Another busy weekend at the movies is upon us, with three new wide releases and a handful of prestige Oscar hopefuls making their nationwide expansions. Opening in the highest number of theatres is 12 Strong, a war drama about the U.S. “horse soldiers” sent to fight in Afghanistan immediately following ...

When it comes to film franchises based on young-adult fiction, we have seen the supernatural trend (Harry Potter, Twilight) of the aughts gradually give way to the dystopian craze sweeping theatres today. The Hunger Games is obviously the genre standard-bearer with its enormous box office returns and great reviews (and ...