Agora, extraordinarily ambitious and majestically cerebral, is a flawed film to be sure. Its reach—nothing short of celestial mechanics and the frequently violent intersection of science and religion—certainly exceeds its grasp. But the reach itself is worthy of praise. Religion is not alone in claiming martyrs; the secular has its fair share of fallen heroes [...]

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I left The Lovely Bones decidedly torn. On the one hand, it was an astonishingly creative and beautiful film, filled with the sort of deeply, deeply imaginative imagery that makes you want to leap [...]

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