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Before he dies, Moses is granted a valedictory. Tradition attributes all Deuteronomy to the period before his death, and it contains a recap of Israelite history, an extraordinary catalog of law and ritual, and a near Shakespearean exhortation to the generation that will cross into Canaan. Here is an old man's blind bitterness--"The Lord was wrathful with me on your account"--and here his prophetic dictate: "Justice, justice, shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that the Lord is giving...
...went up from the steppes of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, opposite Jericho," recounts the Bible. And then, "Moses the servant of the Lord died there at the command of the Lord. He [God] buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, near Beth-peor; and no one knows his burial place to this day." There follows this spare but eloquent elegy. "Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses--whom the Lord singled out, face to face...
...Egypt opens on Dec. 18, he will have circled the globe--visiting six countries in six days in November and nine in 11 days in December--to publicize the film in some of the more than 50 countries where it will debut this month. He has met with nearly 700 clerics and scholars, journeyed to the Vatican, and addressed groups ranging from some faculty members of the Harvard divinity school (to seek their wisdom) to 4,000 Wal-Mart employees in Texas (to inspire them to sell a special Prince of Egypt promotional package). As the opening draws near...
Expelled from school--you can't expect him to keep his grades up with all those extracurriculars nagging at him--Max goes ballistically obsessive in his passion for the teacher. And his friendship with Blume turns into a nasty, near murderous rivalry. Suddenly Max is no longer quite as adorable as we thought he was. And an often deft, frequently droll little movie turns into an increasingly desperate juggling act, first trying to keep too many dark and weighty emotional objects aloft, then trying to bring them back to hand in a graceful and satisfying way. The goodwill Rushmore...
Four big cartoon movies may soon be playing in a Cineplex near you. Life is short, so which one should you choose to see? Here's a handy-dandy chart with all you need to know about the adventures of Z-4195, Moses, Dil Pickles and Flik...