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Lust, Caution (2007)

Thriller Rated NC-17

“…a rare erotic film in which the eroticism is more than window dressing.

Seeker: The Dark is Rising, The (2007)

Family Rated PG

“…an overstuffed yet uninspired pastiche of fantasy elements.

Rushmore (1998)

Comedy Rated R

My choice for best coming-of-age movie of all time, comedic or otherwise. Director Wes Anderson, working from a script he wrote with Owen Wilson, mastered his unique craft with just his second film, a heartfelt and hilarious story about a bizarrely precocious prep-school student named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman, painfully, perfectly awkward) who learns to

Trade (2007)

Drama Rated R

"…occasionally uses exploitation to get you worked up about, well, exploitation."

Bank Job, The (2008)

Thriller Rated R

“No one is going mistake Jason Statham for Daniel Day-Lewis, but the action specialist still deserves better material than he’s usually given.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Comedy Rated R

Forget Max Fischer – this is Wes Anderson’s opus. A sprawling tragicomedy about the resentment and possible reconciliation that drive the Tenenbaum family, this features Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson at their most ambitious. The story just keeps spilling out of them. It’s as if they are pre-schoolers who have more to say when coloring

Darjeeling Limited, The (2007)

Comedy Rated R

“Brody…has a comedian’s gangly limbs and a tragedian’s melancholy face. For the tragicomedies of Wes Anderson, that’s a perfect combination.

Michael Clayton (2007)

Drama Rated R

"George Clooney does something unusual in Michael Clayton. He looks uncomfortable."

King of California, The (2007)

Drama Rated PG-13

"Douglas dives into the role with all the disheveled hair he can muster. Like his character, he’s searching for gold."

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Horror Rated R

An arresting milieu can go a long way toward distinguishing your average, B-grade horror exercise, and Resident Evil: Extinction has just that with its post-apocalyptic landscapes of Utah and Nevada. This is Mad Max with zombies. Actually, it’s Mad Maxine, as Milla Jovovich reprises her Resident Evil role of Alice. A mythical lone figure battling

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Sophie’s Choice (1982)

Drama Rated R

“Streep has what can only be called a commanding fragility.”

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“A crucial time-capsule movie…”

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“… the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun…”


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