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Click to go to THE MACHINISTTHE MACHINIST (2004)
Review by Darrel Manson: In the end, we get a glimpse into some important questions about life. We think about how one deals with guilt. We think about the power of confession to set us free. We think about the way we try to hide from our problems, but know that the more we hide, the more powerful those problems become.
Click to go to MADAGASCARMADAGASCAR (2005)
Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty the Zebra allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he’s been missing. Alex the Lion, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa…to be ultimately set free.
Click here to go to MAD CITY MAD CITY (1997)
So, why do we like bad news over good news? Rodger Ebert says:
"It's time to admit the obvious -The public enjoys sensational journalism, and the media are only giving them what they demand. The recent 'Ruby Ridge' standoff in Downstate Illinois was thoroughly relished by the public, even while it was blaming 'the media' for prolonging it. People who say they deplore paparazzi journalism are approximately as sincere as smokers who lecture you on how bad their habit is."
MADEA'S FAMILY REUNIONMADEA'S FAMILY REUNION (2006)
Director: Tyler Perry. Stars: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield. A pistol-packing grandma (Perry) tries to hold a family reunion, a funeral gathering, and a wedding all on the same weekend.
Click to go to MADISONMADISON (2001 re-released 2005)
Review by David Bruce:
This 2001 film is being re-released due to the success of The Passion of the Christ staring James Caviezel. Madison has the look and feel of a made-for-television movie. It is a "family" type film. It is a true story about the power of determination, drive and ambition.
Click to go to MAELSTROMMAELSTROM (2001)
Simon Remark reviews: Maelstrom is an existential cause-and-effect story that wonderfully shows the redemptive power of baptism, and the joy of re-birth.
Click to go to THE MAGDALENE SISTERSTHE MAGDALENE SISTERS (2002)
Review by Darrel Manson: Watching The Magdalene Sisters is hard. It is hard because there is so much inhumanity to look at. It is hard because much of the inhumanity takes place at the hands of those who are followers of Christ. It is hard because we know that it is true.
Go to MAGNOLIAMAGNOLIA (1999)
A view of life from the San Fernando Valley. There are few films that make me pull aside and ponder afterwards. This one did. In fact, I got a cup of coffee, found a private table in a San Francisco restaurant and just thought about what I had seen. I must say, this is one of the most incredible films I have ever seen.
Click to go to MAID IN MANHATTANMAID IN MANHATTAN (2003)
Review by David Bruce:  Here is film that pulls on Cinderella for structure, The Prince and the Pauper for message, and the society movies of thirties for comedy. But, it is also different in some other ways -and those differences are the subject of this review.
Click to go to THE MAJESTICTHE MAJESTIC (2001)
Darabont's new film celebrates and salutes the Hollywood of yesterday, a bygone era where audiences marveled at Fred and Ginger.Bogart and Bacall.and Tracy and Hepburn.
THE MANTHE MAN (2005)
A Federal Agent turns up dead on the mean streets of Detroit. Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson) a hardcore undercover Federal Agent is given 24 hours to recover the stolen arms and find the cop killers, but he's about to stumble upon an unlikely ally...Enter Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy) an affable dental supply salesman in town for a two-day convention.
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Click to go to A MAN APARTA MAN APART (2003)
Review by David Bruce: The phone booth is a confessional, the sniper is very god-like, and the story is about judgement confession and redemption.
Click to go to THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATETHE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
Review by Kevin Miller: Hollywood has been pumping out some smart thrillers lately, and The Manchurian Candidate is one of them. While the premise of this film is more fun than feasible, the idea that big business wields tremendous clout in Washington is far too real to ignore. Power and money go hand-in-hand—you can’t have one without the other.
MANDERLAYMANDERLAY (2006)
Come prepared to be offended in Who will be offended? White or black, liberal or conservative, von Trier has you in his sight. —Review by DARREL MANSON. Complete downloadable Powerpoint Presentation review with 7 film clips from the film
MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS (2001)
Review by Benn Becker: The film contains a great deal of truth both in terms of the human condition and on a spiritual level--to me the two worlds (the present and things eternal) overlap in reality. Love, envy, despair, compassion, and spirit have been a part of humanity from day one.
Click to go to MAN ON FIREMAN ON FIRE (2004)
Reviews by Kevin Miller and Melinda Ledman: "What makes this film work is Washington’s powerful portrayal of Creasy as a man who has pretty much given up on himself. Early in the film, he wonders if God will ever forgive them him. Staggering under the burden of his guilt, he drinks constantly, whether to kill the pain or to work up the courage to finally kill himself, we’re not sure. But it looks like pure agony, and we’re just rooting for him to find release."
Click to go to MAN ON THE TRAINMAN ON THE TRAIN (2003)
Review by Darrel Manson:  Have you ever wished you had a different life? Maybe one with more excitement? Or perhaps without so much trouble? In Patrice Laconte's film, Man on the Train, two men meet in a chance encounter, spend time together, and see in the other what is missing in their own lives.
Click here to go MAN ON THE MOONMAN ON THE MOON (1999)
Journey from prankster to joy giver. Andy blurs line between performer and audience.
We are all on a journey -that is ultimately a spiritual journey. Andy Kaufman's journey on screen reminds us of our own journey. We identify. And Jim Carrey's performance makes it very real.
We watch Andy develop as a human being.
Click to go  THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001)
Darrel Manson reviews:
"This film again returns to one of the Coen Brothers' key themes: the consequences of actions -- the ripple effect one act can inevitably lead too...
Click to go to THE MAN WITHOUT A PASTTHE MAN WITHOUT A PAST (2003)
Review by Darrel Manson: "M" actually does die, but then he gets back up -- the beginning of his new life, but one without any memory of what was before. He doesn't know who he is or where he is from, all he has is his present and future.
Click to go to MARCH OF THE PENGUINSMARCH OF THE PENGUINS (2005)
Review by Ken Priebe: In a year full of exciting movies filled with dazzling special effects, the trailer that has me most excited so far (besides Narnia) is for an upcoming documentary called March of the Penguins. It looks to be an amazing story with fantastic cinematography, and penguins are entertaining no matter how you present it.
Click to go to MARIA FULL OF GRACEMARIA FULL OF GRACE (2004) 
Review by Darrel Manson: It is an interesting look at one of those things we like to keep in the shadows. Maria Full of Grace does give us a chance to better understand those who act as mules. But we really don't discover that much, at least not much important.
Click here to go to THE MASK OF ZORRO THE MARK OF ZORRO (1998)
With the slash of a steel blade and the mark of a 'Z', he defends the weak and exploited and avenges the wrongs committed against them. It is loaded with spiritual tie-ins. Also, a strong father/daughter relationship.
MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS (1999)
NBC Biopic about Mary the mother of Jesus. Christian Bale as Jesus was not bad. Good medium-length hair- not a flowing mop. While I believe Jesus had real siblings (half-), this movie at least acknowledged his "kinsmen/cousins"- James and Jude.
Click to go to MASTER AND COMMANDERMASTER AND COMMANDER (2003)
Review by Melinda Ledman: Perhaps foremost, the story deals with the plight of the leader who must weigh loyalty, duty, and pride against the loss of his crew members who trust him.
THE MATADORTHE MATADOR (2006)
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both forever.
Match PointMATCH POINT (2005)
Director: Woody Allen. Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode. At a turning point in his life, former tennis pro Chris (Rhys-Meyers) falls for Nola (Johansson), a femme fatal type who happens to be dating Tom (Goode), Chris's nemesis and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
Click to go to MATCHSTICK MENMATCHSTICK MEN (2003)
Review by Melinda Ledman: Roy and Frank are a couple of cons selling bargain-basement water filters to unsuspecting people at ten times their value. In the midst of all this, Roy discovers he has a teenage daughter, Angela, who wants to meet the father she never knew.
Click to go to THE MATRIXTHE MATRIX (1999)
The 'Saving the world' action is like watching 'The Men in Black' meet the 'Spaghetti Westerns'.
Click to go to MATRIX RELOADEDMATRIX RELOADED (2003)
Review by David Bruce: Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and the rest of the crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out of the Matrix and attempting to live in the real world.
Click to go to MATRIX REVOLUTIONSMATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)
Review by David Bruce: The final chapter in the Matrix trilogy, the epic war between humans and machine: the Zion military, aided by civilian volunteers, desperately battles to hold back the Sentinel invasion as the Machine army bores into their stronghold. Facing total annihilation, the citizens of the last bastion of humanity.
Click to go to MAXMAX (2002)
Review by Darrel Manson: There was a time when Adolph Hitler was not a monster. That sentence in itself reminds us that the worst evil done in the world has been done by people very like us. “There but for the grace of God . . .” That is something we should always keep in mind. We are always as near to being a monster as we are to being a saint.
Click to go to MEAN CREEKMEAN CREEK (2004)
Review by Darrel Manson: One of the key elements in this film is forgiveness. How do we forgive others for the terrible things they have done? How do we come to grips with a past that has hurt us, if there is no way to address that hurt? And most importantly, how do we forgive ourselves for things we have done?
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOWME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (2005)
Review by Darrel Manson: At its heart, Me You and Everyone We Know is about the desperation we have to meaningfully connect to someone. It really isn’t so much about our alienation from each other, as much as it is about how hard it can be to really connect with someone else. The film shows a number of ways that people try – through the internet or simply taping sexually loaded messages to their apartment window, through sexual experimentation or setting one’s own hand on fire, through art or collecting household goods.
Click to go to MEAN GIRLSMEAN GIRLS (2004) 
Cady Heron is a cultural blank slate when she first sets foot on the grounds of North Shore High School in a small town outside of Chicago, Illinois. After living in Africa, Cady, now a junior, has no idea how "wild" things can be in civilization.
Click to go to MEET JOE BLACK MEET JOE BLACK (1998)
William Parrish is about to die, but he doesn't know this. Death overhears a conversation William has with his daughter about the importance of having passion in life. Death wants to experience this. Death postpones William's death and enters the body of a recently deceased young man, who had had briefly met William's daughter, Susan, at a Coffee Shop. Personified Death now enters William's world.
Click to go to MEET THE FOCKERSMEET THE FOCKERS (2004)
Director: Jay Roach. Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand
Now that Greg Focker is "in" with his soon-to-be in-laws, Jack and Dina Byrnes, it looks like smooth sailing for him and his fiancée, Pam. But that's before Pam's parents meet Greg's parents, Bernie and Roz Focker.
Click to go to MELINDA AND MELINDAMELINDA AND MELINDA (2005)
Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn.
Click to go to MEMENTO MEMENTO (2001)
Darrel Manson reviews: "What is the nature of truth? Is truth made up of facts? Is truth subjective? Can you believe something into truth? Can you create your own truth? In Memento these questions form the real issue of the movie. In the movie, Leonard Shelby is a man who cannot create short-term memories..."
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHAMEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005)
Director: Rob Marshall. Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh
A nine-year old girl from a Japanese fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto. Able to survive the harsh treatment and training, she transforms herself into one of the most desirable geishas in the land, just as World War II begins to rear its head. Based on the runaway bestseller by Arthur Golden. —Overview
Click here to go to ME, MYSELF AND IRENEME, MYSELF AND IRENE (2000)
Denial and the journey to wholeness through unconditional love. Only the Farrelly Brothers could get a famous Hollywood actor to wrestle with a cow/demon in the middle of the road and shoot it 6 times. The symbolic nature of the scene is that Charlie is learning to face his road blocking demons rather than deny them.
Click to go to MIN2MEN IN BLACK II (2002)
Review by Will Lawrence Thompson: Perhaps the most important question Agents J and K struggle with is "Are we alone?" and "Is there anyone else out there?" Agent J tells us towards the beginning of the film that he wonders if he really makes a difference in the world. Sure, he saves the planet from destruction on a regular basis, but no one remembers, due to deneuralization. He walks down the street and no one knows him, no connections. His life feels empty...
lick to go to  THE MERCHANT OF VENICETHE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004)
Review by Darrel Manson: The key issue in this film is the relationship of justice and mercy. These represent two seemingly mutually exclusive concepts. How can one be both just and merciful at the same time? And yet we affirm both in relationship to God.
Click to go to THE MESSENGER THE MESSENGER (1999)
The story of Joan of Arc and her faith. The first half of this film is brilliant. Exciting. My two young daughters (12 and 14) were on the edge of their seats. But, something went amiss in the second half of the film. My daughters were perplexed, bewildered and they sank into their seats. In the first half Joan is portrayed as a person of profound and honest faith. In the second half of the film her faith is portrayed as doubtful. They left the theater silent. Their hero had been discredited and burned at the stake. It was very sad.
Click to go to THE MEXICANTHE MEXICAN (2001)
David Bruce reviews: "If two people really love each other. But, they just can't get it together. When do you get to that point where enough is enough? In an time of broken relationships and high divorce rates, this story is refreshing. It affirms the absolute importance to commitment..."
Michael is mentioned in the Bible MICHAEL (1996)
Imagine John Travolta as a biblical angel! Although the writers of this film make use of the Bible's Michael the archangel they make sure that he is not a stereotypical angel. He's overweight. He smokes. He's a sloppy eater. Because of this, and the fact that he hides his wings, most of the people in the film are unaware that he is an angel! But, the audience knows -we are allowed to see his wings right from the start. He is on a mission to help some self debased tabloid writers to rediscover life, passion, love and their dreams again.
Click to go to MIGHTY JOE YOUNG MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1998)
Disney's remake of the 1949 classic.
There are some interesting ties between this film and the Garden of Eden story in the Bible. The central African mountains are shown in all their primal beauty (the Garden) and the giant gorilla is spoken of by the natives of the area as the "Sacred Guardian" of paradise. Later in the film, when Joe is brought to a California animal preserve, the gala event speaker begins his introduction of Joe by saying, "The world began as a garden..." The tempters (serpent) in this story are the poachers who use their financial influence to tempt others to obtain their evil goals.
Click to go to MILLION DOLLAR BABYMILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
Review by Jacob Sahms:  The story focuses on the relationship between two friends: a mentor and a protégé, father and daughter figures who long for the restoration of family relationships they valued. We see the highest form of love develop between these two friends – a love that isn’t cheapened with stereotypical Hollywood romance, but that illustrates loyalty, devotion and respect.
Click to go to PAPER CLIPSMILLIONS (2004)
Danny Boyle once again reinvents the cinematic experience with a heartwarming story of two little boys, faith, miracles... and lots of money. Starting anew after the death of their mother, 9-year-old Anthony is ever practical, while his 7- year-old brother Damian uses imagination, fantasy, and faith to make sense of his confusing world. 
Click to go to MILLION DOLLAR HOTELTHE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (1999)
A place of the displaced. A story of friendship, betrayal and the overwhelming power of unconditional love. A gang of unique outcasts and misfits live in a downtown Los Angeles fleapit, known locally as the "Million Dollar Hotel"
Click here to go to MINIC MIMIC (1997)
A monster movie about salvation through the blood of the cross. You must check this one out!
Click to go to MIND HUNTERSMIND HUNTERS (2004)
When a simulated FBI training exercise turns shockingly real, with one of the agents meeting an unexpected demise, the profilers realize this is more than a final exam -- it’s a battle for their lives. Completely isolated, the agents have no choice but to solve the heinous crime on their own
Click to go to MINORITY REPORTMINORITY REPORT (2002)
Review by Michael Karounos: The area where the Pre-Cogs are kept is referred to as "The Temple"; the police officers are called "priests" and "clergy"; the punishment chamber for the future murderers is called a kind of "hell"; and the "handcuffs" are an immobilizing headset which is referred to as a "halo." Moreover, there are three Pre-Cogs (constituting a kind of trinity) and the warden of the "death penalty" wing is called Gideon.
Click to enlargeMIRACLE (2004)
Review by Melinda Ledman: The underdogs win an impossible battle against an impossible adversary. Sounds like the Biblical account of David and Goliath. David, a small sheep-herding boy, kills an actual giant with a sling shot. The Bible is full of underdogs who succeed at unlikely events. 

Click to go to MISS CONGENIALITYMISS CONGENIALITY (2000)
About transformation. The film can be related to the spiritual journey that all humans take. God purpose is to take us from "nothing" to something. Experiences in life are designed to make us better people. Like Gracie, we are all on a journey. Hopefully we learn from the past and push forward to our higher calling.

Click to go to MISS CONGENIALITY 2MISS CONGENIALITY 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Reeling from a broken romance and frustrated to find her newfound fame is jeopardizing the undercover work she loves, Gracie reluctantly lets her boss talk her into serving the Bureau in the only way now possible: coifed and styled for the talk show circuit as “the face of the FBI.”
Click to go to MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (2000)
Lots of mindless fun. Lots of thought provoking John Woo messianic apocalyptic symbolism.
Mission: Impossible IIIMISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006)
Abrams and Cruise turn the spy thriller on its ear as they hark back to the best aspects of the original TV series that inspired the films – a well-connected team of agents centered around a bold and heroic leader, the most exciting action stunts imaginable, and elaborate twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat. “M:i:III” is the action movie audiences have been waiting for.
Go to MISSION TO MARSMISSION TO MARS (2000)
Holding hands with ET and experiencing the life beyond. All life is connected not random chaos. Most reviews for Mission to Mars point out the numerous connections to other films and to our historical memory: The moon landing, Apollo 13, the recent Mars Mission, Star Wars' R2D2, ET, Encounters of the Third Kind, and 2001. It's all here and fun to watch for. I felt as if the connections to 2001, Apollo 13, etc. were meant to underscore this central and important idea of the film.
Click to go to MONA LISA SMILEMONA LISA SMILE (2003)
A review by Avril from China. Live by her own definitions without compromise to others, and see the world in her own eyes beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond image...
Click to go to MONSTERMONSTER (2003)
Review by Darrel Manson: How does a person become a monster? How does a woman become a serial killer? Are they born that way? Are they driven to it by abuse? Does something just snap and send them off on their killing spree? Do they drift into it like many people drift into their work?
Click to go to MONSTER IN LAWMONSTER-IN-LAW (2005)
After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte finally finds the man of her dreams, only to discover that his mother, Viola, is the woman of her nightmares. A recently fired national news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has just lost her career, Viola determines to scare off her son’s new fiancé by becoming the world’s worst mother-in-law.
Click to go to MONSTER'S BALL MONSTER'S BALL (2002)
Darrel Manson reviews:
Monster's Ball is a powerful movie about getting beyond the walls that hem us in. The film uses the visual metaphor of walls throughout. We spend much of our time looking through various kinds of walls.
Click to go to MONSTERS, INC.MONSTERS, INC. (2001)
Greg Wright reviews: There's something new at work in Monsters Inc. I'll be bold enough to claim that Monsters Inc. is evidence that an entirely new way of thinking of entertainment has taken root in our culture, and is now being extended into children's entertainment. Let me explain.
Click to go to LIFE OF BRIANMONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (rereleased 2004)
Review by Jenn Wright: The entire film is a comedy of misunderstandings, and fluctuates rapidly between the ridiculous and the absurd in human nature. I can't say it's a veritable lesson in piety or profundity, and it doesn't need to be. After all, it is Monty Python...  
Cliick to go MOTHMAN PROPHECIESMOTHMAN PROPHECIES (2002)
With RealVideo. David Bruce reviews: Based on true events. It Examines a series of inexplicable occurrences through the eyes - and mind - of one man, who is driven to extremes to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his wife's death - and how they might be connected to the strange phenomena in a town four hundred miles away...
Click to go to MOTORCYCLE DIARIESMOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2004)
Revew by Darrel Manson: It is interesting that the qualities that transformed Ernesto into the Communist revolutionary Che are so similar to the qualities that can also transform us into servants of Christ. Those “great feelings of love” can be just as transformative in our lives as they were in the life of Ernesto Guevara, but to a higher purpose.
Click to go to MOULIN ROGUEMOULIN ROGUE (2001)
David Bruce reviews: This is an incredible cinematic achievement filled with pop culture images and sounds. It is features recent tunes set in 1900. On a deeper level this story is about the needless divorce between Christian spirituality and natural sensuality. It is a romance between "Satan" and "Christ".
Click to go to Mr. 3000MR. 3000 (2004)
Review by Chris Utley: Stan Ross, a retired Milwaukee Brewer who finds out 9 years after getting his 3,000 hit in Major League Baseball that 3 of those hits don’t count. Bold, brassy, and stone-cold in love with himself, Stan goes on a mission to reclaim those 3 missing hits en route to his rightful place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Click to go to MR. AND MRS. SMITHMR. AND MRS. SMITH (2005)
A bored married couple discover that they are enemy assassins. John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each of them has a secret -- they are actually both legendary assassins working for competing organizations. When the truth comes out, John and Jane end up in each other's cross-hairs.
Click to go to MR. DEEDMR. DEEDS (2002)
Review by David Bruce:
Director Steven Brill states, "This is not really a movie about a man changing. Deeds doesn't go from bad guy to redeemed guy. He is who he is all the way through--a great, charming guy. He has a crisis of faith because he doesn't trust his heart, but he is always within himself and knows who he is. "
Click to go to MR IBREHAMMR. IBRAHAM (2003)
Review by Darrel Manson: Ibraham is a model of a faithful Muslim who is kind, loving and peaceful. If we are to learn to live in a world with diversity, we must be ready to discover the Ibrahams around us and to begin to seek the bonds that we share with them, as Momo and Ibrahim did.
MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONTMRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT (2005)
This simple yet compelling human drama focuses on an enchanting friendship between friends with ages differing by half a century. I think what made me really cry is the thought that this film may be more of a fantasy than The Lord of the Rings.
Click to go to THE MUMMYTHE MUMMY (1999)
This film is a full-scale re-imagining of Universal Pictures' seminal 1932 film, The Mummy. It is a rousing, humorous, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Click to  go to THE RETURN OF THE MUMMYTHE MUMMY RETURNS (2001)
Betty Hamm reviews: "Why are people swarming to this sequel in record-breaking numbers? Is it because it raises questions about what happens after we die and whether good truly can overcome evil? Interestingly, it shows a literal hell of fire and torment..." ALSO, Mike Furches' latest review.
MUNICHMUNICH
Although Munich is not without its flaws, this 2-hour and 44-minute film ranks among the year’s best. It is an engaging, if not historically accurate, political thriller that is provoking discussion of the most-talked about moral questions of our day. —Overview and reviews
Click to go to MURDERBALLMURDERBALL (2005)
The story follows the US Quad Rugby team beginning with the 2002 world championships in Sweden through the 2004 Paralympic competition in Athens. To give the film a bit of narrative flow, we discover that there is a rivalry developing between the US and Canadian teams. The US has dominated this sport for years. But a former (and disgruntled) US player has gone north to coach Team Canada. To the Americans, this is a betrayal.
Click to go to MURDER BY NUMBERSMURDER BY NUMBERS (2002)
The body of a young woman is found in a ditch in the woods of the small California coastal town of San Benito. SANDRA BULLOCK stars as Cassie Mayweather, the seasoned homicide detective and crime scene specialist assigned to the case along with her new partner Sam Kennedy.
Click to go to MURPHY'S ROMANCE MURPHEY'S ROMANCE (1985)
Wants a mature relationship -- something based more on friendship and values than passion.
Click to go to MUST LOVE DOGSMUST LOVE DOGS (2005)
"Must Love Dogs" centers on a divorcee (Lane) who, after choosing another Mr. Wrong, swears off dating. Her close-knit Irish-American family enrolls her in a number of online dating programs. The film is based on Claire Cook's 2002 novel.
Go to MY DOG SKIP MY DOG SKIP (2000)
A Christ-like dog. 3 days in a tomb. Brings new life. Lives on in Willie's heart
Click to go to MYSTIC RIVERMYSTIC RIVER (2003)
Review by Darrel Manson: When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy, Dave and Sean spent their days playing stickball on the street. Twenty-five years later, the three find themselves thrust back together by another life altering event - the murder of Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter.
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