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Cinema in Focus - I AM NUMBER FOUR - 2 Stars

February 28th, 201101:44 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

Coming of age is difficult enough without having to do so on a planet that is not your own. That is the premise of this science fiction/action film that explores the experience of one of nine young children whose parents sent them to earth to save them from the genocidal invasion of the Mogadorians. But now, as each is coming into their unique powe...
Cinema in Focus - UNKNOWN - 3 Stars

February 21st, 201109:17 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Discovering one's true identity can be a difficult task. Having become a certain type of person, there may be moments in which our soul rejects that definition and chooses to be different. This is the premise of Jaume Collet-Serra's fascinating film "Unknown." Based on the novel "Out of My Head" by Didier Van Cauwel, the screenplay was written by ...
Cinema in Focus - THE EAGLE - 2 Stars

February 15th, 201110:08 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

The brutality of Roman expansion and occupation is an historical fact. From the excruciating crucifixions of the people of Israel to the plunder and rapes of Britain, the Roman soldier was considered invincible. But legend speaks of one battalion that marched into the Scottish highlands in 122 A.D. never to be heard from again. In response, the Rom...
Cinema in Focus - BIUTIFUL - 1 Star

February 10th, 201103:02 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

The dark underworld of those who traffic in human beings is difficult to watch. The modern forms of slavery currently imprison an estimated 27 million people in various ways from economic, sexual or military bondage. But what is not as obvious is that those who abuse their fellow human beings are equally degraded themselves as they live on the same...
Cinema in Focus - THE RITE - 4 Stars

February 01st, 201112:04 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Doubts about the existence of an evil that has a personal existence is easier when there is no "supernatural" proof of his existence. But what does one do when the supernatural knowledge and destructive power of a demon inhabiting a person is personally experienced? How does one hold onto such doubts? Does one insulate the experience with hypothese...