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The hero of Hotel Rwanda has some questions for us

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Jeffrey Overstreet

02 Jan 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Hotel Rwanda • Journal Entry • Give Me Some Light • Paul Rusesabagina
The hero of Hotel Rwanda has some questions for us

If you haven’t seen Hotel Rwanda, you should.

When you do, read this in The San Diego Union-Tribune, a message from Paul Rusesabagina, the man whose life inspired the film.

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Here, at last, is the conclusion of my epic overview of Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster.
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First impressions of The End of Oak Street

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The End of Oak Street is a big, dumb, unpretentious good time.
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First impressions of The Odyssey — Part Two: What does this movie love?

First impressions of The Odyssey — Part Two: What does this movie love?

In Part Two of my reflections on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, I consider what Nolan’s movie does well... and what it “loves.”
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