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes, and while we spend weeks in late November and December in deliberations about the best of the year i...
‘Ben Hur’ Is Officially The Summer’s Biggest Flop, Losing $120 Million
It was, as you’ll have noticed from everybody talking about it constantly, and from all the lousy movies you saw, a bad summer creatively and commercially for Hollywood. Aside from “Captain America: Civil War” ...
The Winners & Losers Of The 2016 Summer Movie Season
September is here, and the fall film festivals have started —check out our Venice coverage so far, and our Telluride coverage starts tomorrow and TIFF next week. Nevertheless, the days are getting shorter and t...
‘Ben-Hur’ With Jack Huston Is Uneven, But Makes Case For Its Own Existence [Review]
Fighting against the remake machine is perhaps a fruitless endeavor. This is no trend; Hollywood has been retelling stories for as long as people have been attending theaters. And the reasoning is often sound w...
‘Suicide Squad’ Back On Top For Third Straight Week, Wheels Fall Off ‘Ben-Hur’ [Box Office]
The last few weeks of summer are always a bit fallow, as studios mostly release their leftover pictures, or the movies that might not fare as well with stiffer competition. And without much in the way of heavyw...
‘Ben-Hur’ Rides Into Battle In New Trailer
"Ben-Hur" may be based on one of the greatest stories ever told, but man, does anyone actually want to see this movie? Sure, there's a faith based crowd that will probably show up, but for mainstream audiences,...
Why Hollywood Needs To Question Their Faith In Remakes
This past weekend’s “Ghostbusters” was billed by many as a reboot, and in some ways that’s fair — the film discards the continuity of earlier films in the franchise and starts again from scratch, which is more ...
Faith Endures In New Trailer For ‘Ben-Hur’
It's not so much that another version of "Ben-Hur" is a crime against cinema — Lew Wallace's book inspired a couple of silent film versions, the 1959 classic, and a more recent TV miniseries — it's more that th...
Watch: First Trailer For Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Ben-Hur’ Starring Jack Huston, Rodrigo Santoro, Pilou Asbaek & Morgan Freeman
Watch: First Trailer For Timur Bekmambetov's 'Ben-Hur' Starring Jack Huston, Rodrigo Santoro, Pilou Asbaek & Morgan Freeman
Casting: Chris Pratt May Be A ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking,’ Clive Owen Gets ‘Confirmation’ And More
Casting: Chris Pratt May Be A 'Cowboy Ninja Viking,' Clive Owen Gets 'Confirmation' And More