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Glasnost means openness. Perestroika means restructuring. I remember serving in the Marine Corps and being amazed that we would allow ...

Un Prophet was among the nominees for the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Tahar Rahim plays a young Arab delinquent named Ma...

Plunkett & Macleane appeared on its face to be a period piece about highwaymen robbing the rich in Eighteenth Century England. I wa...

I was planning to go see The Intruder yesterday when I realized how poor the ratings were for this film. It is suffering from a paltry ...

Sin Nombre is a well-researched film examining issues of gang loyalty and culture. The film is set within a regional faction of Mara Sa...

As I sit here pondering Evil, I am forced to ask myself "is this film sending a message that violence is not the way to settle disp...

I have enjoyed many screenplays that have been created by Paul Haggis. He has put out some great work. I think Russell Crowe can do no...

Uncertainty is a difficult film to review. It is one that is likely to either be loved or hated...but I am on the fence with this one. ...

The White Ribbon is a color-washed film that skirts issues of good and evil with black and white imagery adding symbolic depth to the ta...

In 1973, a strange phenomenon occurred during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. It earned the name "Stockholm Syndrome." ...

This 2005 Award Winning film introduces us to a hardened South African criminal named Tsotsi (Short for Tsotsitaal), who has a childish ...

Looking at other reviews and ratings of Nobody Knows makes me realize that I must have viewed this film through an entirely different le...

“Honor killing” is a tough subject. It is an issue that has even manifested itself here in the United States. When I think about the p...

I like films with strong characters. I like quirky characters. I like offbeat humor. I enjoy dark films. The Salton Sea contains all...

M. Night Shyamalan brought us Sixth Sense, arguably the best film in the suspense/thriller genre. It was an exceptional film that has b...

Saints and Soldiers is loosely based on the conflicting stories surrounding a massacre that occurred at Malmedy during the Battle of the...

There are some things science can't explain. Those things are called "miracles." A lot of people have lost faith in miracles...

Every once in a while I stumble upon an overlooked gem. It is films like The Village Barbershop that I enjoy reviewing the most. It gi...