Some movies rely on a single character to make a compelling experience. "Hidden Figures" has three key characters who could make any other movie on their own. So despite an overly calculated feel, the numbers add up in favor of this uplifting film, which celebrates America's pioneer spirit during the space race while delving into that era's shameful aspects vis-à-vis race and gender.
Have you heard Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" a hundred times this year? CNNMoney's Frank Pallotta explains how your favorite holiday songs and movies are still cash cows.
For Denzel Washington, the struggle to bring "Fences" to the screen may have been more difficult than actually starring in, producing and directing the movie.
"A Monster Calls" joins a rich trove of movies in which children process real-life ordeals by escaping into elaborate fantasies, which doesn't make director J.A. Bayona's film any less beautiful or haunting.
Christina Grimmie's family has filed a lawsuit for wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress caused by the 22-year-old singer's fatal shooting, according to legal documents obtained by Billboard.
"Hidden Figures" may be set during the space race of the early 1960's, but its themes of hope and inclusion are as timely today as they were during the inception of the space program.
Rapper LL Cool J lit up the holidays for some needy families in the neighborhood where he grew up. It happened at the Greater Allen A.M.E Cathedral in the Hollis section of Queens, New York.
As much a documentary as a drama, "Patriots Day" is earnest to a fault -- a retelling, from multiple angles, of the Boston Marathon bombing, the lives affected by it and the desperate manhunt for the brothers who perpetrated it.
An unruly passenger on an Korean Air flight Tuesday should've known better than to attack the crew with Richard Marx on board. The '80s singer was right there waiting for him -- with rope.
