There's a trend in higher education called experiential learning.

Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century's animated charmers. We'll take any and all feel-good moments in a year of scarcity.

The movie "42," much of which was shot in Chattanooga at Engel Stadium, was a launching pad for actor Chadwick Boseman, but it kickstarted to a much smaller degree Gary Miller's acting career, as well.

The brazen humor of "The Ren & Stimpy Show" will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series.

When John Carter Cash approached noted Nashville-based photographer/director David McClister about producing a new music video, McClister suggested that Cash find a song that meant the most to him.

Two friends thru-hiking the Grand Canyon.

A manic, moderately diverting baby sitter of a Pixar movie, "Onward" does gets there by the end - "there" being the place where the freneticism recedes, the main characters' emotional setbacks and defenses crumble and the audience is encouraged, by every possible storytelling mechanism, to cry along with the teenaged brothers voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt.

Unraveling the dusty bandages of H.G. Wells' classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has refashioned "The Invisible Man" as a bracingly modern #MeToo allegory that, despite its brutal craft, rings hollow.

A Peter Pan story told from Wendy's perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering.

I'm as surprised as anyone to report that "Sonic the Hedgehog," the adaptation of the popular '90s Sega video game, is actually good.

Retooling the late '70s/early '80s ABC prime-time staple "Fantasy Island" as a sinister gotcha! outing isn't a bad idea.

Much like our furry friends, movies about man's best friend come in all shapes and sizes: lost dog movies, talking dog movies, military dog movies, reincarnated dog movies.

The last time we saw Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), in the last scene of "Suicide Squad," she was happily reading a book and sipping an espresso behind bars, only to find herself suddenly freed by her boyfriend, the Joker (Jared Leto).

There's a scene early on in "Gretel & Hansel" when the two title characters accidentally scarf down psychedelic mushrooms in a forest and it produces one very strong feeling in the audience: jealousy.

The story of Tommy Caldwell and friend Kevin Jorgeson's six years of exploratory climbing and preparation to climb the Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park is told in film, which will be shown at the Tennessee Aquarium Imax Theater, 201 Chestnut St., at 7 p.m. on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

At the end of Floria Sigismondi's "The Turning," after all the credits had rolled, male members of the audience at a press screening were visibly and vocally upset.

Some rock faces loom so large they dominate the landscape.

Dr. Dolittle, who favored animals and shunned humans, was on to something.

Nearly 400 films, representing 38 countries, were submitted for consideration to be shown in this weekend's Lookout Wild Film Festival, says festival director Andy Johns.

Welcome to January, which, in terms of quality movies, is the worst, the lowest, the abyss.

The Jewish Cultural Center will launch its annual Jewish Documentary Film Series on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the center, 5461 North Terrace Road.

It's been a good time for World War I buffs - especially if they're also movie buffs.

There's apparently enough groundbreaking technology used in "Cats" for NASA to send a rocket to unexplored parts of the universe - perhaps to a far-off planet where cats sing, dance on two legs, and recite T.S. Eliot poetry in half-Cockney accents.