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The warp drives on the USS Enterprise are, as usual, on the verge of meltdown in "Star Trek Into Darkness." Luckily, the entertainment propulsion system for the sci-fi saga is roaring full throttle. Read more

Henry James was onto something over 100 years ago when he zeroed in on the true victim and best observer of a divorce - a child - in "What Maisie Knew." Read more

DETROIT - Benedict Cumberbatch's mission at the moment is to boldly go into a conversation by phone from London about "Star Trek Into Darkness." Read more

The giddiness of "Star Trek" is gone, but "Star Trek Into Darkness" maintains its love of character and pathos, the other great selling points of this re-booted sci-fi franchise. There's action in abundance and some production design flourishes that are as eye-popping as any science fiction ever ... Read more

Whether he's facing off against Captain Kirk in "Star Trek Into Darkness" or donning a period costume, Benedict Cumberbatch is definitely the sexiest man alive whose name sounds like a Monty Python character. If you're developing a Cumbercrush on him, here are six roles to savor. Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. - Say this much for the new films in the long-running "Star Trek" franchise. They're real "share the wealth" exercises. It's not just about Kirk, Spock and Bones and a couple of red shirts boldly going while everybody else sits idly by. Read more

Greta Gerwig makes "hapless" a happening thing in "Frances Ha." Which is no surprise, because she's spent her brief career mastering variations on a hapless theme. Read more

CHICAGO - When the 66th Cannes Film Festival opens Wednesday, it'll do so with a big bash of a movie, not in competition, already up and running in the U.S.: Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read more

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MINNEAPOLIS - In his second voyage as "Star Trek's" Capt. James T. Kirk, Chris Pine is more at ease in the iconic role. Read more

CHICAGO - For the last nine seasons Craig Robinson has played Darryl, one of the most understated characters on TV. "The Office" may be closing out its ninth and final season next week, but Robinson's profile is about to increase exponentially. He has three movies coming out, including the idiots... Read more

CHICAGO - Less than a year after "The Great Gatsby" was published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald was paid $16,666 for the film rights. "Come and see it all!" beckons the trailer for the silent film. "And enjoy the entertainment thrill of your life!" Read more

Call it "The Grating Gatsby." Read more

MIAMI - "You just made my day," director J.J. Abrams says, exhaling with relief. He's just been told that a particular action sequence in his new movie "Star Trek Into Darkness" quickened the pulse of a seen-it-all movie critic, and for a moment, Abrams can stop explaining all the laborious homew... Read more

The Spanish film "Aqui y Alla" ("Here and There") is nothing if not timely. Read more

In a remote roadhouse on a rural back road, the young couple (Laura Ramsey and Luke Evans), towing all their worldly possessions in a trailer for their cross-country move, are just settling in for dinner when the thugs arrive. And they're accosted. Read more

"Peeples" is an African-American "Meet the Parents" that slips funnyman Craig Robinson into the Ben Stiller role. Casting the musically minded Robinson in this formula comedy about screwing up your first encounter with your potential in-laws is like replacing Stiller's Greg Focker with Jack Black. Read more

Say some super villain like Lex Luthor or Donald Trump has taken you prisoner and forced you to play a doubles match to save your life. The one person you'd pick to go into battle with would have to be one of the Williams sisters, Venus or Serena. True warriors of the court, they have dominated t... Read more

MINNEAPOLIS - Few, if any, American authors have come to be so closely associated with an era like F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties. Read more