Contributor: Steven Isaac

Get Carter

Jack Carter is a tough guy. Literally. His career involves roughing people up to collect on gambling debts. He’s one bad dude—a point “Get Carter” spends nearly 2 hours trying to make.

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Hardflip

For what does it profit a rad skater if he gains the whole skatepark but loses his mom, his dad and his very life?

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Bright Lessons From the Dark Knight (Introduction)

It’s summertime already—at least as far as the movie studios are concerned—and that means one thing these days: superheroes. It officially started three weeks ago when The Avengers stormed into theaters (and refused to leave). The Amazing Spider-Man re …

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Lemonade Mouth

The message is as clear as the Disney castle is colorful: Stand up for what you believe in—no matter what that may be. (And get famous in the process!)

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Down With Love

Starring recent movie-musical faves Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, Down With Love plays to the genre without actually becoming part of it.

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Hangman’s Curse

Popular Christian fiction author Frank Peretti finally makes it to celluloid as screenwriters Kathy Mackel and Stan Foster turn his novel into a (nearly) straight-to-video movie.

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The Matrix Revolutions

Break out your secret decoder rings, Psych 101 textbooks and Bible, The Matrix is back.

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The Ladykillers

This remake of a 1955 Alec Guinness film transfers the action from London to America’s rural South. Tom Hanks takes over Guinness’ colorful role.

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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

The foul content of “South Park” far exceeds even what most secular critics would deem appropriate.

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Pushing Tin

Zooming in on Nick’s life as a controller at New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), this film depicts the sheer intensity and pressure of holding the lives of hundreds of people at a time in the palm of your hand.

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Hey Arnold! The Movie

It’s safe to say that Nickelodeon’s Arnold is the most lovable football-headed fourth-grader in the world.

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Bully

Bully has generated plenty of publicity in the ongoing battle over what it should be rated. But there’s a lot more to this sad-but-important story than whether or not it’s an R.

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View From the Top

The story is about an aspiring flight attendant. But when exactly does it take place? That was the only question occupying space in my battered brain after sitting through this 90-minute slice of comedic drivel.

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American Beauty

“American Beauty” is about mood, not plot. Sadly, the mood is despair, isolation and hopelessness.

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Battlefield Earth

Jonnie Goodboy Tyler is essentially a Y3K caveman. He and all remaining humans on earth have been reduced to such an existence by an alien invasion that decimated the globe in a mere nine minutes.

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