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Weak Plot Works Against "Mission: Impossible 3"

In what’s essentially a cleaner, PG remake of the classic Vacation series for the iPod generation, can a road trip bring a family closer together?...

Overcoming obstacles. Feeling like an outsider looking in. Coping with the prejudices of others. These are all common cinematic themes, but when...

"American Dreamz" attempts to throw a bone to everyone watching. If director Paul Weitz really wanted to use the film as a springboard for his...

When I watched Nicole Kidman's Oscar-winning turn in The Hours back in 2002, I'd officially witnessed the most vacant, depressing and seemingly...

Thirty-one years since it was made, “Billy Graham Presents” is re-releasing a restored version of the one of the best "Christian" films ever made,...

Like its recent Disney predecessor (“Chicken Little”), “The Wild” is a fun movie with weighty themes. The writers are not afraid to tackle relevant...

“Little Manhattan” is not a film that offers profound insights into life, but it does remind us that sometimes, answers are much easier than we...

With "Ice Age: The Meltdown," the writers did an amazing job in entertaining kids of all ages. In my screening, the laughter in the theater was...

"Inside Man" raises ethical questions about wealth and power, and it examines the consequences of past sins. It asks whether we can wash away our...

After “The Santa Clause,” its sequel and now, “The Shaggy Dog,” Tim Allen seems to have the whole changing-into-a-much-hairier-version-of-himself...

While “The Thief Lord” weaves a complicated web of subplots, it doesn’t draw them together into a cohesive message. Instead, it delivers a...

When an older couple grows sick and tired of their very grown, 35-year-old son still living in their home, they hire a pretty girl to capture his...

“Aquamarine” is aimed straight at the often neglected tween market, giving girls that taste of fairy tale fantasy they don’t want to give up too...

From director Steve Taylor, "The Second Chance" effectively displays the tensions between different parts of the body of Christ. What the film...