Ambitious 'Rendition' is kidnapped by melodrama
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The thriller, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, stumbles as it attempts to make political points.
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"The Kite Runner" filmmakers strove for authenticity when they shot the adaptation of the best-selling novel, featuring a largely unknown cast of actors and having some dialogue in Dari (an Afghan language).
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The stunningly staged, bizarrely ambivalent new musical is a sentimental yet sinister show steeped in Jungian shadows as seen at the Prince Edward Theater in London.
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In âLust, Caution,â the latest film from Ang Lee, love is a performance, a trap or, cruelest of all, an illusion.
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The dream of a free world becomes a nightmare of modern day slavery in Ken Loach's latest film, about migrant workers trying to eke out a living in Britain where they are exploited and abused.
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Kidnappings, or child  abductions, always have been popular with local newscasts in  large part because of the emotional outpouring that accompanies  them. In scripted drama, as well, depicting some innocent  snatched and endangered evokes a more visceral response than,  say, even TV homicides, which have become increasingly  commonplace and graphic.
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A sharp thriller by an A-list director with a strong cast tracks the sleuthing of the Zodiac killer
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The Metropolitan Operaâs current production of âCarmenâ offers a kind of tension: between the essential actions of the story and the gaily bustling pageantry of Franco Zeffirelliâs 1996 staging.
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The director, his muse, her fake bottom and one triumphant role
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The drama surrounding the fate of Kenneth Bigley highlights the different tactics taken by countries faced with citizens kidnapped in Iraq.
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Arts & entertainment: Theatre: Transcendent puppeteering turns Michael Morpurgo's war novel into the ultimate horse play.
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Zayed Khan tries hard, but this film really can't be saved.
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A good story and great performances make this an engrossing film to watch.
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A lawyer for terrorists sets out to charm a documentaryâs audience in âTerrorâs Advocate.â
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Treachery's afoot in a taut, terrific German thriller
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With its ludicrous frisson of patriotism and a nod to "The Da Vinci Code," a more cynical grab for Hollywood gold is hard to imagine.
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In a movie culture filled with fake death and callous killing, âDying at Graceâ is not just a shock to the system; itâs an accusation.