Reese Witherspoon, why do you do this to me? I do not understand. I mean, I get that you have a mortgage and some kids, and that everyone likes money, but you seem to have for...

“Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” opening Friday, is a sequel no one wanted. It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when Nicolas Cage starred in movies that didn't...

How do you make Shakespeare more accessible to modern audiences? Lose the tights. That’s the strategy used in “Coriolanus,” opening Friday. Ralph Fiennes directed, adapt...

In “W.E,” out Friday, two story lines compete to see which can be more boring. Remarkably, they both win! The dual tales are those of Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough, w...

Remember that feeling you had as you left the theater after seeing “The Phantom Menace”? Starting Friday, you can experience it again — in 3-D! But why stop there? There...

“Addiction Incorporated” is more than a PSA about how cigarettes are bad for you. The documentary, now playing at the E Street Cinema, also has an element of “All the Pr...

I did not walk out of the press screening of “The Woman in Black,” opening Friday, because it was too scary (even though I don’t like scary movies). I left because its s...

Friday brings “Big Miracle,” about three whales trapped in ice while Drew Barrymore cries. The cetacean trio follows in the wake of other sea-based mammals who have carrie...

Early in “The Innkeepers,” the new film by independent horror director Ti West, the heroine Claire (Sara Paxton) wanders into an empty hotel, hunting for a ghost. From the...

When the Oscar nominations were announced this week, the most controversial was the inclusion of “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” among the nine movies up for Best ...

Rodrigo Garcia has earned a reputation as a master of what used to be called “the woman’s picture,” directing such movies as “Mother and Child” (about three generati...

In “The Grey,” opening Friday, Liam Neeson fights wolves in snowy Alaska. When it snows in D.C., we fight bad drivers, which is infinitely worse. Still, snow often makes f...

“Pina,” opening Feb. 3, isn’t the film Wim Wenders wanted to make. The German director had intended to team up with longtime friend and choreographer Pina Bausch to make...

“Red Tails,” out Friday, proves what writing can do. It can take a great story — in this case, the Tuskegee Airmen’s — and turn it into a horrible script. The first ...

“Red Tails,” based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, takes to the skies Friday. Besides the P-51s these heroes flew, there are plenty of other planes that movie a...