5Top: No average leading man: Clive Owen films

Anyone confusing Clive Owen with a typical action hero should watch this movie again. Theo Faron may have the long overcoat, the stubble, the f-you attitude, but most action heroes react as little as possible, while in this world, a world without children, is revealed to us Theo’s reactions: his hopeless gaze; his fearful, fragile look after kidnappers remove the hood; his bemusement at finding Michelangelo’s David in his cousin’s mansion; his playfulness in the company of Julian (Julianne Moore) and his shock at seeing the pregnant Kee; how wrecked, how completely wrecked he looks after witnessing the murder of Jasper (Michael Caine). No one can forget the scene where Theo leads Kee and her crying baby through the gauntlet of soldiers, but an equally indelible moment for me is early on, and it’s a throwaway: Theo, feet up, smelly socks on, talking with Jasper at his place. The warmth and comfort between these two men cannot be on the page. These guys created it. The movie could’

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I don't know about you, but it was just recently that I heard about a gruesome murder in Knoxville, Tenn., that is far worse than the false charges in the Duke rape case and is at least as horrible, if not more so, than the dragging death of James Byrd.

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Guide to avalanches in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada and how outdoor adventure travelers can prepare for them during winter skiing, hiking and snowshoeing.

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This seems too be coming a lot later than most would hope. We have to wait an entire year for a working product?! Jasper is the code name for the next motherboard for the Xbox 360. It will becoming next August, in time for next year's holiday season.

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A review of the newest Mexican restaurant in Jasper, IN.

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