Cinema in Focus: ‘The Women’
The story may be flawed, but the relationships women share in a complex world is well worth the exploration.Cinema in Focus: ‘Righteous Kill’
This psychological murder mystery is a dark, engaging and powerful drama.Cinema in Focus: ‘Burn After Reading’
The Coen brothers film, laced with profanity and immorality, lacks a linear storyline.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Case for Faith’
This film, available only on DVD, is a compelling study of the common doubts of both believers and skeptics.Cinema in Focus: ‘Traitor’
The film is a sobering reminder that freedom in any generation requires courage as well as sacrifice.Cinema in Focus: ‘Transsiberian’
The harshly frigid setting of the white wasteland of Siberia fits the violent film's moral message.Cinema in Focus: ‘Man On Wire’
The documentary about a Parisian street performer who walks a high wire between the World Trade Center towers will keep you on your toes.Cinema in Focus: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’
An eternal moral struggle enlists each of us to choose between the dark and light sides of the force.Cinema in Focus: ‘Henry Poole Is Here’
Redemption and love abound after an icy heart is opened to hopeCinema in Focus: ‘American Teen’
This documentary is a flashback to the high school years and the angst of growing up.Cinema in Focus: ‘Brideshead Revisited’
Based on the 1945 novel by Arthur Evelyn Waugh, this film is a subtle testimony of how God works in any person’s life.Cinema in Focus: ‘Swing Vote’
In this insightful study of family dynamics, an unlikely political event forces a father into self-discovery.Cinema in Focus: ‘X-Files, I Want to Believe’
The reunion of Mulder and Scully shifts the storyline away from the usual fare of alien interactions.Cinema in Focus: ‘Mongol’
This dramatic film delves deeper into the life and history of Genghis Khan.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Dark Knight’
Can even the best of us be corrupted? This solemn version of the Batman films provides a glimpse at the answer.Cinema in Focus: ‘Hancock’
In the midst of an identity crisis, a superhero finds a way out — sort of.Cinema in Focus: ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’
A moral tale that does much more than scratch the surface of courage and relationships.Cinema in Focus: ‘Kung Fu Panda’
Courage and identity melded with the hard work of kung fu help a panda become a worthy warrior.Cinema in Focus: ‘Kit Kittredge, An American Girl’
The brand hits the big screen with the tale of child whose family and friends struggle through the Great Depression.Cinema in Focus: ‘Wanted’
The violent film hints of hell and shows how far we could go in destructive behavior toward one another.Cinema in Focus: ‘WALL-E’
Agenda-toon cleverly targets adults but it loses its appeal to children.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Children of Huang Shi’
This powerful film is based on a true event in which a British man saved the lives of dozens of Chinese boys.Cinema in Focus: ‘Get Smart’
Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway make the film, based on the award-winning TV series, entertainingly nostalgic.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Incredible Hulk’
Moral lessons abound in action film with plenty of thrills.Cinema in Focus: ‘The List’
This film, directly on DVD from Fox Faith, explores the spiritual battle and the power of prayer.Cinema in Focus: ‘Rising Son, The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi’
This documentary, two years old and now on DVD, tells of his rise and fall — and redemption.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Fall’
This fantasy, which weaves the lives of a storyteller and a child, is a dark tale with troubling implications.Cinema in Focus: ‘Iron Man’
The movie, a classic tale of good vs. evil, raises the relevant issue of using power for selfish purposes.Cinema in Focus: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’
The fourth in the series is nostalgic and divergent, and includes the classic values in other Indiana Jones films.Cinema in Focus: ‘Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian’
The second film in the series isn't as insightful, but there's an important moral behind the fairy tale.Cinema in Focus: ‘Speed Racer’
Go for a spin with a good-vs.-evil tale as it accelerates through the moral choices we all have had to make.Cinema in Focus: ‘The Visitor’
This nuanced tale portrays the hopes and struggles of illegal immigrants whose lives become intertwined.
Cinema in Focus: ‘Young @ Heart’
Documentary follows an aging chorus as members sing their hearts out in celebration of life.
Cinema in Focus: ‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’
A search for truth reveals a clash of the titans of religion and science.
Cinema in Focus: ‘Leatherheads’
A delightful romantic comedy scores with quirky humor and just plain fun.
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