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  • Cinema in Focus - MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - 3 Stars

    June 08th, 201102:53 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    The angst Woody Allen portrays in his characters is easier to view when Owen Wilson is the actor rather than Woody himself. Not only does Wilson present a more approachable neurotic, but it is also easier to believe that his beautiful costars are actually interested in having a relationship with him. But that's not to say that this film is not vint...

  • 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 - SHERLOCK HOLMES - 2 Stars

    January 06th, 201011:53 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Though all of us realize that even the greatest human beings are flawed, director Guy Ritchie's presentation of the famed detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) depicts him as a lonely and isolated alcoholic. Troubled in love and bored by life, Holmes' renowned skills at observation and logical deductions...

  • CINEMA IN FOCUS: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE - 3 Stars

    August 20th, 200912:41 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Our inability to control time is the driving concept of an unusual romantic tale in Robert Schwentke's film "The Time Traveler's Wife." Based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger and adapted for the screen by Bruce Joel Rubin (Brainstorm and The Last Mimzy), time is not experienced as a relentless tyrant which cann...
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