Profiles (A to Z)
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The Tree of Life

We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, Jack, one of three brothers. At first all seems marvelous to the child. He sees as his mother does, with the eyes of his soul. She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world’s way, [...]

The King’s Speech

If you prefer your films about the British royalty to be chipper and full of pluck and tender moments (those stiff upper lips do quiver so rarely but expressively), then this heart-warming effort from Tom Hooper is certainly for you. An Anglophilic dream of a piece, it fits in with a somewhat disquieting trend in [...]

The Social Network

Some people are born with good looks or with the natural hand-eye coordination necessary to hit a fast ball. Others come from money or are naturally charismatic; they draw people to them in a way that just can’t be learned. Then there’s the rest of us. We’re nothing special. We’ll never be those people. We [...]

Toy Story 3

By now you’d think we’d have this love thing pretty well defined. Shakespeare seemed to have the emotion, in all its many forms, nailed down nearly five hundred years ago. We know that love can be romantic, passionate, and lustful, the way it is when you’ve fallen for someone new. Love can be protective and [...]

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right is a movie about a lesbian couple and their two children. While certainly still a hot-button topic in America, this is hardly the first time that gay characters have played a prominent role in a film. In fact, gay characters have found their own little niche in romantic comedies, playing [...]

The Fighter

No boxing movie is just about boxing, of course, given our national penchant for building up some punches and jabs into metaphors for class tension or American resilience or whatever’s relevant at the moment. At least with The Fighter, his endearing and tenacious new film, David O. Russell isn’t turning Micky Ward’s life into a [...]