“Unbroken”: Angelina Jolie's great (and boring) blow for Hollywood feminism

New York — I wanted to like the movie because I love the book. Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller, “Unbroken,” is a classic. While I had heard reports that the turning point in the book never made it to film, I attended a pre-release screening with an

There's some stark poetry in the opening scenes of Angelina Jolie's befuddling World War II biopic, suggesting that the actress-turned-director is attempting to unearth her inner Ida Lupino. With barely any introduction, Jolie 

While The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies rose back to No. 1 Friday with $15.7 million, Rob Marshall's musical Into the Woods and Angelina Jolie's Unbroken are nevertheless rocking the Christmas box office. The two films ended Friday in a close

New York — I wanted to like the movie because I love the book. Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller, “Unbroken,” is a classic. While I had heard reports that the turning point in the book never made it to film, I attended a pre-release screening with an

Let's imagine, for a moment, that “Unbroken” had been directed by somebody who wasn't Angelina Jolie. It easily could have been. This tale of wartime adventure and survival, adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's nonfiction bestseller, definitely called for