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Cinema in Focus: HARRY POTTER and the DEATHLY HALLOWS: Part 1 - 3 Stars

November 29th, 201010:24 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

The seventh and final chapter of Harry Potter’s battle with Voldemort is divided into two parts. The first film was released in November of 2010 and the second will be released in July of 2011. Like the films before it, the battle between good and evil/love and hate are personified in Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and the dark lord Voldemo...
Cinema in Focus - FOR COLORED GIRLS - 3 Star

November 21st, 201010:20 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

The power of the poetry in Ntozake Shange’s Tony-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” is difficult to achieve on film. Not usually a medium for soliloquies, let alone for the recitation of long poems, Tyler Perry’s screen adaptation has moments of moving dialogue with other times when...
Cinema in Focus - UNSTOPPABLE - 3 Stars

November 19th, 201003:49 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Sometimes seemingly small distractions can lead to disastrous consequences. A friend once told me a story of unspeakable grief about how he turned to talk to his wife while he was driving, and as he rounded a curve in the road, the traffic ahead was stopped. In that moment of distraction he rammed into a truck and his wife was dead.&nbs...
Cinema in Focus - FAIR GAME - 3 Stars

November 16th, 201012:43 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

Sometimes truth is harder to believe than fiction. The real life story of Valerie Plame, a former CIA Agent publicly exposed during the early days of the war against Iraq, unfolds like a James Bond movie. What unfolds in “Fair Game” is that the justification to use unbridled political power is a temptation that is kept in check only...
Cinema in Focus - MORNING GLORY - 3 Stars

November 16th, 201012:40 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

It is natural for a person to fight against aging and the losses it brings. But perhaps the most difficult loss is losing the esteem that our professional lives provided. Having once been at the top of our game, and sometimes even at the top of the heap, the slipping of ability and downward slide in position can turn us into a bitter pe...
Cinema in Focus - NOWHERE BOY - 3 Stars

November 04th, 201010:01 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

John Lennon is one of the tragic figures of modern time. A genius whose tumultuous childhood was literally going nowhere, Lennon (Aaron Johnson) turned to music to express his pain and ambitions. This decision ultimately brought together Paul McCartney (Thomas Sangster), George Harris (Sam Bell) and Ringo Starr to create the incomparabl...