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Man on Fire

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Film Reviews

Man on Fire (2004)

How are we to feel about a man portrayed as a hero -- and more, a Christ figure -- who is more inclined to recommend suicide than repentance?
20 Aug 2012 7 min read
On Movies & Media

Give Us Somebody We Can Blast Into Pieces!

Anthony Lane on Battle: Los Angeles: Politically, the film is calculated to a tee. The real America remains in the claws of two foreign conflicts that have been morally and practically contentious from the start, so what can fictional Americans do to heal, or temporarily conceal, such wounds? The answer
23 Mar 2011 3 min read
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