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...certainly is no super-parent: his children, the detached teenager Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and the snarky Rachel (Dakota Fanning) both seem to resent and distrust him, even as airplanes fall from the sky and neighbors get vaporized with lasers. Apparently it’s hard to appease the wrath of bratty children. “War of the Worlds” ultimately becomes the story of the reconciliation between parent and children; everything else is just trappings...
Despite his odd off-screen romance with starlet Katie Holmes, it’s impossible to dislike Cruise, and his character’s shortcomings as a parent are quickly forgiven once people start dying. His children continue to oppose him in the movie, though, and you frequently wish that he’d just ditch them, or at least put a muzzle on Fanning to stop the shrieking...
...solo albums, which included such R. and B. hits as Give Me the Reason, Here and Now and Love Won't Let Me Wait. But he longed for a chart-topping crossover, which he achieved in 2003 with the starkly intimate Dance With My Father, a homage to the parent he lost at age 7. When accepting four Grammy Awards last year via videotape, a wheelchair-bound Vandross said: "Remember, when I say goodbye, it's never for long...
...more flavors than ever, ranging from $30 disposables to pricey models that record to DVD instead of digital tape. But for artful documentation of family fun, the sweet spot belongs to midrange cams, priced as low as $300. Thanks to tech advances?and free editing software?any kid or parent can indulge a filmmaking jones at modest cost, with great results. Our director's guide...
...dismissed the idea of any such calculation. "I am solely responsible for this decision, and the threat of fines never figured into my thinking," he said. He added that he did not consult with Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore or Richard Parsons, CEO of Time Warner, Time Inc.'s parent...