Tish Wells

You had us at "Turkish documentary about cats".

Fans may have to wait for a long time until they get to see Rogue One's deleted scenes.

Don't overthink The Great Wall and remember why you go to the movies in the first place.

"Halfway through, I gave up looking for originality in the plot and started wondering what to get from McDonald’s for lunch."

Hidden Figures is a film aiming to appeal to many different groups. Luckily, it will satisfy them all. It's an inspirational story about three African-American women working at NASA in 1961. They, and a room full of other black women,…

After three seasons of dealing with demons, both personal, mystical and historical, in the small town of Sleepy Hollow, NY, Ichabod Crane goes south. At the end of the last season, Crane was taken into custody and sent to Washington…

The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about a young Kazakh girl, Aisholpan, who wants to follow her father in the family tradition – eagle hunting. However that’s not the real story. The heart and soul of this film is the total love and…

Why wasn’t Inferno a huge success? The latest movie from director Ron Howard starring Tom Hanks had all the ingredients of success. The original novel was by Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code). It also stars Felicity Jones, soon to star in…

A new banner has been posted on the front of the Newseum in Washington, DC. It shows a photograph of freelance writer Austin Tice next the words “Held Captive For Being a Journalist Since August 2012.” Tice, 35, was reporting on…

The Accountant is about a high-performing autistic mathematician who cleans up the financial books of those on the shady side of the law - the cartels, the crooks and all in between. But Wolff (Ben Affleck) is an emotionally…

Welcome to October! The leaves are turning vibrant colors before meeting winter’s death; the stores sell puffy coats to swaddle summer-roasted humans against the chill, and Movie Web says there are 72 movies to be released. Heaven help us…

Museums are a pleasant way to wile away an afternoon out of the (nice, nasty, mediocre) weather; pick up a gift which will leave the recipient agog at your refined tastes; or taking a quick snooze as I saw two seniors do one warm afternoon.…

The new movie Deepwater Horizon is an awesome, gripping, well-told drama about the destruction of an oil rig that lead to the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010, the Transocean offshore drill rig Deepwater Horizon…

The last song in the Pulitzer-winning Broadway musical Hamilton is titled “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”, asking who would remember Alexander Hamilton, the Revolutionary War soldier, American politician and noted ladies’ man.…

Well, well, Hollywood can still make Westerns. The Magnificent Seven remake lands in theaters. It stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke. This is the third version. It was first made in 1954 as Seven Samurai, then in the…

2016 is the 100th anniversary of a literary game changer. “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” was the first book by Agatha Christie starring her Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot. She finished the writing of "Styles" in 1916 even though it…

Sully is a movie that you already know the ending of. Thus the magic that makes you spend your hard earned dollars and a couple of hours in a theater is asking how it was done. The 'it' was the miraculous rescue of 155 passengers and…

When will filmmakers learn that over-the-top special effects can’t take the place of a good plot? That said, Independence Day: Resurgence is a worthy popcorn-munching contender for your currency of choice in this year of action sci-fi…

Genius is a love song to the passion of writing, books and the necessity of a good editor. Every serious reader, and historical movie buff, will enjoy every second. It tells the story of legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, of Scribner’s…

I come to the world of Warcraft as a total newbie. Over many years I’ve seen boxes and books with its label, but never played it. I don’t play video games. So when I settled into my movie seat, with popcorn and soda, my only brush with…