As the annual crescendo in the film-award-ceremony circuit, the Oscars predictably generate a lot of buzz. This year, though, in a show littered with song-and-dance routines and tributes to some of Hollywood’s most...

As tensions between the United States and Iran come to a frothy boil in the present day over the Iranian nuclear program, Argo places viewers into a metaphorical time capsule and brings them back to a time when the...