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...Silk’s car, now cowering in fear of her psychopathic ex-husband, Lester (a grizzled and frightening Ed Harris). Both actors seem hampered by the hefty burdens imposed on their characters, while director Robert Benton—whose previous work includes the multiple Oscar-winner Kramer vs. Kramer—has the impression that gratuitous nudity is a sufficient replacement for any semblance of a coherent plot line...
Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart) has always attended to the subtlest emotional vectors. He sees that though this film's theme may be racial prejudice, it is really the story of a man deciding, late in life, to love the unknown--what is beyond books, pride, even self. To learn that lesson is to turn a stain into a blessing. --By Richard Corliss
...Long since the president’s announcement that the war-fighting was over, American soldiers have continued to die in Iraq on a daily basis; public discouragement increases over the uncertainty and dislocation of extended periods of service of our soldiers and reserves; an “infrastructure vs. infrastructure” controversy has emerged over concerns that money being requested for Iraq is not available for urgent unfunded needs at home; the schism between high expenses of an assertive foreign policy and domestic tax and budget cuts is becoming more palpable; and public opinion polls have begun...
...that is home to Indians, Pakistanis, Israelis, Palestinians, Sunnis, Shi'ites, Chinese and Tibetans, among many others. Cambodia's leniency toward its mass murderers, which Iyer cited, is part of the problem, not the solution. By perpetuating hoary bromides about Asia's older cultures, Iyer furthers the very East vs. West attitude that he seems to oppose. Sanpaworn Vamvanij Bangkok...
...vs. Cubs. It’s a dream World Series. Two hard luck franchises finally meeting on the grand stage. One team will “reverse the curse” that has plagued both Boston and Chicago for many decades. You couldn’t write a better script—for me to poop...