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Here's a simple rule for filmmakers: If an actress of Helen Mirren's caliber is willing to mount a white unicorn for you, don't squander the image. That's what director Iain Softley does in Inkheart, his sloppy, aggravatingly frenetic adaptation of Cornelia Funke's popular fantasy novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tall, Unfocused Tales of Inkheart | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

Where rents are on the way down, renters may have room to play hardball - even more so now than during the last downturn. In past cycles, landlords often kept asking prices for rent high, even when they were willing to negotiate with renters one-on-one - with, say, a free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bright Spot in the Housing Crash: Cheaper Rents | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

But, the authors of the bill are not willing to follow their own logic, so they have crafted another plan. The first assumption of what the program will do, and among the most important of its goals, is only mentioned in passing. "This package is the first crucial step in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guide to Reading the America Recovery and Reinvestment Bill | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

The best precedent for all this is what the U.S. did in the wake of Vietnam. By the early 1970s, the containment of global communism had become a foreign policy bubble of its own. The U.S. had committed itself to stopping virtually any leftist movement from taking power anywhere in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Solvency Doctrine | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

In some ways, the most surprising of his appointments - Hillary Clinton, the new Secretary of State - has emerged as an exemplar of Obamism. At her confirmation hearing, Clinton seemed completely prepared on every imaginable topic, orderly, undramatic and yet willing to propose some radical changes in the State Department's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Promises New Destiny, Work Begins Today | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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