Several viewings of the trailer for “Hidden Figures” before my usual cinema-going routine failed to convince me that it was a film worth seeing. On the strength of those two minutes, I quickly pegged it as yet another moral, inspirational tale about disadvantaged people overcoming great odds. Talk about disadvantage. The three main characters in question are women--not easy today and even less easier in 1961--and black

If there is one B.O. trend lately that has gone [...]

A deep premise with facile tendencies. An emotional story at [...]