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Although he has directed two very successful films (including the behemoth The Passion of the Christ), Mel Gibson has not appeared on screen in nearly 10 years. Since that time, he’s been at the center of a [...]

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On one level, Creation is the story of the composition of one of the most important and controversial books the world has ever seen, “On the Origin of Species.” On another, it is a deeply personal story, caring far less about the details that make up the theory of evolution via natural selection and far [...]

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Extraordinary Measures is a terrific TV movie. Too bad it’s not on TV.

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Each year, there is a film that arrives like a thunderclap, ushering in a new cinematic era. Leap Year is that film. The era that is ending is the rich and rewarding season of holiday films that [...]

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Crazy Heart arrives at a theater near you polished to a high gloss with the gushing accolades of critics and industry insiders. Some of these honors the film most certainly deserves. Others it does not. It is true that Crazy Heart contains one of the best performances by an actor this year. But the film [...]

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Though Terry Gilliam may call himself a film director, he has much more in common with the ringmaster under a circus big top. A Gilliam film is a psychedelic experience (think Fellini on hallucinogens), a surreal carnival [...]

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Part Rushmore, part Porky’s, the coming-of-age comedy Youth in Revolt, based on a series of novels by C.D. Payne, is equal parts adolescent rebellion and first blush of love, but none of it manages to come together [...]

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Since independent and foreign films tend to sneak in under the radar throughout the year, lists of this nature are almost always Hollywood heavy. With that said, here are the films I am most excited to see in the coming year.

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