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Slipstream (2007)

Drama Rated R

“…makes you long for a pretentious, arty student short. Because those are only about eight minutes long.

Bella (2007)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Eduardo Verastegui sports the most distracting facial hair since that guy in Knocked Up who bet his roommates he wouldn’t shave for a year.

She’s Gotta Have It (1986)

Comedy Rated R

“… political at heart, even if its overall approach is comic.”

Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Drama Rated R

“…my choice for Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterwork.”

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Comedy Rated R

The birth of quirk, Wes Anderson style. The director and his co-writer and star, Owen Wilson, crafted an outlandish character study in a heist film’s clothing, following two unhinged friends (Owen and brother Luke) who try to erase their vague sense of discontentment by pulling off a robbery. Such endeavors always go wrong in the

Notorious (1946)

Thriller Rated NR

Though this Alfred Hitchcock effort is about World War II-era spies who use romance as a deadly weapon, Notorious is remembered less as a thriller than a tragic love story. I suppose that’s what happens when you have Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in the lead roles. Bergman plays Alicia Huberman, daughter of a German-American

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Drama Rated PG-13

“With dark eyes peering from behind white face paint and headdresses swirling above her like forces of nature, Elizabeth is less a human monarch than a mythical goddess.

We Own the Night (2007)

Drama Rated R

“…isn’t interesting until it’s almost over.

Elizabeth (1998)

Drama Rated R

Startlingly sexy, with dark shadows and bold colors, Elizabeth is a well-appointed costume drama yet hardly a stuffy one. It springs from the screen as if it were a pop-up book. The sumptuous visual scheme is from director Shekhar Kapur, but the movie belongs to Cate Blanchett thanks to her breakout performance as England’s queen.

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Is it overboard to consider the Tyler Perry phenomenon a cult?

Recent Reviews

9 to 5 (1980)

Comedy Rated PG

“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”

Cure (1997)

Thriller Rated NR

“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”

It Ends (2026)

Horror Rated R

“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”


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