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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Wild’: Witherspoon’s Walkabout Warrants Watching

Reese Witherspoon’s already escaped her ditzy “Legally Blonde” period with “Walk the Line” but “Wild” moves her solidly into serious leading-lady territory.
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Mark Jackson
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R | | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 19 December 2014 (USA)
The Appalachian Trail is 2,174 miles long. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is 479 miles longer. Which is wild. Why do people brave hunger, thirst, heat, cold, pain, bugs, cougars, rattlesnakes, and thieves to hike these things? Especially alone? Especially single women, alone?
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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