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  • Cinema in Focus - TRUE GRIT - 3 Stars

    December 29th, 201007:49 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    The Coen brothers' latest film, "True Grit," is quality cinema. This period piece, faithfully true to the novel by Charles Portis, presents memorable characters whose courage and resolve can only be described as "grit." But like their film "No Country for Old Men," this film also presents a troubling disregard for human life. In a creative juxtapos...

  • Cinema in Focus - CRAZY HEART - 3 Stars

    January 25th, 201001:53 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin The devastating effects of the disease of alcohol addiction are well known and yet many choose to risk the disease to indulge in the substance. The reasons why they choose to do so vary from individual to individual. For some, it is a family disease that usually infers a genetic predisposition, while for others, ...

  • Cinema in Focus - THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS - 2 Stars

    November 13th, 200901:57 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin What would the Cold War have been like if the late Timothy Leary, the LSD-induced guru of the ‘60's, had been in charge of training the U.S. Army? This absurd comedy takes us through every stereotypical "New Age" event that epitomized life in California 25 years ago and suggests that the Army looked at the ...
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