Dallas D.A. Says Supremes Should Take Jimenez Case

Watkins asking court to decide standard for actual innocence

"...What does it take to prove actual innocence? That is among the questions now before the U.S...."

Oct. 31, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Rooting Out the Causes of Wrongful Conviction

Commission would investigate wrongful convictions

"...decade since legislation was first filed to create an "innocence commission" to investigate the causes of wrongful convictions in..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Rules of Engagement

"...help matters that the opening sequences demonstrate the Marine's innocence of the charges against him, thus deflating any tension..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rodney Reed Clemency Filing Cites Fourth New Witness

Former prison mate says Fennell confessed crime in 2010

"...Rodney Reed’s attorneys at the Innocence Project have been very busy in recent weeks advocating..."

Oct. 31, 2019 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Watch: Tomar & the FCs Soundtrack Visceral Dance Fantasy

“Innocence” advances new album Rise Above

"...As glimpsed in the new video for “Innocence,” Tomar Williams stokes a fire in listeners. When two..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...For an interview with director Alejandro Landes, read "Innocence Reappraised in Monos," Sept. 29...."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goodbye Christopher Robin

The story of A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh

"...that film. More succinctly, it’s a veddy British-by-way-of-Marvel-Comics creation: innocence lost, “with great power comes great responsibility,” postwar warts..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

An animated adaptation of the beloved book series

"...the way it contextualizes this lowbrow comedy. There’s an innocence about it all, a rarity in this genre, one..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history

"...fall into. As the women languish in prison, the Innocence Project of Texas get involved, one of the children..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

’71

A kinetic chase movie uses the Troubles of Northern Ireland as its setting

"...Innocence not merely lost but totally obliterated is the looming..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stalingrad

3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.

"...– not to mention a keenly mournful loss of innocence. This film’s humanistic subplots bring to mind both Saving..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swearingen to CCA: Please Test the Evidence

State says testing won't prove innocence

"...morning, because no amount of evidence could demonstrate Swearingen's innocence...."

Dec. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Eagle

This sword-and-sandals epic is an old-fashioned boys' adventure tale about Roman warriors in the second century.

"...part) nor bloody battle injury to scar its PG-13 innocence. That means this sword-and-sandals epic is also a mildly..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cheri

Another dangerous liaison, this one based on the Colette novella, reunites director Stephen Frears and star Michelle Pfeiffer.

"...she’s had some mighty swoons in The Age of Innocence and Frears' Dangerous Liaisons – there’s fixedness and control...."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.

"...advancing maturity while sacrificing none of the series' innate innocence. Quite a feat, that, considering that before the plot..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Everyone's favorite stoner pals are back; this time running from the law after being mistaken for terrorists.

"...road trip across the American South to prove their innocence. Along the way, they run into a whole cavalcade..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

This Brazilian film is set against the twinned, opposing backdrops of the explosive 1970 World Cup and the human toll of the country's brutal military dictatorship.

"...Brazil's ever-present, ever-populous Jewry; or the fine line between innocence and soccer as metaphor for the sublimely unreal realpolitik..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enchanted

Romance, dry satire, and musical comedy blend in this new Disney film, which stars a delightful Amy Adams.

"...its heart and soul. Her ability to play wild-eyed innocence with a biting comic edge never disappoints. And as..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Outsourced

When a Seattle man is transferred to India due to outsourcing, he overcomes his aversion and becomes the eventual poster boy for immersing, life-altering travel.

"...world but almost – almost – convincing in its innocence...."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The King

First-time filmmaker James Marsh delivers a Texas gothic that stars Gael García Bernal and William Hurt, but the characters lack depth and humanity.

"...carries out the cruel acts with an oh-so-ironic boyish innocence. The usually reliable García Bernal alternates among about three..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

The Notorious Bettie Page

Gretchen Mol dazzles as the titular pinup girl, but the film raises many more questions about the enigmatic icon than it answers.

"...as the real thing, she's got the sassy, wide-eyed innocence down pat. Moving from Tennessee to New York to..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DiG!

DiG! transcends the typical "rock movie" format and aspires to something greater: an examination of why we create and what we receive from art.

"...shoots to pot busts in Homer, Ga.; and from innocence to experience. It’s a gripping journey, one that exposes..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Shall We Dance?

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon co-star in in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.

"...than a rumba lesson, Gere’s performance communicates a boyish innocence that eventually leads you to conclude that he’s only..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ted Bundy

"...interesting, depicting the process of 1970s America losing its innocence: Once a curio of psychology classes and the subject..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Come Undone

"...a candid depiction of the long, gravelly road from innocence to maturity, revealed moment by moment. Audiences who are..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Road Home

"...simple, with a storybook romance quality and a fundamental innocence, and more intimate than Zhang's previous efforts. The range..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gimme Shelter

This film, which captures that awful moment at Altamont, is a documentary that seemingly captures the very moment when the peace-and-love generation lost its naivete and innocence.

"...moment when the peace-and-love generation lost its naivete and innocence. The Stones perform classics from the time such as..."

Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Felicia's Journey

"...familiar themes of distance, alienation, bad timing, and the innocence of children and their despoilment by adults. Bob Hoskins..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ogre

"...country bumpkin into “The Ogre,” a black-cloaked stealer of innocence both literal and metaphorical, is wrenching in Schlondorff's unvarnished..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Winslow Boy

"...relentlessly, comes to the conclusion that his protestations of innocence are truthful. Sister Catherine, meanwhile, finds her impending marriage..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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