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Mulan

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The early medieval "Ballad of Mulan" tells of the exploits of a heroine who, disguised as a man, distinguished herself as a warrior. In 1998, this classic of Chinese folk literature [...]

Tenet

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Sixty years ago, Rod Taylor hopped on a fancy sled for a loopy journey into the future in "The Time Machine." Twenty-five years later, Michael J. Fox went in the opposite [...]

Bill & Ted Face the Music

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Remember Bill & Ted? Way back in 1989, they had an "Excellent Adventure" while two years later they experienced a "Bogus Journey." Nearly three decades on from that second teen outing, [...]

The New Mutants

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Billed as the 13th and final installment of the "X-Men" film series, "The New Mutants" (20th Century) slams the lid on the coffin of a once-mighty franchise with a resounding thud. [...]

Get Duked!

NEW YORK (CNS) -- In 1956, Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, established a program designed, in part, to expose young city dwellers to the glories of the wilderness. It was named the Duke of Edinburgh's [...]

The 24th

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The 24th" (Vertical) is the rare historical drama that plays out like a horror film. The story succeeds best in giving names, faces and context to the participants in what became [...]

Fatima

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Fatima" (Picturehouse), a fact-based drama from director and co-writer Marco Pontecorvo, recounts what may rank as the most remarkable series of religious events of modern times. Namely, the 1917 apparitions of [...]

Chemical Hearts

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Much like the early-'90s R.E.M. song "Everybody Hurts," the somber drama "Chemical Hearts" (Amazon) aims to send young people the message that being a teenager is an experience that can be [...]

Words on Bathroom Walls

NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the case of a physical ailment, distinguishing between the patient and his or her disease is a straightforward matter. That distinction is -- or, at least, can be -- less [...]

Made in Italy

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Real-life father and son Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson team up to play a fictional parent-grown-child duo in "Made in Italy" (IFC), a blend of comedy, drama and romance written and [...]

The Secret Garden

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The Secret Garden" (STX) is the fourth film adaptation of the beloved 1911 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924). It joins such recent films as 2019's "Little Women" in introducing [...]