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These important documentaries about online abuse and the works of Terrence McNally attempt to illuminate empathy and social awareness at a time when it is being woefully ignored.

As much effort as apparently went into it, the film nonetheless feels like a pit stop for everyone involved.

For Rorschach, there are clear lines between good and evil, and in this he is the most traditional of the superheroes in Watchmen.

Who will watch the Watchmen? Not their creator, Alan Moore. And while he seems to be alone in his condemnation with the latest adaptation of his work, Moore's steadfast position deserves some real attention.

The movie doesn't stay fixed on its well-drawn sociological cul-de-sac; the score becomes ominous.

Lisa (Kerry Washington) is Lakeview Terrace's most dislocated figure, caught between an overbearing father and a frenzied husband.

What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

More troubling than Evening's technical failures, the film suffers from a host of cynical political and social themes that undercut the drama throughout.

Director Todd Field's eye for the minutiae of the everyday is impeccable.

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