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...this motive bears little in the way of transformation or even explanation. The 1996 movie “Shine,” whose plot is almost identical to that of “The Soloist,” traced the struggles and recovery of pianist David Helfgott to a provocative and satisfying resolution. Unlike that movie, however, “The Soloist” never answers the question it first posited: can music and human care provide the courage to reclaim what’s been lost? This does not take away from the genuine nature of the film?...
...Practices & Research: Clinical Rheumatology” retracted last year. The retraction came after a data-comparison search engine found that about half the text of the article was taken verbatim from a paper published in 2003. Though he had not spoken directly with Simon about the matter, Simon M. Helfgott, a rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said that he believed Simon had intimated to others that the paper had been written by a third party before he himself signed off on it. “Unfortunately for him, that is not a defense that is acceptable...
...game, she operates alone. Now, perhaps, Croft has too many sidekicks. The spectral presence of her father (played by Jolie's real-life dad, Jon Voight) is a cute addition, but we could probably do without the cockney comic relief called Bryce (played by Noah Taylor, the teenage David Helfgott in Shine). At any rate, Jolie feels right at home in her strange new world. "All the reasons I'm right for this movie are all the reasons I've been told I wasn't right for things," says Jolie. "I was always told I was too dark, strange looking...
...game, she operates alone. Now, perhaps, Croft has too many sidekicks. The spectral presence of her father (played by Jolie's real-life dad, Jon Voight) is a cute addition, but we could probably do without the cockney comic relief called Bryce (played by Noah Taylor, the teenage David Helfgott in "Shine"). At any rate, Jolie feels right at home in her strange new world. "All the reasons I'm right for this movie are all the reasons I've been told I wasn't right for things," says Jolie. "I was always told I was too dark, strange-looking...
...deep in concentration--deep enough that you might mistake him for the young pianist David Helfgott from the movie "Shine"--but he's also smiling...