It packs a lesson every bit as pertinent today as it was nearly five decades ago.

Contains all of the elements for a wonderful sequel yet wrecks them with some questionable decisions and a silly finale.

Hidden Figures is the most timely film of 2016.

Movies are all about manipulation. Filmmakers have been using tricks to manipulate audiences since the very earliest recorded films that include a train coming directly at the audience and a magician disappearing repeatedly in flashes of smoke. These were simple matters of forced perspective and clever editing, but at the time, the audiences were fooled. […]