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Paul Dane (left) and Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood."

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Provocative "There Will Be Blood" the Best Movie of the Year

From "Citizen Kane" to "Wall Street," cinema has been a fantastic forum for examining the frayed edges of unchecked ambition and greed. The latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson follows single-minded oilman Daniel Plainview to show us the dark side to this particular American dream-not knowing when to give it a rest.

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