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...October 2007, Captain Sam Cahill (Maguire) is preparing for another tour of duty, this time in Afghanistan. That leaves him just enough time to say goodbye to his loving wife Grace (Portman) and their two bright young daughters and to fetch from prison his wastrel brother Tommy (Gyllenhaal), who is at the end of his sentence for assaulting a bank teller. Shortly after arriving in Afghanistan, Sam's plane is shot down and crashes; he and his men are believed dead, and Grace soon gets the awful news. In fact, he and another Marine have been captured by a Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brothers: A Family at War with Itself | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

...film, and of course it was there first, but the new picture has a more impressive cast and a director who is sensitive to just about every nuance of character and situation. Tommy at first seems a malingering loser, blaming his situation on everyone but himself - his stern father (Sam Shepard) and even Sam, who loves him and sticks up for him - and when Sam is reported dead, Tommy typically thinks he's the center of the tragedy. But Gyllenhaal slowly works his way out of the viewer's suspicions; meanwhile, Portman shows us a devastated woman in need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brothers: A Family at War with Itself | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

...Sam would be a great asset to scientists because he thinks about why scientists do what they do,” Tolonen said...

Author: By NICOLE SAVDIE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Claims One Marshall Scholar | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...going to win. There is no doubt in my mind,” said Sam B. Novey ’11, who serves as the Social Media Organizer for the campaign...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Khazei Confident Before Primary | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...than her beauty. The Lees' adult daughter, photojournalist Grace (Zoe Kazan), is crazy about her daddy, but when she directs her attention at her mother it's usually to give her a scathing look. Pippa's neurotic friend Sandra (Winona Ryder) chafing under her own marriage to the overbearing Sam, describes Pippa as "peaceful and good," ostensibly with admiration, but the undercurrent is "you're complacent and boring." We expect to agree, yet Pippa ends up being one of the most intriguing cinematic women of the year. (See TIME's 2009 Holiday Movie guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pippa Lee: Robin Wright Penn's Moment | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

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