Deepwater Horizon — the new Mark Wahlberg disaster film—has the look and feel of a typical movie in the genre: big explosions, a dramatic score and a hero stepping in to protect the other characters.

Turning a historical event into entertainment is tough enough, but portraying it accurately and responsibly makes it even ...

Movies often claim to be based on true stories or inspired by real events. Yet even the most accurate film often takes liberties with the source material. Filmmakers may add elements to dramatize ...

Is Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, a movie based on a book that is based on Shakespeare's life, a true story? Here's what we know. The new movie stars Jessie Buckley as Shakespeare's wife (referred to in the ...

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