The Hollywood Reporter review: Samuel L. Jackson reprises the iconic role for a second time in Tim Story's 'Shaft' reboot, which finds the legendary cop teaming with his son to solve a murder. By Todd ...

An unofficial count of the audience at a “Shaft” press preview found 14 white people in the (full) theater, all of whom were in rows reserved for press. In fact, most of the people in the press rows ...

For about an hour and 15 minutes, the new Shaft movie has three big factors working in its favor: modest stakes, solid pacing, and one of our most enjoyable actors kind of just strutting around ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Shaft is back on the big screen now in the fifth movie to feature this character. Old meets new in the 2019 version of "Shaft" and the result is a pleasant diversion. The word "icon ...

This new chapter begins in the 1980s, when John Shaft II (Samuel L. Jackson) is living in Harlem with his girl Maya (Regina Hall) and young son JJ. An attempt on Shaft’s life and family pushes Maya to ...

In Hollywood, everything old is new again. As much as we whine and cry and gnash our teeth, intellectual property is king, simply because it’s there, available to be rebooted, rehashed, reheated.

It’s been almost 50 years since moviegoers were introduced to the action hero John Shaft, played by Richard Roundtree in three trailblazing movies and one short-lived TV series. Heroic, revolutionary ...