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...through a ravaged American landscape that has been destroyed by some unspecified disaster. Both the inner and outer lives of the father and son are essential to the novel’s message. The external scenes where the pair hide from a band of roaming cannibals or chase a thief who stole a shopping cart holding their only food are filled with a basic human vitality that is lacking in “American Pastoral.” Moreover, a simple exchange in dialogue in which the father asks his son if he is cold is saturated with more genuine...
...half goat. On the other hand, he has unusual parents, he's supposed to decide the fate of the world, and there is a series of best-selling books based on his teen years. With the Feb. 12 release of the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, he has a chance to notch up another similarity. Can Jackson conjure up anything close to Potterphilia...
Shutter Island's success was bad news for last weekend's top three films. Valentine's Day lost 70% of last week's audience, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 51% and The Wolfman, an expensive flop, 69%. Percy Jackson could be the only film of the trio that isn't a one-week wonder. Of the returning films in the weekend's top 15, the one with the most modest drop, 26%, was Dwayne Johnson's kid comedy Tooth Fairy, which shows how little staying power the other movies have...
...Shutter Island, $40.2 million, first weekend 2. Valentine's Day, $17.2 million; $87.4 million, second week 3. Avatar, $16.1 million; $687.8 million, tenth week 4. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, $15.3 million; $58.8 million, second week 5. The Wolfman, $9.8 million; $50.3 million, second week 6. Dear John, $7.3 million; $66 million, third week 7. Tooth Fairy, $4.5 million; $49.9 million, fifth week 8. Crazy Heart, $3 million; $21.6 million, tenth week 9. From Paris With Love, $2.5 million; $21.2 million, third week 10. Edge of Darkness, $2.2 million; $40.3 million, fourth week...
...vaccine theory also offers an appealingly simple explanation for a devastating and confusing ailment that seems to arrive like a thief in the night. It has been diagnosed with ever greater frequency, and the number of vaccines given in childhood has also grown in the past 20 years, making them an easy target for blame. Experts believe much of the increase in autism-spectrum-disorder diagnoses stems from better detection, less stigma and broader definitions of autism, but this explanation fails to satisfy many afflicted families...