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[Khaled Hosseini] explains his backward approach: "On the one hand, I was hoping I'd got it right, that I didn't screw up," he says. "On the other hand, what I'd written was so terrible, part of me was kind of hoping that it wasn't quite that bad. The reality was that it was_ actually worse."
Moviegoers had mixed feelings about "Charlie Bartlett." As one posted online, "Bartlett echoes or outright steals from many other movies set in high school, and I've been seeing a lot of people comparing 'Bartlett' to Terris Bueller's Day Off,' Tump Up the Volume,' and 'Juno.'"That makes him sound more like Tom Cruise in "Risky Business" than [Matthew Broderick] in Terris Bueller." But don't be fooled. You'll enjoy "Charlie Bartlett" if you merely take it for what it is: a lightweight teen comedy.See the full content of this document
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'The Kite Runner' Soars at the Tropic
'The Kite Runner' Soars at the Tropic
reviewed by Shirrel RhoadesOn CNN we watched our troops invade Afghanistan, yet had little insight into the lives of the Afghani people. Turns out, they are much more like you and me than you might think as you look at your television screen, filled with images of turbaned men with beards and women hidden under burqas.As you will discover in The Kite Runner" - the heartrending film being held over at the Tropic Cinema - Afghanis have led proud lives ma...See the full content of this document
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