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[See “Entry from July 16, 2008” under “My Diary”]
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[See “Entry from July 16, 2008” under “My Diary”]
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A poor evocation of the Cold War, this movie redeems itself with a portrayal of men doing their best to cope with a colossal military screw-up.
The fine Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar employs his talents unworthily on behalf of propaganda for “the right to die”
The former satirist Morgan Spurlock makes the mistake of taking on a subject to which he is more sympathetic than he is to McDonald’s, the Bush administration or product placement
Another slow moving film about an encounter between Japan and the West in which two things happen — two more than in Oscar nominated Lost in Translation
Saving Grace, written by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy and directed by Nigel Cole, I found a surprisingly charming and thoroughly entertaining film until about three quarters of the way through, when it lapsed into a tired druggy fantasy that made the rest of the thing look bad retrospectively. I think the key to making…
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