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This Weeks Reviews: Syriana Each information-rich sequence in Syriana registers lightly even as the next begins. As the sequences switch, both location and characters change. Different settings include Washington, D.C.; Hondo, Texas; Tehran; Beirut; some unnamed oil-producing Persian Gulf country. Episodes span five continents and support a huge number of major players as well as significant minor ones. Keeping track of a new set of characters every few minutes can be disconcerting at first, but the task is ultimately rewarding. Syriana is a film well worth seeing more than once. Read more... The Squid and the Whale As the list above attests, writer, director Noah Baumbach's latest film is a critical success. It should also be a popular success because the issues touched on by The Squid and the Whale — divorce and its effect on children — are not going away anytime soon. Sixteen-year-old Walt Berkman (Jesse Eisenberg) prefers to believe his parent's separation is his mom's fault. Younger brother Frank (Owen Kline) prefers mom, Joan (Laura Linney), who talks to him like a parent does. As Frank puts it in the opening scene, an explosive tennis match, "Me and mom versus you and Dad." Read more...
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