“Extraordinary Measures” illustrates the deep divide between rhetoric and reality for families caring for children with special needs.
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Creation Story: A new film portrays the evolution of Darwins thought.
Like Charles Darwin, the film “Creation” seems inclined to think that God and evolution can co-exist.
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This Girl’s Life: A young woman comes of age in “An Education”
In “An Education” Jenny is a bright sixteen-year-old who feels trapped in her early-1960s English town.
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Flying Solo: A road movie for the Great Recession
“Up in the Air” is a heady mix of social drama, dark comedy and, figuratively speaking, mile-high romance.
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The Ballad of Jeff Bridges: In “Crazy Heart,” a journeyman actor is allowed to shine
The journeyman actor’s turn as a country crooner in “Crazy Heart” is the perfect marriage of media hype and craftsmanship.
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Flying Solo: The unsettling isolationism of ‘Up in the Air’
‘Up in the Air’ recognizes a harsh reality beneath its own verbal dexterity and slick packaging.
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No God. No Problem?: Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones”
The hope and solace provided by “The Lovely Bones” is fleeting at best–secular humanism with special effects.
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Animal Planet: The wry pleasures of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
In “Fantastic Mr. Fox” the characters live in a land with more pragmatism and depth than the quirky animation suggests.
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Looking Beyond Redemption: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”