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‘Slumdog’ Sizzles as One of Year’s Very Best

by Bill Gibron

[19.Dec.08] :. We all want to escape - our sense of self, our worthless lives, those moments of unfulfilling social conformity. Yet few of us have to literally run for our salvation. Hope usually comes in a moment...

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Mumbai terrorism puts focus on ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[4.Dec.08] :. A week ago, as images of the terrorist assaults on Mumbai, India, began racing around the world, the man who wrote the Mumbai-set “Slumdog Millionaire” began questioning his...

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‘Slumdog’ director Danny Boyle prefers the underdogs

by Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[20.Nov.08] :. Danny Boyle’s triumphant “Slumdog Millionaire” is a testament to the power of underdog tales, onscreen and off. This inspirational story about an Indian 18-year-old who wins...

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Boyle-ing Over

by Bill Gibron

[19.Nov.08] :. He may be our most inventive living director - or at the very least, our must idiosyncratic. In his brief tenure as a feature filmmaker he’s made a Hitchcockian thriller (Shallow Grave),...

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Slumdog Millionaire

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Nov.08] :. In Slumdog Millionaire's riotous, luscious fantasy, Jamal responds to an astonishing series of game show questions -- each speaking directly and surreally to his own life experiences.

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A Mighty Heart

by Stuart Henderson

[16.Nov.07] :. At last, all we have is the horror we began with. Pearl will be beheaded, for nothing, and the world gets a little darker.

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