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                    [Title] => Voltaire’s Age of Enlightenment stirred up the French Revolution
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In the poignant film “Les Miserables”, tragic Fantine (Anne Hathaway) and daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), exemplifies the harsh and miserable life of the French people, who for decades suffered from oppression, warfare, economic strife, famine and disease. Inspite of the French Revolution, signaled by the storming of the Bastille forty years earlier in 1786, the lower classes still had little voice in the society of 1832, the time the story of the musical takes place.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913074 [Title] => And the Best Picture is… Les Misérables (but that’s just me) [Summary] =>

Critics grade films according to certain criteria. And though no two award-giving bodies (i.e., The Golden Globes and the Oscars) produce an identical twin of the other’s roster of winners, most awardees are truly deserving.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902095 [Title] => The healthy, healing benefits of forgiving [Summary] =>

The well-received feature on Greg Anderson’s inspiring story of how faith, forgiveness, and prayers allowed him to outlive a 30-day-to-live prediction 30 years ago when he was battling lung cancer was indeed a good prelude to how I enjoyed the big screen version of Les Miserables.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136161 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804907 [AuthorName] => Mylene Mendoza-Dayrit [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900655 [Title] => Let the theater piece stay a theater piece: A review of ‘Les Mis’ [Summary] =>

Watching the so-called “cinematic masterpiece” that is Les Miserables has left this theaterati somewhat impassioned, and not in a good way.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136069 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231896 [AuthorName] => Christopher De Venecia [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898951 [Title] => Les Miserables: Cinematic victory [Summary] =>

Victor Hugo is one of Europe’s most well-known writers in history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690225 [AuthorName] => Richard H. Mamuyac [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20130120/les-miserables.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 896286 [Title] => The Hugh Advantage [Summary] =>

The first question that I popped on Hugh Jackman during this Conversation at a suite of Ritz Carlton (Roppongi Hills) was the same one I asked of the other members of the Les Miserables cast (Anne Hathaway as Fantine and Amanda Seyfried as the grown-up Cosette), and the talents behind this $61M film version of the long-enduring musical, co-producer Cameron Mackintosh and director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) — did the movie make him cry?

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133919 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 765644 [Title] => The beauty of Les Misérables [Summary] =>

Katrina Gaw, 19, of Quezon City, is a lover of the written word.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1439792 [AuthorName] => Katrina Gaw [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160945 [Title] => Count of Monte Cristo, revenge & overcoming crisis [Summary] => Countless tales of business reversals, bruised emotions and other tragedies litter the landscape of Asia today, even as we still await an American-led worldwide economic recovery. One interesting film that will surely find wide popularity during these hard times is The Count of Monte Cristo. This new movie was directed by Kevin Reynolds, with actor James Caviezel in the lead role as Edmond Dantes.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) ) )
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