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Apocalyptic "Road" Winds to a Hopeful Place
The movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road is a story of a father and son trying to survive after an apocalyptic event. Although God is discussed, he is never embraced, yet The Road shows the importance of the power of hope to overcome bitterness and cynicism.
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"Old Dogs" Could've Used a Few New Tricks
Old Dogs could've used a few new tricks, namely a stronger, less-schmaltzy script, a more convincing friendship between protagonists played by John Travolta and Robin Williams, and well, a few more laughs that don't involve bodily functions.
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Quirky "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Lives Up to Its Title
It's nearly impossible to overstate how wonderful this movie is. Living up to its title as well as any film of recent memory, Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox is a whirlwind of madcap humor, surprising emotion and true artistry.
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Action and Heartbreak, Not Romance, the Focal Point of "New Moon"
With a strikingly different tone than it's swoony, spooky counterpart Twilight, New Moon actually answers the age-old question that most romantic comedy scripts never have the opportunity to: What happens after the girl actually lands the man—or in this case, vampire—of her dreams?
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"The Blind Side" Shows Faith in Action
After burnishing her star power with the summer hit The Proposal, Sandra Bullock embodies Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side and, in the process, creates one of the year’s more memorable characters. And she’s no fictional creation.
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So-So "Planet 51" Gets a Boost from Much Better Movies
While recycling old ideas was basically status quo, surprisingly enough, borrowing from other otherworldly space-age flicks including Stars Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. and Alien actually elevates Planet 51’s overall enjoyment factor.
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The End All, Cure All for Hiccups
Not all hiccups are just momentary inconveniences in our lives. Some are long-term sources of intense pain, heartache and struggle. Whatever you are...
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Available and Vulnerable
What seems to stand in the way of me living a life of true service and being "available and vulnerable" is just plain old me. I'm not unlike James and...
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