“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the first movie in the series, was a box office smash that remains the fifth-highest-grossing movie by a female director at a total of nearly $570 million worldwide.

Before Sam Taylor-Johnson was signed on to direct Fifty Shades of Grey, an award-winning filmmaker campaigned for the job of ...

But that's too simple. Fifty Shades of Grey is no masterpiece, but it's far from being the worst film of the decade. It's not even close to being the worst movie released in 2015 — a year that ...

E.L. James and Dakota Johnson in 2015. Credit : Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Dakota Johnson says it was a constant creative battle making the Fifty Shades of Grey movies.

I had zero interest in reading "Fifty Shades of Grey" or writing a review comparing the movie to the book. Now, if someone tied me to a bedpost and forced me to read it while lightly flogging me ...