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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Or is marriage an institution that still hews to its old intention and function - to raise the next generation, to protect and teach it, to instill in it the habits of conduct and character that will ensure the generation's own safe passage into adulthood? Think of it this way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

Who is left to ensure that these kids grow up into estimable people once the Mark Sanfords and other marital frauds and casual sadists have jumped ship? The good among us, the ones who are willing to sacrifice the thrill of a love letter for the betterment of their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

It was a lot of hard work. [Dillinger] wasn't an easy character to approach. There's something iconic about his presence in American gangster lore, and you also have him as portrayed by Johnny Depp, a very inward guy who offers glimpses of being gregarious. Getting that inner turbulence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Composer Elliot Goldenthal | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

Despite the fact that a paleontologist would have fits over the various licenses co-directors Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeier take with the dinosaur world ("I thought these guys were extinct," Ellie says, echoing our confusion), the movie does improve once it gets into the lush underground. That's largely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Frozen Stereotypes | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

So the best character in the third Ice Age is a shameless rip-off of one of the most tried and true characters in recent cinematic history. Given the rest of the franchise, the limited creativity is not surprising. But what's really frustrating about the movie is how little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Frozen Stereotypes | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

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