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Director Patty Jenkins’s debut feature Monster, chronicles the sanguinous final chapter of infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos and the personal trials that may have led to her murder of seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself...
...Setting the Record Straight Unusual Exchange Our story "The Monster Within," on Pakistan's violent extremist group Jaish-e-Muhammad [Jan. 26], referred to the group's leader, Maulana Masood Azhar. We said, incorrectly, that "Azhar was released from an Indian jail in a prisoner exchange in December 2000." Azhar was released from an Indian prison in December 1999 in exchange for 155 passengers from a hijacked Indian airliner...
There's a definite scarcity of good monsters these days. Oh, nobody says anything about it--nobody wants to be outed as a monster lover--but really nasty, credible, plausible evil is in short supply. (At least in the world of fiction. Plenty of it running around in real life.) Voldemort? Cardboard. Magneto? Not bad, except for that silly hat. Sauron? He's an eyeball. What, he's going to blink you to death...