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‘The Revenant’ and search for higher justice

*Contains spoilers* Alejandro Iñárritu's new film "The Revenant" is one of the most talked about movies, and for good reason. The opening 20 minutes, which feature a frighteningly realistic Indian attack and a horrifically vivid mauling by a grizzly bear, are absolutely compelling viewing. And the

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‘In the Heart of the Sea’: a ‘Nantucket sleigh ride’ through survival and depravity

Herman Melville's classic "Moby-Dick" has long been considered as a tale of vengeance and a battle against the forces of nature. Like Melville's novel, director Ron Howard's film "In the Heart of the Sea" (rated PG-13) concludes that, when pushed

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‘The Martian,’ and dealing with (human) life on Mars

It's hard to imagine Ridley Scott casting someone else other than Matt Damon to play Mark Watney, the astronaut and botanist who spends more than a year stranded on Mars in "The Martian." Damon conveys such stoic good humor even in the face of overwhelming odds.