Bewitching 'Moonrise Kingdom' confounds expectations

Standing out from the crowd takes courage and an unshakable self-belief to persist when others mock your efforts.

Standing out from the crowd takes courage and an unshakable self-belief to persist when others mock your efforts.

Since his quirky 1996 debut ‘Bottle Rocket’ starring university roommate Owen Wilson, writer-director Wes Anderson has ploughed his own creative furrow in an industry that prizes box office takings over originality.

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