Jack the Giant Slayer is the newest in the line of gritty reboots to children’s stories. Much like the recent Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, it gives us a dark thrill ride loosely based on the ...

The classic tale of a fast-growing vine is as ancient as the prophet Jonah and as modern as this film, Jack the Giant Slayer directed by Bryan Singer. But down through the centuries, the tale of a ...

After having its release postponed last year, Jack the Giant Slayer finally makes it to screens … with a reported budget somewhere in the neighborhood of $200 million. This thing will go down as one ...

Jack the Giant Slayer, a retelling of the fairy tale typically known by the far less macho-sounding Jack and the Beanstalk or Jack and the Magic Beans, opens with a lengthy assault of noise (aural and ...

It’s not often that a movie trailer can reveal an entire film concept with just four little words. But when those words are “fee fi fo fum” you know what you’re in for. Or do you? The upcoming Jack ...

Movie studios have an odious habit of taking beloved childhood curios and turning them into modern spectacles of noise and effects. Dr. Seuss's wistful book The Lorax becomes a garish ...

Tandi Wright has joined the cast of the upcoming English-language remake of The Returned. The 10-episode A&E drama is an adaptation of an acclaimed French series about a small town affected by the ...

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" has been filmed by people as diverse as Gene Kelly, Chuck Jones and the Three Stooges. Now there's "Jack the Giant Slayer." Kenneth Turan has this review. KENNETH ...

As soon as the closing credits for Jack the Giant Slayer began to roll, I knew I was in dangerous territory. Once again, I was about to enter the “lighten up” zone. Every one of my film-critic ...

In what’s the third-highest opening ever in the month of March, Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and […] ...

The director Bryan Singer turns the fairy tale into an action drama, starring Nicholas Hoult as the farm boy who rescues a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) from giants holding her captive. Co-starring ...