Nearly a century apart, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas and D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation contrast a sassy black family with a racist masterpiece
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Jonah Hill Babysat My Two-Year Old Son
You know how people show you photos of their kids on their phone, and they get so wrapped up they forget what they were in the middle of talking about before their phone came out?
That’s what happened with my Jonah Hill …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Brave—Pixar’s Princess Movie
The studio behind the bulk of the past decade’s great animated films has released a full-length trailer for its next film. Brave, out next June, is Pixar’s first film to star a female protagonist (voiced by Boardwalk Empire‘s Kelly Macdonald).
The Descendants: George Clooney’s Tragedy in Paradise
Alexander Payne’s tale of a grieving Honolulu husband has been touted as Oscar bait but it’s closer to Hawaii Five-No
Exclusive Video: Steve Jobs Talks the ‘Magic’ of Innovation in Lost Interview
16 years after Steve Jobs first sat down with tech writer Bob Cringely, “The Lost Interview” brings the conversation to movie theaters this week. TIME has obtained an exclusive excerpt from that conversation
7 Lessons From the Lost Steve Jobs Interview, Showing at a Theater This Week
UPDATE: TIME has been provided with an exclusive excerpt of Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview. See the clip here.
Following the death of Steve Jobs on Oct. 5, there were some who compared him to Henry Ford — singling out the …
Today’s Movie Trailer: The Hunger Games
Now that the Harry Potter series has been put to bed and the Twilight story is its in final stages, Hollywood needs a new franchise that can appeal to both children and adults. Place your bets, then, on The Hunger Games, the first movie of which will be released next March. Here is the film’s first full trailer. It stars Jennifer …
Immortals Outmuscles Adam Sandler. But Still Proves a 97-Pound Weakling
The Greek epic earned $32 million its first weekend, but Modern Warfare 3 did $400 million its first day—so who’s the champion of the young-male demographic?
London Boulevard Calling: Don’t Answer
Who still has the patience for that all too-familiar cinematic hero, the guy who gets out of prison vowing never to return to a life of crime and then immediately gets sucked back in by some paternalistic gangster?
Cinematic Visions of the Apocalypse
From movies about nuclear holocaust to films of flesh-eating zombies, here is a selection that may help prepare you for the end of the world
Immortals: Crash, Bash and Flash of the Titans
Tarsem Singh’s myth-illogical epic offers a feast for the eye, scraps for the mind
Today’s Movie Trailer: Charlize Theron Wants to Eat Kristen Stewart’s Heart
There will be two live-action Snow White movies next year. One starring Julia Roberts (titled Mirror Mirror) and this one, Snow White and the Huntsman. Starring Twilight’s Kristen Stewart as the title character, Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) as the Huntsman and Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen, it looks oddly similar to a Lord of the …
Jack and Jill: What An Awful Drag
More than 24 hours has passed since I watched the new Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill and I am still dead inside. It made me feel as if comedy itself were a dirty thing, mainly practiced by people eager to express ugly feelings …