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"3:10 To Yuma" shows how smart writing, solid direction, and excellent performances can elevate a genre picture to something way beyond the reach of most standard fare. Uncommonly absorbing for a mainstream film, "3:10 To Yuma" builds its story and characters with care and restraint, even giving room for subtext on the mythologizing of fathers, the nature of heroism, and the callous treatment of war veterans, all while delivering some slam-bang entertainment. Christian Bale's Dan Evans is a rancher and veteran of the Civil War, now partially crippled having had part of his foot shot off. W...