They love the effects, love the direction, love Tom Cruise--the script?

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Her self-less love did not flow in my direction because she was a woman but because she was a saint.

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This isn't exactly a return to hardcore chemistry sets of the past (you'll find no radioactive materials or poisons in here), but it's certainly a step in the right direction for an America whose love affair with science is on the rocks.

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Petulant love letters aside, Thurber rarely errs in the killjoy direction himself.

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Michael Haneke's keenly observed love story is also up for best picture, best direction, best actress in a leading role (for 85 year-old Emmanuelle Riva) and best original screenplay.

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Under the direction of Alex Timbers, "Here Lies Love" slickly employs live video projections of some scenes to simulate black-and-white TV news broadcasts, an effective aesthetic device that seems to layer the characters' personal context with larger, historical implications.

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