Place in the Sun, A

A harrowing but at the same time politically and morally tendentious retelling of events on board the fourth hijacked plane of 9/11, and the only one not to reach its objective.

The puzzling thing about Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Limey, is the very thing he puts to the fore in it, namely the national origin of its central character. What has that got to do with the basic story of an ex-con who’s “not from around here” pursuing the man he believes to be his…

An amusing but slight adaptation of a Nick Hornby novel which can laugh at its characters without precluding the possibility that they may laugh at themselves

Don’t go to this movie if you are expecting a barrel— or even a small pitcher — of laughs.

The best movie version of a Bible story that I have seen

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