“Red Tails,” the story of World War II’s heroic Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilots, feels and moves like classic war films from decades past. Like those golden aged movies, the characters aren ...

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, from left, David Oyelowo, Elijah Kelley, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Nate Parker and Kevin Phillips are shown in a scene from the film, "Red Tails." ...

David Oyelowo plays the talented, difficult Joe "Lightning" Little, a black airman of the 332nd Fighter Group, in "Red Tails." Provided by Lucasfilm The Tuskegee Airmen rose to the occasion when ...

The acting is largely staid and the story a web of war movie cliches. Cuba Gooding Jr., who plays the unit’s executive officer, spends his scenes chewing on an enormous pipe that never seems to ...

Despite stunning aerial scenes and good intentions, the George Lucas-produced “Red Tails” is grounded by clumsy dialogue, a meandering plot and the occasional jarring anachronism.

Not so with “Red Tails,” a lavishly square historical drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, the very first African-American military pilots, who served in segregated units during World War II. CNN ...

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, David Oyelowo portrays Joe "Lightning" Little in a scene from the film, "Red Tails." (AP Photo/20th Century Fox) ...

Despite stunning aerial scenes and good intentions, the George Lucas-produced “Red Tails” is grounded by clumsy dialogue, a meandering plot and the occasional jarring anachronism. It&#8… ...

A movie review of "Red Tails," a George Lucas-produced film about the Tuskegee Airmen that wanders from wildly entertaining to schoolroom instructive to one-note flatness.

** Red Tails George Lucas produced this action movie about Tuskegee Airmen stationed in Italy during World War II. This is a story people have waiting decades to see, so it’s no fun feeling ...