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The Fountain Written and Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn reviewed by Sarah Stegall Some physicists tell us that there is no such thing as time, that it is an illusion produced by our brains. Rather, they say, everything happens at once, and we only perceive it sequentially. Time is merely an artifact of existence and experience. Perhaps this is part of the concept that powered writer/director Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, Pi) latest effort, The Fountain. Like origami, this film folds in on itself, with three stories spanning a thousand years overlapping like a…

Cowboys & Aliens is everything a summer blockbuster movie should be: fast, fun, and loud.