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Watership Down

Watership Down is an animated film about one group of rabbits who struggle against the impossible odds that nature allows animals residing at the base of an aggressive food chain.

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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The Dark Crystal

Leaping at the chance to ham it up alongside a rich cast of puppets cut from felt might seem like a strange choice, but anyone who witnessed the wit and irreverence of its stars could understand the appeal.

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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Death Without Dignity

My profession is to witness and resist the inexorable pull of death. With an armamentarium of medications, I reverse death when it is possible, provide comfort when it is not, and occasionally facilitate its imposition of will on mortal flesh.

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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Diabeetus

The Health Care System Has Diabeetus

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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Moon Tide

Jean Gabin made a career out of playing damaged characters with good intentions, making him a natural for noir.

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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The Future is Wild

Nature films represent a body of work very much under threat in a society that has come to see intellectual pursuits with utter contempt, if not outright vilification.

By Alex K.: February 23, 2009
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USED CARS

This magnum opus from Kurt Russell's heyday reminds one of a time when movies existed seemingly for their own ...
By Alex K.: February 20, 2009
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SIMON OF THE DESERT

Leave it to Bunuel to craft a film depicting lunacy in crystalline form that manages to both indict religion in ...
By Alex K.: February 18, 2009
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THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

The stage is set in an early sequence, as intimate and population-wide concerns are placed on equal footing during an ...
By Alex K.: February 4, 2009
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I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG

A drama about a convicted murderer being released from prison and attempting to find her place in an alien world described as ‘light’

By Alex K.: February 3, 2009