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...thirds of the axis of evil, then, America is proactive. But in the case of Iran, U.S. policy is a mystery. In a Washington speech on Dec. 4, Richard Haass, director of policy planning in the State Department, noted "a widespread popular clamor for reform" in Iran, "which will hopefully result in greater democracy and greater openness." But the Administration has never spelled out the extent to which it supports the reformers in Iran, much less said how it might help them. It should do so now. --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington, Matthew Forney/Beijing, J.F.O. McAllister/London, Donald Macintyre/Seoul and Azadeh...
...pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Theoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by the evil Saruman (Christopher Lee). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) bands with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's soldier-clones. But the film's true battle is between Frodo the Hobbit (Elijah Wood) and the great Ring in his care. Frodo can feel its power to sap and seduce. He can see it too in Gollum, a creepy creature who has been corrupted by having once possessed the Ring. Gollum's cringing present could be the Hobbit's future...
There's a triangular conflict--an evil man, the rival he has treated like a son and the woman (Cameron Diaz) they both have loved and used--with three stars at the top of their form. DiCaprio's winsomeness has matured into a wily assurance that doesn't rely on bravado. Diaz, stifling the giggles, displays a grave, bruised beauty. Day-Lewis struts with the insane intensity and twisted grin of early Robert De Niro; the Butcher loves the monster he has become...
McGrath stays focused on the heart of his story, the conflict between perfect good and perfect evil, making for a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen: the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions...
...disagree with the idea that fantasy is popular because it is an escape from the real world, that all fantasy is simple, black-and-white and unrealistic. The deeper meaning of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is that there is potential for evil in us all and there is also potential for good. Although the hobbit hero Frodo may have failed to resist the temptation of the magic Ring, it is the slithery Gollum--thought to be nothing more than a nuisance--who ultimately destroys the Ring. Tolkien presents these profound ideas in the guise of an old-fashioned...