My Sister’s Keeper

By Renee Scolaro Mora

If the adults in My Sister's Keeper are repeatedly compromised in the honesty department, the children seem to embody truth physically. [26 June 2009]

Alpha Dog (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The film identifies a limited range of possible "reasons" for the murder, most having to do with ignorance, by the victim, the aggressors, the parents, and the 30 some "witnesses," numbered on screen. [12 January 2007]

John Q (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

After 'Collateral Damage', you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned. But no. Here comes 'John Q'. [14 February 2002]

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