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...name of a smart new melodrama written by Josh Olson (from a well-known graphic novel) and made by director David Cronenberg. The movie sees gunplay infecting a series of peaceful small-town settings: a quiet motel, a friendly diner, the home of the most honorable citizen in Millbrook, Ind. He is Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), and he enjoys an idyllic life with his lovely, loving wife (Maria Bello) and their two kids. When Tom uses some surprisingly expert moves to defend his diner, he becomes a local hero. His sudden, splendid fame attracts the attention of some...
...Stall runs both his Millbrook, Ind., luncheonette and his family -wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son and kindergartenish daughter -with a gentle authority. Tom is the quiet, good-humored sort of fellow small-towners are proud to call one of their own, especially after he thwarts an armed robbery of his business by two vicious thugs. Thanks to his surprisingly adroit gunplay, they're dead and he's a hero, with a sudden fame that makes him uncomfortable. His unease escalates when some other toughs, led by one-eyed Fogerty (Ed Harris), drop in, declaring that Tom is one Joey...
DIED. RACHEL KEMPSON, 92, matriarch of the Redgrave acting family; at her home in Millbrook, N.Y. Best known in the U.S. as the wife of actor Michael Redgrave and mother of actors Vanessa, Corin and Lynn Redgrave, she stood on her own in Britain, where she was much admired for her Shakespearean roles (below, as Ariel in The Tempest...
First it was rising seas and altered weather. Now, say experts writing in Science, global warming is helping spread disease as well--not just in humans but also in oysters, butterflies, birds and plants. Says co-author Richard Ostfeld of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.: "The evidence cuts across so many diseases and organisms that it has us quite alarmed...
...September issues of a number of women's and parenting magazines, they saw the very first ads promoting these same medications. Considered Schedule II controlled substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration, they are among the most addictive and abused drugs that are still legal. Says Patricia Weathers, a Millbrook, N.Y., mother pushing for a law like Connecticut's: "It seems like every time we take a step forward, they come back and hit us harder...