It may be a documentary, but **“Tim’s Vermeer,”** opening at [Liberty Hall][1] this weekend, unfolds like a mystery novel and then plays like a suspense thriller. Directed by **Teller** and narrated by his partner-in-illusion **Penn Jillette** (who also appears on camera), it’s a ...

At age 73, legendary filmmaker **Hayao Miyazaki** is still finding ways to challenge himself and his audience. Known for his elegant and emotionally stirring animated movies, the Japanese director tackles the usually rigid world of the biopic in **“The Wind Rises,”** which he has said will ...

Using the overtly stylized, CGI-heavy parameters created by the director **Zack Snyder**’s “300” back in 2007, “300: Rise of an Empire,” which is produced and co-written by Snyder, tells a broader story about the Greco-Persian Wars. Where the first film mainly covered the Battle of ...

For **Patrick Tubach**, who graduated from Baker University in 1996, this Sunday won’t be his first trip down the red carpet for the Academy Awards ceremony, but it will be his first time as a nominee. “I think everyone gets excited about seeing the celebrities, and that’s absolutely a ...

The 86th Academy Awards are almost upon us and next Sunday, March 2, Hollywood will hand out Oscars to its best and brightest while 225 countries and territories worldwide watch the televised broadcast. This year, we’re giving you a chance to win prizes by playing our [Beat the Critic ...

I guess the best thing you can say about the new action movie **“3 Days to Kill,”** starring **Kevin Costner** as a grizzled old CIA hitman living in Paris, is that the 59-year-old actor has more charm and better comic timing now than Bruce Willis. Costner is essentially playing the same ...