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Most movies struggle to come up with one good idea. The sci-fi thriller Parallel Minds has a...
When Donna and Nick got married, they pledged to be together forever, for richer or poorer, for...
You’d better pray Arthur Breznik is crazy. Because otherwise, we’re in real trouble. An...
What do you call it when you keep trying to fix something even when it isn’t broken? In The...
Some films are content to give you a slice of life. Northwood Pie gives you the whole greasy...
They left America to wage a war. They came home to find another one. America’s battlefield medicine...
When you see what most “faith-based” films turn out like, it’s a sin. Modestly budgeted indies made...
The romantic comedy Toss It starts with someone flipping a coin – but ultimately it’s the audience...
Video games are not movies, but a lot of movie makers haven’t gotten the message. Every so often,...
Almost anyone is capable of anything, and in noir, they’re always capable of much worse. More of a...
It’s the only sport that matters. Feverish fans of hockey, football, baseball and basketball can...
Holy Lands isn’t a bad movie. It’s four mediocre movies mixed together. There’s the...
When we first meet the hero of The Outsider, a Chinese railroad worker in the Old West, he’s...