The big new release this week is Ridley Scott's actioner Exodus: Gods and Kings, his take on the ancient tale of the Hebrews and their Moses-led exit from Egypt. In his capsule review, Reader film editor J.R. Jones writes "[Scott] made this Biblical epic the old-fashioned way, casting thousands of extras instead of conjuring them up digitally, and the movie works well as big-budget spectacle despite a ho-hum script," suggesting the film is the director's attempt at a Cecil B. DeMille-esque Bible spectacle, appropriate considering Scott's classical sensibilities.…
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