AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

The War Comes Home.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; On Screen)(In the Valley of Elah)(Movie review)(Brief article)

Newsweek International

| October 01, 2007 | Ansen, David | COPYRIGHT 2007 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: David Ansen

Tommy Lee Jones may have the most eloquently ravaged face in current movies, and his journey in Paul Haggis's "In the Valley of Elah" is a tough, mournful one. When he learns that his soldier son, just back from Iraq, has gone missing, he opens his own investigation. It's not long before he confronts the worst: his son's body, chopped into pieces, has been found in a field. Haggis's first film since his ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
In New Newsweek Series, Review & Rebuttal, Tarantino Defends 'Kill Bill' To...
Press release article from: PR Newswire October 6, 2003 700+ words
...their work and the artists get to talk back, Senior Editor David Ansen talks to director Quentin Tarantino about his new movie...Kill Bill' is a superstylized bloodbath. Newsweek's David Ansen thinks it's brilliant, but shallow. Tarantino thinks he...
Putting Spike on the Spot; Filmmaker Spike Lee jousts with NEWSWEEK's David...
Magazine article from: Newsweek August 16, 2004 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen In "She Hate Me," Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), a VP at a...s subpoenaed by the FCC for his role in the corporate scandal. DAVID ANSEN: Your new movie is very ambitious. It takes on an enormous range...
Pulp Friction: Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' is a superstylized bloodbath....
Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David October 13, 2003 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen SYNOPSIS: On her wedding day in El Paso, the Bride (Uma Thurman...forward and backward in time. "Volume 2" is due out in February. DAVID ANSEN: All right. Let's start right at the start. In the opening credits...
Invading His Spacey; Kevin Spacey, the director and star of a new Bobby Darin...
Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David December 13, 2004 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen Beyond the Sea" tells the life story of singer Bobby Darin (Kevin...Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth). His life falls apart in the late 1960s. DAVID ANSEN: You manage to avoid some of the problems of the biopic. Your movie...
Chasing Kevin; Director Kevin Smith says his warm new movie, 'Jersey Girl,'...
Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David March 29, 2004 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen In "Jersey Girl," the creator of such funny, edgy cult hits as...attentions of a video clerk (Liv Tyler), Ollie faces some hard choices. DAVID ANSEN: "Jersey Girl" is a very brave movie in the sense that you're...
Hooray for Holidays; David Ansen weighs in on the best of the year--and the...
Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David December 19, 2005 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen Are we in a bad mood, or what? Never mind the real world, which is bummer enough. This may be remembered as the Year of the...
Have Yourself a Movie Little Xmas: David Ansen's Holiday Guide.(five film...
Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David December 24, 2001 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: it's been that kind of year for Hollywood, too. The bean counters are...
The Aviator: 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky; It's Christmastime and you can...
Magazine article from: Newsweek December 20, 2004 700+ words
Byline: David Ansen Howard Hughes envisioned by Martin Scorsese and embodied by Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator" is the ultimate can-do American...
For more facts and information, see all results

Source: HighBeam Research, The War Comes Home.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; On Screen)(In the...

©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA