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Issue: Summer 2007-8


Martian Child movie review

A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars. (IMDb)

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The story of a man becoming a father...and a boy becoming a son.

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by Ali Kayn
Due for Australian release 21 February 2008
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Title: Martian Child (2007)
Written by: Seth Bass (scr) & Jonathan Tolins (scr); David Gerrold (novel "The Martian Child")
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
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The Players: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt

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