In the same year as America’s founding, Edward Gibbon wrote “Decline and Fall.” 250 years later, it still holds lessons for ...

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Even obvious flaws will likely be treasured by fans of Kenji Tanigaki's slimly plotted but action-crammed kidnapping thriller, which looks on track to become a genre standard-bearer. The third feature ...

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war. By Jane BradleyMichael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman Facing threats from ...