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ABC's 'Shark Tank'
Capitalism 101: The good, the bad, and the ugly
The lesson of Shark Tank is not just that it is better to be a shark than a guppy, but that sharks are, by nature, killing machines that do not play nice. It might make for good TV but without significant outside intervention, life in a shark tank is neither just nor sustainable. I hope those Shark Tank viewers with big dreams are seeing that part of the show as well.
Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’
The paradox of art
Birdman is a film that asks and doesn’t answer important questions about life, art, and cyberspace.
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Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher'
Crooked silence
The relationship between the Schultz brothers is as intense as any seen on film. Their wrestling early in the movie is a fierce, wordless depiction of sibling rivalry and harmonic grace. It’s a grace that John du Pont — despite his money — lacks and sorely wants. And if he can’t have it, he can figure out ways to destroy it.
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Morten Tyldum's 'Imitation Game'
A life encrypted
The Imitation Game amply demonstrates the intellectual and personal courage that accompanied Turing's singular genius. A man who penetrated secrets, he was also forced to keep them — not only those of Enigma and its bounty of military intelligence, but also the fact of his homosexual identity.
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4 minute read
Rob Marshall's 'Into the Woods'
What happens when you get your heart's desire?
On Christmas Day, I saw a theater packed with children and wondered how many of their parents were blindsided. But it didn’t matter. Their children got to learn some truths about life.
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'The Missing' and 'The Affair'
The child is gone
Only two serial programs in 2014 really made an impression on me: The Missing and The Affair. And unfortunately for my joie de vivre, both were about how the tragic loss of a child destroys the lives of his parents.
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5 minute read
Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Babadook’
Living with the shadows
The Babadook hits almost every image of the horror film genre, yet it somehow manages to emerge as a standout movie with a fresh take on what scares and strengthens us the most.
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'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
Rudolph and I are misfits
Rudolph is a timeless classic for a reason. For 50 years, his nose has lit up, signaling that he’s a misfit. I was, too, and he made that O.K.
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David Ayer's 'Fury' (second review)
The war lover
David Ayer’s Fury is a film that aims to look unflinchingly at war, but finally lacks the will to carry its vision through to the end.
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Ned Benson's ‘Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby’
A film in three parts
The experience of seeing The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is more rewarding than the content itself.
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4 minute read