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...crimes he has committed. “My wife and daughter can’t feel anything,” Butler replies without missing a beat. “They’re dead.” Believe it or not, this is the film at its most profound. “Law Abiding Citizen” aspires to be a smart thriller akin to director F. Gary Gray’s last hit, “The Italian Job,” but it ends up an unintentional comedy through its ludicrous premise and prolific overacting...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Law Abiding Citizen' | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...sassy,” habitually dropping F-bombs just to make his intentions clear, and in one shot, coolly walking away from an explosion as if he deals with them on a daily basis in his law practice. Meanwhile, Butler makes a sad attempt at portraying a psychotic yet profound killer. When a cellmate asks him how he ended up in prison, Butler cryptically responds, “I did what I had to do.” Well, that clears everything...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Law Abiding Citizen' | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...began, deserves special praise for his expressive portrayal of Max, convincingly presenting him as both obnoxious brat and benevolent dictator. Max emerges as a much more nuanced and developed character in the film than his literary counterpart. He is less impish and more thoughtful, and he experiences a more profound realization at the movie’s end. The creation and destruction of the home is a recurring motif. Max is seen building forts, igloos, and king’s quarters, but none of these endure or give him the safety he seeks. Likewise, the Wild Things are drawn...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Where the Wild Things Are' | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

According to the Global Deterioration Scale, stage 7 is the stage of dementia characterized by not only profound memory deficits but also the inability to recognize family members, communicate verbally, walk, or feed oneself...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Pushes Better End of Life Care for Dementia | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...after the war her mother spent five years in a Soviet work camp. Müller was a member of Romania's German-speaking minority - almost no one in Nitzkydorf spoke anything else. This paradoxical sense that even in her homeland, she was in exile, would have a profound effect on her work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Writer Herta Müller: Another Nobel Surprise | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

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