If Egyptian comics artist and writer Deena Mohamed ever encountered a genie, she knows what she'd wish for. She'd wish for everyone she loved to live to age 120. And she'd wish for any book she ...

Genies, at least in pop culture, have long been comic foils ... He’s used up two of his three wishes.” But in “Genie,” it turns out that the three-wishes thing doesn’t apply.

Especially a genie who can grant unlimited wishes. After all ... thanks to Curtis’ well-honed comic instincts. Essiedu nicely underplays as Bernard, going more for emotion than cheap laughs ...

In our consumerist and content-crazy times, a mere three wishes won’t do. “Genie,” a new film directed by Sam Boyd, stars Melissa McCarthy as Flora, a genie unleashed by an overworked dad as ...