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“With ‘Middlesex,’ I was writing about a character who was very different from me,” he said. The main character, Cal, has a genetic mutation and is intersex. “I had to find connections to my own...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eugenides Dispenses Advice to Aspiring Writers at Advocate | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

This is the sort of movie where it almost feels as though the person who wrote the second page never read the first. A film where a character can tell a girl that he likes “Pride and Prejudice” because it reminds him of the hazards...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Good Guy | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

What follows is a predictable love triangle in which Fielding’s protégé slowly grows closer with Fielding’s girlfriend. But to move us along without waiting for such inconveniences as “character development,” the script decides to just...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Good Guy | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Hence, there is Dan’s miraculous transformation from a borderline autistic into a Wall Street whiz who is also the life of Beth’s book club. (It’s a girls-only book club, but this film is far too clever to be derailed by...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Good Guy | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Other actors, however, fare slightly better. Gere plays Officer Eddie Dugan, who has a week left until his retirement. This has been the day he has been living for during his time of service, and his lack of drive is evident from his fellow officers’ disdain for him...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brooklyn's Finest | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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