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The science fiction genre contains some of the most successful movies in cinema history. Avatar grossed more than $2.7 billion, making it the single…

Are school movies enjoyable because they are so relatable? Or do they present the far-fetched, fantastical experiences most bored students only daydream…

Since the transition from silent films in the 1920s, the musical has been a staple of the movie industry. Some of the cinema’s biggest hits include song…

Oh, is there something in your eye? It’s not your fault. Some movies are simply designed to be tearjerkers. Maybe you wailed as a tween over Jack Dawson’s…

Critic Bob Mondello takes a look at the abundance of holiday movie releases. Movie studios are trying to please all kinds of audiences this year...which is why we're seeing film productions of Evita and Hamlet as well as "Beavis and Butthead Do America" amd "The Preacher's Wife." Mondello has a comprehensive look at what to expect at the theaters in the next few weeks.

A kiss is just a kiss. Or is it? One of the most iconic on screen lip locks was the tearful and delicate embrace on Casablanca. On today's Movies on the…

Marsha Gordon and Laura Boyes in studio with State of Things Host Frank Stasio."Movies on the Radio" is a series of conversations about the silver screen from The State of Things.Listeners provide feedback about their favorites and least favorites. Then, Frank Stasio and film experts Laura Boyes and Marsha Gordon take an in-depth look at what moves us at the movies.Laura Boyes is a film curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art and Marsha Gordon is a film professor at North Carolina State University.

Films that draw viewers into the gritty highs and lows of the music world are having a big cinematic moment. There is the new head-banging Queen biopic…