Contributor: Steven Isaac

Simon Sez R-Rated Movie Is ‘Child Abuse’

It wasn’t what he said that got me. It was that he hadn’t noticed before. Stephen Simon, a movie producer whose credits include What Dreams May Come and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, was horrified recently when he noticed a mother who had broug …

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How to Deal

Mandy Moore in a melancholy movie that makes the point: love stinks.

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Hello. Your Stories Killed My Soul. Prepare for Me to Leave.

It wasn’t his first movie, but chances are that the first time you saw Mandy Patinkin was in The Princess Bride. He was Inigo Montoya, the drunken swordsman whose only purpose in life was to catch and kill the six-fingered man. And his famous lines are …

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Tears of the Sun

The democratic government of Nigeria collapses in this fictional drama, leaving the country in the ruthless hands of a military dictator.

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Big Trouble

At the intersection of 17 randomly selected story lines, you’ll find a suitcase. Inside that suitcase rests a nuclear bomb.

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Stranger Than Fiction

A low-key Will Ferrell stars as a man who’s about to be killed by a novelist’s exclamation point. He can hear her narrating voice. And what she’s saying doesn’t bode well for him.

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The Thomas Crown Affair

Bored with the drudgery and confinements of extreme wealth, Thomas Crown needs some excitement…

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Vanilla Sky

David is plagued by dreams. Nightmares, really. He’s not always sure where his nocturnal fantasies end and his day-to-day life begins. Moviegoers will be even less sure than he is.

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Facing the Giants

This little movie that could has faced its share of giants. But if the final product is any indication of how those battles went, then clearly it won every one.

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Duplex

This is ‘Throw Momma From the Train’ all over again with fresh faces and stationary sets.

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The Next Best Thing

Gay culture collides headfirst with parenthood when Robert (a homosexual) has sex with his straight friend Abbie.

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Return to Me

Rooted in offbeat Chicago-style Italian, Irish and Polish traditions, this tender romantic dramedy watches patiently as Bob and Grace discover each other.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

It’s year three at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for 13-year-old buddies Harry, Hermione and Ron, as well as baddies Draco Malfoy and Co.

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Joe Somebody

Joe is the A/V guy for Starke Pharmaceuticals. He’s spent 10 years occupying a cubicle, and no one’s noticed. Then one day, he gets beat up in the parking lot.

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Seven Pounds

Will Smith wants to give a few gifts to the people he loves and respects this Christmas season. But exactly what kinds of gifts are they?

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