Mythic history vs. magic realism: Oscar loves Lincoln and Life of PiCanadians can celebrate a foreign-language nomination for ’War Witch’ and music nods for ’Life of Pi’ composer Michael Danna
The Rubik’s cubism of ’Cloud Atlas’Gnarly narratives in Cloud Atlas, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Chasing Mavericks, and The Sessions
Opening Weekend: Girls gone wild in Hanna, Your Highness and Soul SurferThere will be blood—in the Amazonian quests of Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan and AnnaSophia Robb
Mid-life moms, misconceived babies and stoner misfits: ‘Baby Mama,’ ‘Then She Found Me,’ ‘Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.’