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Twilight, Bolt and A Christmas Tale

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Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In and JCVD

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Synecdoche, New York, Role Models, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Soul Men and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Ballast, I've Loved You For So Long and Fear(s) of the Dark

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Changeling, Happy-Go-Lucky, RocknRolla, Pride and Glory, High School Musical 3 and An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt

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W., Sex Drive, Max Payne and Moving Midway

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Body of Lies, The Express, City of Ember, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Save Me, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

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How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, Appaloosa, Flash of Genius, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Blindness and Religulous

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Eagle Eye, Choke, Miracle at St. Anna, The Duchess, The Lucky Ones, Battle In Seattle, Nights in Rodanthe and Derek

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Towelhead, Lakeview Terrace, Trouble the Water, Hounddog, Mister Foe, Igor and Hollywood Chinese

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Burn After Reading, Righteous Kill, The Pool, A Girl Cut in Two and Sukiyaki Western Django

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Traitor, Sixty Six and Two Lives Plus One

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Death Race, Elegy, Hamlet 2, The Rocker, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, The House Bunny, The Longshots and La France

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Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Transsiberian, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Frozen River, The Unknown Woman and Fly Me to the Moon

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Pineapple Express, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Man on Wire, Bottle Shock and Hell Ride

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon, Swing Vote, American Teen, Baghead, Chris & Don: A Love Story and Take

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Step Brothers, Brideshead Revisited, CSNY: Deja Vu, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Chris & Don: A Love Story and A Jihad for Love

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The Dark Knight, The Last Mistress, Elsa & Fred, Indestructible and Space Chimps

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D, The Wackness, Gunnin' for that #1 Spot and Encounters at the End of the World

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Hancock, Mother of Tears, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Diminished Capacity

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WALL-E, Wanted, OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, My Winnipeg, Finding Amanda and Monsieur Verdoux

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Get Smart, Mongol, Surfwise, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, The Duchess of Langeais, Up the Yangtze and More

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The Incredible Hulk, The Happening, Savage Grace, When Did You Last See Your Father?, War, Inc., The Edge of Heaven and More

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Promotion, Kung Fu Panda, The Foot Fist Way, Stuck, Bigger, Stronger, Faster and All Jacked Up

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Sex in the City, The Fall, Mister Lonely and The Strangers

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Reprise, Roman de Gare, The Animation Show 4 and The Passion of the Mao

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Prince Caspian, Body of War, Before the Rains, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, The Witnesses, Irina Palm and Dark Matter

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Speed Racer, Son of Rambow, Redbelt, America the Beautiful, The Tracey Fragments, At the Deathhouse Door and Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

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Iron Man, Standard Operating Procedure, Made of Honor, Then She Found Me and The Unforeseen

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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, The Life Before Her Eyes, Deception, Chapter 27 and Woman on the Beach

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall, My Blueberry Nights, The Forbidden Kingdom, 88 Minutes, Young@Heart, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? and More

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Smart People, Street Kings, Chaos Theory, Priceless and Blindsight

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Leatherheads, The Ruins, Shine a Light, Planet B-Boy, The Grand and United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival

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Run Fatboy Run, 21, Stop Loss, Flawless, Teeth, CJ7, Look, London to Brighton and True North

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Snow Angels, Drillbit Taylor, Chop Shop and The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

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Paranoid Park, Married Life & Let's Get Lost

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, 10,000 B.C., The Bank Job, The Band's Visit, Girls Rock! and the European Union Film Festival

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Semi-Pro, The Other Boleyn Girl, Chicago 10, The Counterfeiters, War/Dance, Penelope and Dragon Tiger Gate

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Be Kind Rewind, Vantage Point, Charlie Bartlett & The Signal

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The Spiderwick Chronicles, Jumper, George Romero's Diary of the Dead, Definitely, Maybe, The Business of Being Born, Academy Award-Nominated Short Films, Le Doulos & Step Up 2 the Streets

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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, In Bruges, Taxi to the Dark Side, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show, Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, Fool's Gold and More

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Over Her Dead Body, Nanking, Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street and Kung Fu Fighter

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Untraceable, U2:3-D, Election Day and The Cool School

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Cloverfield, Cassandra's Dream, Persepolis, 27 Dresses, Honeydripper, American Zombie and Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

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The Bucket List, First Sunday, Kurt Cobain: About a Son, The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival and Love Lived on Death Row

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Best (and Worst) of 2007, Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project and The Price of Sugar

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The Orphanage, The Great Debaters, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, The Whole Shootin' Match and The Man of My Life

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Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Savages, Youth Without Youth and More

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I Am Legend, Juno, The Kite Runner, Starting Out in the Evening, The Walker and The Perfect Holiday

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The Golden Compass, Atonement, Romance and Cigarettes, Grace Is Gone, Revolver, Protagonist, Strength and Honor and The Untouchable

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What Would Jesus Buy?, It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE! and The Power of Forgiveness

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The Mist, I'm Not There, Margot at the Wedding, Enchanted, Hitman, August Rush and Lynch

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Beowulf, Southland Tales, Love in a Time of Cholera, Redacted, Mr. Magorium's Magic Emporium, O Jerusalem, The Girl Next Door and Oswald's Ghost

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No Country for Old Men, Lions for Lambs, Fred Claus, Rails & Ties, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten and How Much Do You Love Me?

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American Gangster, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Bee Movie, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Martian Child and Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

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Control, Dan in Real Life, Lake of Fire, Mr. Untouchable, Music Within and Slipstream

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Lars and the Real Girl, Gone Baby Gone, Things We Lost In the Fire, 30 Days of Night, Sleuth, Reservation Road, My Kid Could Paint That and More

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age and We Own the Night

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Chicago International Film Festival Preview, Michael Clayton, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Darjeeling Limited, The Heartbreak Kid and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

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The Kingdom, Into the Wild, Feast of Love, The Game Plan, Trade, Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) & If I Didn't Care

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The Hunting Party, Good Luck Chuck, The Jane Austen Book Club, December Boys, Fierce People, Dedication & Freshman Orientation

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The Brave One, In the Valley of Elah, In the Shadow of the Moon, Around the Universe & Mr. Woodcock

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3:10 to Yuma, The Hottest State, Hatchet, Exiled

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...suffered serious home damage in last week's storm, so he's off this week. Back next week!

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The Nannie Diaries, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, 2 Days in Paris, Resurrecting the Champ, The 11th Hour, Them, Private Property, Summercamp! & Mr. Bean's Holiday

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Superbad, Death at a Funeral, The Invasion, Rocket Science, Cut Sleeve Boys & Flanders

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Stardust, Rush Hour 3, No End In Sight Moliere, The Treatment, Walking to Werner, Daddy Day Care, Day Night Day Night & Casting About

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The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Rod, The Ten, Becoming Jane & Arctic Tale

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No Reservations, My Best Friend & L'Iceburg

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Sunshine, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Goya's Ghost, Cashback, Lights in the Dusk & Punk's Not Dead

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Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, Rescue Dawn, Talk To Me, Joshua, Introducing the Dwights, Broken English, Macbeth & Time

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Transformers, License to Wed, Black Sheep, Lady Chatterly and The Boss of It All

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SiCKO, Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille & Evening

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A Mighty Heart, 1408, You Kill Me, Evan Almighty, Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman, Eagle Vs. Shark, Ten Canoes, Full Grown Men & I Will Avenge You, Iago!

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La Vie En Rose, Day Watch, Helvetica, Nancy Drew, Steel City, The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez & The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

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Ocean's Thirteen, Hostel: Part II, Crazy Love, Angel-A, Surf's Up, Paprika, Show Business: The Road To Broadway and Hollywood Dreams

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Knocked Up, Mr. Brooks, Gracie, Stephanie Daley, Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, Severance and War & Peace

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Paris, je t'aime, Chalk, Poison Friends

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Shrek the Third, Fay Grim, Brand Upon the Brain!, Provoked and First on the Moon

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28 Weeks Later…, Waitress, Away From Her, Georgia Rule, The Ex, Exterminating Angels and The Hip Hop Project

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Spider-Man 3, Lucky You, The Flying Scotsman, Jindabyne, Red Road, The Hawk Is Dying and Civic Duty

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The Condemned, The TV Set, Diggers, The Valet, Something to Cheer About, Disappearances & 2007 Academy Award-nominated Documentary Shorts

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Hot Fuzz, Fracture, Year of the Dog, After the Wedding, Vacancy, Offside and In the Land of Women

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Perfect Stranger, Disturbia, Black Book, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and In Search of Mozart

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Grindhouse, The Hoax, First Snow, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Reaping, Are We Done Yet? and Many More

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The Lookout, Blades of Glory, Meet the Robinsons, The Prisoner, The Page Turner and Operation Homecoming

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Reign Over Me, Shooter, Pride, TMNT, The Last Mimzy, Maxed Out and the last of the European Union Film Festival

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The Namesake, I Think I Love My Wife, Premonition, Mafioso and more of the European Union Film Festival

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300, The Host, Starter for 10, Gray Matters and The European Union Film Festival

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Black Snake Moan, Zodiac, Wild Hogs, Full of It, The European Union Film Festival and Much More

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The Number 23, The Astronaut Farmer, Days of Glory, Amazing Grace, Two or Three Things I Know About Her and Darkon

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Music and Lyrics, Breach, The Lives of Others, Bridge to Terabithia, Climates and Many More

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Breaking and Entering, The Dead Girl, Norbit, Screamers and Many More

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The Italian, Because I Said So, Backstage, Matthew Barney: No Restraint and 49 Days

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Smokin' Aces, Inland Empire, Catch and Release, Abduction and Romantico

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Venus, God Grew Tired of Us, Opal Dream and Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple

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Letters from Iwo Jima, Alpha Dog, Arthur and the Invisibles, Le Petit Lieutenant, Stomp the Yard and Many More

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Miss Potter, Freedom Writers and Happily N'Ever After

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Best and Worst of 2006, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, The Painted Veil and Family Law

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Children of Men, Dreamgirls, The Good German, The Good Shepherd and Many More

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The Pursuit of Happyness and Charlotte's Web

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Blood Diamond, Apocalypto, The Holiday, The History Boys and Ever Again

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Candy, 3 Needles, The Nativity Story, Flannel Pajamas, 10 Items or Less, Turistas and Zen Noir

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The Fountain, Volver, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, Déjà Vu, Bobby and Jonestown

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Casino Royale, For Your Consideration, Fast Food Nation, Shut Up & Sing, Fur, Happy Feet, F*ck, Requiem and What Is It?

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Stranger Than Fiction, A Good Year, Come Early Morning, Harsh Times, Iraq in Fragments and Unknown

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Babel, Borat, Flushed Away, 49 Up, Renaissance, Deliver Us From Evil, 51 Birch Street and Princesas

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Catch a Fire, Running with Scissors, Death of a President, The Bridge and Zerophilia

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Flags of Our Fathers, The Prestige, Little Children, Marie Antoinette, Tideland, American Hardcore, Man Push Cart and Many More...

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Report from the Chicago International Film Festival, The Queen, Infamous, My Country My Country and Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

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Chicago International Film Festival preview, The Departed, The Last King of Scotland, Al Franken: God Spoke and Darshan: The Embrace

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The Science of Sleep, The Guardian, Schools for Scoundrels, Jesus Camp, Open Season, The Godfather of Green Bay and The Dogwalker

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All the King's Men, Jet Li's Fearless, Jackass: Number 2, Confetti, Flyboys, Haven, The Puffy Chair and Feast

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The Last Kiss, Half Nelson, Gridiron Gang and This Film Is Not Yet Rated

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Hollywoodland, The Protector, Time to Leave, Queens, 13 (Tzameti), Gabrielle and Broken Bridges

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Conversations with Other Women, Crossover, Lassie, The quiet, Surviving Eden and Viva Pedro

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Idlewild, Invincible, Beerfest, Factotum, The Fallen Idol, House of Sand and How to Eat Fried Worms

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The Illusionist, Accepted, The Great New Wonderful, Heading South, Trust the Man and Boynton Beach Club

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World Trade Center, The Oh in Ohio, Quinceanera, Another Gay Movie and Step Up

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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Descent, Little Miss Sunshine and The Night Listener

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Miami Vice, Scoop, Edmond, The Ant Bully, America: Freedom to Fascism, Lower City and Shadowboxer

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Lady in the Water, Clerks II, Monster House, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Two Drifters

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You, Me and Dupree; Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man; Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos; Beowulf & Grendel and The Mostly Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Scanner Darkly, Strangers with Candy, Who Killed the Electric Car? and Islam: What the West Needs to Know

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Superman Returns, The Devil Wears Prada, Russian Dolls, Wassup Rockers, Clean, Only Human & Loverboy

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Wordplay, Autumn and Three Times

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Nacho Libre, The Lake House, The King, Wah-Wah, The Heart of the Game, I Am A Sex Addict & Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties

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Cars, The Omen, A Prairie Home Companion, Sketches of Frank Gehry and Sir! No Sir!

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The Break-Up, Twelve and Holding, District B-13 and Typhoon

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X-Men: The Last Stand, Lady Vengeance and Street Fight

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The Da Vinci Code, Over the Hedge, The Proposition and The Sisters

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Poseidon, Art School Confidential, The Lost City, Somersault, Goal! The Dream Begins, Keeping Up with the Steins and Hate Crime

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Mission: Impossible III, The Promise, Mountain Patrol: Kekexili, Water, Mrs. Palfrey at The Claremont, Hoot and One Last Thing…

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United 93, Hard Candy, Akeelah and the Bee, Look Both Ways, Stick It and RV

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The Notorious Bettie Page, Kinky Boots, Take My Eyes and When Do We Eat?

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The Devil and Daniel Johnston, On A Clear Day, L'Enfant, The Beauty Academy of Kabul, The Wild and Subject 2

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Brick, Take the Lead, Don't Come Knocking and Drawing Restraint 9

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Lonesome Jim, Slither, Adam & Steve and Ice Age: The Meltdown

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Thank You for Smoking, Stoned, Evil (Ondskan) and Summer Storm

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V for Vendetta, Ask the Dust, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Fateless, Duck Season and She's the Man

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The Hills Have Eyes, Unknown White Male, The Shaggy Dog & Winter Passing

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Dave Chappelle's Block Party, 16 Blocks, Deep Sea 3D and Aquamarine

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Running Scared, Night Watch and Before the Fall

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Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Freedomland, Manderlay, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Eight Below and Dirty Work

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Firewall, Final Destination 3 and Curious George

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The World's Fastest Indian, Something New and A Good Woman

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Bubble, Nanny McPhee, Annapolis and Roving Mars

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The New World and Transamerica

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The Libertine, Glory Road, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Caché and Hoodwinked

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The Matador, Hostel and Be Here to Love Me

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The Best and Worst Films of 2005

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Munich, Match Point, The White Countess, Breakfast on Pluto, Casanova, Rumor Has It and The Ringer

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King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, The Producers, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Family Stone and Ellie Parker

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Syriana, Protocols of Zion and 39 Pounds of Love

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The Kid and I, Never Been Thawed and First Descent

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The Ice Harvest, Rent, Just Friends and Dorian Blues

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Walk the Line and Ballet Russes

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Zathura, Pride & Prejudice, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Bee Season and Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

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Jarhead, The Squid and the Whale, The Dying Gaul and Forty Shades of Blue

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The Weather Man, Shopgirl, Prime and Three…Extremes

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North Country, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Dreamer, Innocent Voices, Loggerheads, Emmanuel's Gift, The Future of Food and Doom

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Continued CIFF Coverage, Plus Elizabethtown, Domino and The Fog

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Chicago International Film Festival Round-Up, Plus This Week's Openings

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Serenity, The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Oliver Twist and More

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Corpse Bride, A History of Violence, Flightplan, Reel Paradise, Dear Wendy & Hellbent

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Lord of War, Just Like Heaven, The Think About My Folks, Garçon Stupide, Elevator to the Gallows & Cote D'Azur

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose, An Unfinished Life, Sympathy of Mr. Vengeance, The Man & Green Street Hooligans

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The Constant Gardener, A Sound of Thunder, El Crimen Perfecto & 2046

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Cronicas, The Cave, 9 Songs & � Tout de Suite

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Red Eye, Asylum, Ma Mère and Tropical Malady

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Four Brothers, The Skeleton Key and The Great Raid

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Broken Flowers, The Dukes of Hazzard, Saraband, The Edukators and The Year of Yao

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Stealth, Happily Ever After, The Man Who Copied and Chaos

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Hustle & Flow, The Island, Bad News Bears, The Devil's Rejects, Murderball and Lila Says

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dark Water, Wedding Crashers and More

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War of the Worlds, March of the Penguins, Undead, 5x2 and Pure

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The Harold Lloyd Film Series and Rebound

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Land of the Dead, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Bewitched, Shake Hands with the Devil and Herbie

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Batman Begins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, My Summer of Love and More

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Howl's Moving Castle, High Tension, Saving Face, Another Road Home and The Honeymooners

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Cinderella Man, Mysterious Skin, The Lords of Dogtown, The Nomi Song and Rock School

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Revenge of the Sith, Kontroll, It's All Gone Pete Tong and Torremolinos 73

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Unleashed, Layer Cake, Mad Hot Ballroom and Brothers

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Kingdom of Heaven, Monster-in-Law, Ladies in Lavender, Short Cut to Nirvana and House of Wax

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Crash, 3-Iron, Don't Move and Enron

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Hitchhiker's Guide, Palindromes, House of D and The Other Side of the Street

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Kung-Fu Hustle, The Amityville Horror, The Interpreter and Look at Me

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Eros, dot the i and Turtles Can Fly

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Sin City, Fever Pitch and Sahara

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Oldboy, The Upside of Anger, The Ring Two and More

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The European Union Film Festival

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Robots, Steamboy and Hostage

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Be Cool and Millions

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