David Oyelowo

COLUMBIANA (Dec 20th) (2011) * * * (B) Directed by Olivier Megaton Starring Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Amandla Stenberg, Cliff Curtis, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Beto Benites, Jesse Borrego, Graham McTavish Sony//Rated PG-13//Action//111...

*1/2 (out of four) Unlike its TV commercial, “Red Tails” thankfully features no dubstep music. (Besides, everyone knows WWII pilots were mostly into chillwave.) It’s one of the few things the movie does right. Dramatizing the program...

"Red Tails"squanders a great subject, reducing the real-life struggles and fierce heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to rickety cliche. Some of the action is fun. But if something about that statement doesn't sound right, well, there's your chief problem with...

Sundance Film Festival: "Middle of Nowhere," from writer-director Ava DuVernay, stars David Oyelowo, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Omari Hardwick in meaty roles....

Hollywood's black history lessons: Is it time to look forward instead of backward? Patrick Goldstein studies the repercussions if the George Lucas-backed "Red Tails" doesn't catch hold....

This Friday, Feb. 17, at 10pm ET/PT, BET will be airing its first Oscar special, BET Takes Hollywood. In the one-hour program, veteran celebrity journalist Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood will sit down with nominees Viola Davis (pictured; Best...

now playing "Apollo 18" (PG-13). Supposed "lost footage"-style movie details the mission of Apollo 18. Two American astronauts are sent on a secret mission to the moon, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. TownMall Cinemas (1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40,...

Sundance Film Festival announces its lineup for 2012 competition films. The Sundance Film Festival roster for the U.S. dramatic and U.S. documentary competition -- 16 movies in each category -- features some familiar names both in front of and behind...

James Franco, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton and Rupert Grint premiere 'The Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' The film's stars James Franco, Tom Felton and Frieda Pinto hit the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" at...

Audacious, violent and disquieting, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is a summer sequel that's better than it has any right to be. This movie about how the apes rose up against the humans who would trap them, cage them and use them in...