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Nicolas Cage and director Dominic Sena have teamed up again for the torpid tale, Season of the Witch.

From director Steve Taylor, "The Second Chance" effectively displays the tensions between different parts of the body of Christ. What the film lacks in cinematic style, it makes up for in earnestness. Although, at times, the film is a little too earnest for its own good.

All I can say is "I love this movie!" It has everything you could want: a heartwarming story about men mentoring a boy, adventure with a lion, a gang of hoodlums, intense “Indiana Jones” kind of action and a renewed hope for life when there seems to be none.

The Secret Life of Bees is just the sort of serious/feel-good/weeper chick flick you’d expect it to be. It’s not a bad film, necessarily, but it falls short by emotionally pandering to its core audience rather than reaching beyond it.

The Secret Things of God is an inspired approach to evangelism, and it works extremely well. This DVD could serve as a great focal point for church outreach events. It is also the perfect discussion tool for friends who’ve become entranced by The Secret.

Johnny Depp's performance in "Secret Window," like everything else he does, is positively inspired. In many ways, the requirements of this film remind me of Tom Hanks' performance in "Cast Away," with so much of the film's success hinging on one actor’s ability to credibly carry the story.

Small people with big hopes make up The Secret Life of Arrietty. Give it a chance, and it will enhance your sense of wonder.

Secretariat is a quintessential family film in this respect: there's nothing to complain about and nothing to rave about. It's safe, conventional, professional; an old-fashioned movie made up of warm fuzzies. In short, Secretariat is as inoffensive as it is ineffectual.

Even if you can somehow follow the twisted reasoning in Secrets of the Code, its presentation of information is so completely scatterbrained that most people will find it incredibly boring. So even if you are inclined to believe this bunk, you’ll still have to stay awake to hear it.

Based on the novel by Susan Cooper, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising is the first film adaptation of the author's five-book series. Apparently the filmmakers have softened the overtly magical elements of the books and instead emphasize bravery, faith, discernment and unity.

In this “disaster film,” it’s the three weeks before the forthcoming arrival of a 70-mile wide asteroid that count.

Maybe you’ve heard the adage: "If you’ve seen one Will Ferrell movie, you've seen 'em all." Well maybe no one’s said that yet, but they will. Especially if he keeps making vapid, vulgar comedies that are hardly even amusing.

On their way to California, the Baker-Fincher wagon train made camp in Mountain Meadows, Utah, where the group was brutally attacked by a Latter Day Saint (Mormon) militia disguised as Indians. September Dawn examines this horrific slaughter.

A Serious Man is one of the Coen brothers' finest efforts outside No Country for Old Men, explicitly addressing comparable religious questions and issues but adding a serious dose of their trademark humor. The story keeps viewers chuckling until the film's sudden, ominous conclusion.

Golf lessons in Seven Days in Utopia do more than lower one’s handicap. They lead to the biggest life question of all.

In Seven Pounds, themes of integrity, sacrifice and redemption are worthy ones, but they’re explored in a truly weird mix of sentimentality and despair—afraid to challenge its audience or itself, languishing in an ever-increasing muck of manipulations.

Like a violent dream you're thankful isn't real, this film is simply too demented for any real, meaningful takeaway value.

In the midst of the meaninglessness, a movie like Sex and the City does manage to offer a powerful reminder. It demonstrates, yet again, how utterly pointless life is—and how difficult relationships are—without a greater purpose for living.