Emancipation Review: Will Smith Leads a Misguided and Fruitless Slavery Epic
“They don’t make the Gladiator/Braveheart-type movies anymore” is the kind of complaint you'll hear when talking about the state of popular cinema, specificall...
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King Richard Review: Will Smith Shines in Williams Sisters Origin Story
Throughout King Richard, I kept waiting for a flashback. The thing about biopics is that even the good ones tend to be overstuffed, bogged down by an incessant...
Bad Boys For Life Review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Return With Less Bayhem, More Camaraderie
Retirement is the ultimate adversary. True for Will Smith’s Mike Lowrey, truer still for Hollywood. Though lega-sequels perpetually seem like a fairly recent p...
The Film Stage Show Ep. 368 – Gemini Man
We discuss Ang Lee's new sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith....
‘Gemini Man’ Review: Will Smith Excels in the Most Forward-Thinking Action Film Since ‘Avatar’
Few movie stars have an affability as potent as Will Smith's. At 51, it's an asset he and his collaborators, big and small alike, have bet big (and mostly won b...
The B-Side – Will Smith
We go Big Willie Style on The B-Side and discuss Seven Pounds, After Earth, Focus and Collateral Beauty. ...
15 Films to See in October
It's October, which means a season of horror awaits, but aside from a few compelling genre options this month, one might be best served to queue some classics. ...
50 Films to See This Fall
As summer cools down, we're entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles....
Will Smith Faces His Younger Self in Second Trailer for Ang Lee’s ‘Gemini Man’
Ang Lee has proven time and time again that his work cannot be so easily categorized. From directing a Jane Austen period picture (Sense and Sensibility) to...
‘Men in Black: International’ Review: New Cast Offers Old Tricks With Some Twisty Updates
A million years (actually 22/23 years) ago, the world was given two Will Smith-starring, alien-fighting blockbusters within 364 days of one another. And though ...