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Conviction (Goldwyn, 2010)
October 15, 2010 – 11:01 am | No Comment
<em>Conviction</em> (Goldwyn, 2010)

Based on an inspiring true story, Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction opens this week. But is it an inspiring movie? My review at Christianity Movies & TV
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Stone (Curran, 2010)
October 8, 2010 – 12:08 pm | No Comment
<em>Stone</em> (Curran, 2010)

Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton join forces in a psychological drama about good and bad people–and the difficulty in telling the difference. You can read my full review at Christianity Today Movies and TV
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The Illusionist (Chomet, 2010)
September 14, 2010 – 4:53 pm | No Comment
<em>The Illusionist</em> (Chomet, 2010)

Before there was 1More Film Blog, I posted a lot of Toronto International Film Festival coverage at Jeffrey Overstreet’s Looking Closer Journal.  I always appreciated Jeff’s willingness to provide space for my reviews, so this …

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (Blakeson, 2009)
August 9, 2010 – 10:16 pm | No Comment
<em>The Disappearance of Alice Creed</em> (Blakeson, 2009)

These comments originally appeared at Christianity Today Entertainment Blog during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Speaking of horror films, there seems to have sprung up a subgenre in recent years that plays on cultural fears …

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977)
July 23, 2010 – 1:33 pm | No Comment
<em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</em> (Spielberg, 1977)

When is calling something a “spectacle” a slam? How do Spielberg’s films and those of John Ford rankle some viewers in the same way? What about this film is claimed to make Spielberg very uncomfortable …

AI: Artificial Intelligence
June 19, 2010 – 12:45 pm | No Comment
<em>AI: Artificial Intelligence</em>

Anti-science fiction? Kubrickian anti-narrative? Spielbergian sentiment? Readers at Cinevox seem to agree that the film is not successful. They don’t all agree why. Have an opinion? Join the discussion at Cinevox.