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RV (2006)

Comedy Rated PG

Robin Williams dials things down a notch or two for RV, and that proves to be just the right volume level for director Barry Sonnenfeld’s (Men in Black) tolerably manic family comedy. Williams’ Bob Munro, saddled with a distracted wife (Cheryl Hines, from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm), a mouthy daughter and a wannabe gangster son,

Play Misty for Me (1971)

Thriller Rated R

Clint Eastwood’s prolific, uneven directorial career unsurprisingly began with a stinker. The story of a disc jockey named Dave Garver (Eastwood) who has a one-night stand with an obsessive listener, Play Misty For Me is a schlocky, laughable precursor to Fatal Attraction. Appreciate the film, then, for its unintentional laughs, which go beyond the dated

Accepted (2006)

Comedy Rated PG-13

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Playtime (1967)

Comedy Rated NR

A comic satirist in the tradition of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, French director-star Jacques Tati created his most ambitious playground with Playtime. One reason Tati chose to shoot in 70mm – a widescreen format whose larger film frames allow for a brighter picture and sharper focus – was to be able to fully capture

Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

No one ever really expects a good disaster movie – quality seems – to be antithetical to the genre, but we can at least hope that a disaster movie should be entertainingly bad. One of the classics in those terms is The Poseidon Adventure – when a ‘sub-sea earthquake’ unleashes a mountainous tidal wave on

World Trade Center (2006)

Drama Rated PG-13

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Public Enemy, The (1931)

Drama Rated NR

A review of the 1931 gangster movie that would define almost every gangster movie to come…

Roman Holiday (1953)

Romantic Comedy Rated NR

“…every trait that would come to define one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses is on display here.”

Sabrina (1954)

Romantic Comedy Rated NR

One of the least cynical movies from director Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, The Seven Year Itch), Sabrina would be a fairly forgettable romantic comedy if not for its stellar cast: William Holden and Humphrey Bogart as ridiculously rich brothers and Audrey Hepburn as the chauffeur’s daughter they both romance. Hepburn’s performance in the title role

Schindler’s List (1993)

Drama Rated R

If Spielberg’s account of the Holocaust is not his greatest movie, it is still the defining moment of his career, the point where his yearning to be taken seriously (The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun) finally fully merged with his filmmaking talents. Schindler’s List brought Spielberg to a new level because he was able

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