Most times, when people think about movies adapted from novels, the inevitable conclusion is that the book was better. Every so often, however, a film will come along that successfully captures, or even improves upon, its source.
Perhaps no film genre is more reliable year-end awards bait than the historical costume drama. We have a couple in theaters right now, the serious-minded bio-pic Mary Queen of Scots and the dark comedy The Favourite. Our Roundtabl...
According to reviews, this weekend’s release of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ may not be quite the whale of a tale director Ron Howard intended. When you get a hankering for historical action or adventure set in the ...
Hugely complicated, elaborate and above all expensive, Hollywood loves to make epic movies with lavish production values and a proverbial (sometimes literal) cast of thousands. As Ridley Scott brings ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings&...
Did everyone enjoy the fireworks on the Fourth of July? With the spirit of patriotism still in our blood, let’s look at some of our favorite movies about American history in today’s Roundtable.
