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Monday, October 17 2011

Born to Birding: 'The Big Year'

As Edith (JoBeth Williams) watches her birder husband head off on yet another adventure in search of a fabulous and strange species, she's not imagining that he's going to come back enlightened, more passionate, or even richer.


Wednesday, December 24 2008

Marley & Me

Granting Marley & Me's source in John Grogan's columns, the dog's service as metaphor in the movie is both obvious and uninspired.


Tuesday, February 6 2007

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

According to this film women in power are cruel, lonely, and constantly paranoid; not to mention supremely non-sexual.


Friday, June 30 2006

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

'You sold your soul the first time you put on that pair of Jimmy Choos.' So ascertains Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), editor-in-chief at Runway magazine, disdainful of her self-doubting assistant. And so she summarizes yet another tale of a little girl who finds corruption in the big city.


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Wednesday, January 14 2009

Our sob stories: Beyond ‘Marley' — tear-jerking music, art, TV, plays and books

Sad sells. Let's put it another way: Somewhere, Aristotle is chortling into the sleeve of his tunic. It was the Greek philosopher and literary critic,…


Friday, December 5 2008

Making 'Marley & Me' with director David Frankel

MIAMI - When filmmaker David Frankel showed a rough cut of his film "The Devil Wears Prada" to his boss, Fox 2000 Pictures president Elizabeth…


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