“Jupiter Ascending,” despite having a cast full of famous names and some incredible cinematography, seemed more like an awkward cross between “Twilight” and “Star Wars” than the smart, thrilling ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The failure of "Jupiter Ascending" dawned on Mila Kunis, as well as much of the cast and crew, long before the movie reached ...

In 2015, the actor Eddie Redmayne accomplished a rare double achievement. He was awarded Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Yet shortly before ...

Mila Kunis had a feeling one of her past movies wouldn't be a hit. "When did we know [the movie would flop]? Before we started production, because our production got slashed in half," Kunis said. "The ...

Larry and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig and Henry Sheehan review this week’s releases, including ‘Jupiter Ascending,’ ‘Seventh Son,’ ‘The Spongebob Movie’ and more. Plus, film critic Peter Rainer ...

When Richard Dawkins suggested in the documentary film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed that aliens “seeded” the Earth with the first human beings, Andy and Lana Wachowski were listening. As ...

“Jupiter Ascending” is a very flashy movie but it’s a flash in a very shallow pan. Sure, it’s got lots of bright colors, loud explosions, fanciful, imaginary creatures, elaborate fantasy worlds, and ...

Mila Kunis entered the world of blockbuster filmmaking in a huge way with Jupiter Ascending. Written and directed by the Wachowskis, the filmmakers responsible for The Matrix movies, all signs pointed ...

To be honest, there’s no real way to rate or describe “Jupiter Ascending” (2015), the latest film written and directed by the Wachowski siblings. Perhaps most famous for the film “The Matrix” (1999), ...

Bad buzz likely sparked concern on the Warner Bros. lot, where the Wachowski siblings had longtime ties to former film studio chief Jeff Robinov. They also made The Matrix films for Warners. Jupiter ...