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Elizabethtown

Like several other recent films, this Cameron Crowe film deals with the cultural divide separating urban and rural, East and West, the coast and the heartland with some subtlety and understanding

This claymation movie is delightful from start to finish, introducing some charming new characters to the series

Their critical obsession with the subversive is borne out in the reaction to the latest releases by David Cronenberg and Roman Polanski

The documentary about five missionaries killed in Ecuador 50 years ago shows the transforming power of Christ


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Jodie Foster stars in a thriller that begins with promise, but ends in silliness

Writer and director Andrew Niccol, often full of intriguing ideas (as in Gattaca and The Truman Show), here falters

There isn't much subtlety, but there is a lot going on both visually and narratively for a family film

The film quickly jettisons any sense of realism in plotting and character and dives into archetypes and sensationalism

It's definitely not a film for all tastes or sensibilities, but its ability to reject clichés is quite an achievement

Fernando Meirelles' first film earned three Oscar nominations in 2004