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Cinema in Focus - WHISTLEBLOWER - 3 Stars

August 28th, 201106:36 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

When innocent people are abused by the very people who are responsible to protect them, then evil has won. This is the situation in the days following the Bosnian War in 1996. Due to a deep racial and nationalistic hatred that made peace difficult, the United Nations contracted with a private company to provide monitors watching over the police. Bu...
Cinema in Focus - SARAH'S KEY - 3 Stars

August 19th, 201104:08 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Every nation has its dark secrets. For the French, it was complicity in the murder of thousands of Jews during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Called the "Vel'd'Hiv Roundup" because of the use of the "Velodrome d'Hiver" sports arena to gather over 13,000 Parisian Jews for transport to the death camps, it was not until 1995 that the French gove...
Cinema in Focus - THE HELP - 4 Stars

August 19th, 201104:06 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

For anyone who lived through the turbulent racial segregation of the mid 20th century, "The Help" will be a haunting reminder of how far we have come as a nation. Kathryn Stockett's engagingly written book has taken on a life of its own in this film that is sure to be a classic. Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the pre – "I have a dream" days of t...
Cinema in Focus - CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE - 1 Star Degrading

August 10th, 201108:34 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Love relationships are difficult. Left on our own, we crash into one another with devastating regularity and experience unnecessary pain. We may end up discovering that faithful, life-long love is the only true destination, but the trial and error method is painful – even for those who are only observers. Though humorously presented and appropria...
Cinema in Focus - RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - 3 Stars

August 10th, 201108:32 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

In 1968, the original film "Planet of the Apes" was the result of a script by Rod Serling in which apes evolved into the dominant species on our planet. Now, forty-three years later, this film changes the basic premise of the film. Rather than evolution producing intelligent apes, it is humanity's plan to create even more human intelligence that ba...
Cinema in Focus - BUCK - 4 Stars

August 08th, 201101:12 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

In this low-budget documentary about a modest man with an amazing gift of insight and empathy for both horses and humans, producer and director Cindy Meehl creates an award-winning film that allows us to experience first-hand the healing touch of this special man. Dan M. "Buck" Brannaman is the second child of an abusive man. Forcing him and his b...
Cinema in Focus - COWBOYS AND ALIENS - 3 Stars

August 01st, 201102:31 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

It has long been politically incorrect for Cowboys to fight Indians. It has also become cliché to see a bad person as completely bad. In both of these and many other distinctions, we have come to understand that human beings of whatever race or morality are far more alike than different, and far more complex than any single label would describe. B...
Cinema in Focus - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER - 3 Stars

August 01st, 201101:33 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

The skillful directing of Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, October Sky, Jumanji) is enjoyed once again in Marvel's summer hit "Captain America: The First Avenger". Based on the 1941 action hero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this enhanced human is both courageous and endearing. As a symbol of the American soldier during World War II, Captain America st...

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