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Released on January 18, 2008
Cloverfield (2008)
“Cloverfield” is nominally a monster movie, but mostly it’s a feature-length gimmick.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence)
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27 Dresses (2008)
“27 Dresses” makes the point that modern American weddings are all pretty much alike. The same could be said about modern American romantic comedies.
Rating: PG-13 (Profanity/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 107 Minutes
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
If recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, “Taxi to the Dark Side” will be essential.
Rating: R
Running Time: 106 Minutes
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Running With Arnold (2008)
Rating: NR
Running Time: 72 Minutes
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Teeth (2008)
Teenage horror-movie spoof, John Waters parody, No Nukes protest movie, twisted sex-education film, quasi-feminist fable, outrageous stunt: Mitchell Lichtenstein’s clever, crude comedy, “Teeth,” is all these and more.
Rating: R (Nudity/Adult Situations/Strong Sexual Content/Rape & Sexual Abuse/Not For Children/Profanity)
Running Time: 94 Minutes
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Still Life (2008)
In “Still Life,” the blood and the sweat run directly into the Yangtze River, where they mingle with more than a few tears.
Rating: NR
Running Time: 108 Minutes
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Cassandra's Dream (2008)
“Cassandra’s Dream,” Woody Allen’s latest excursion to the dark side of human nature, is good enough that you may wonder why he doesn’t just stop making comedies once and for all.
Rating: PG-13 (Mild Violence/Adult Situations/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 105 Minutes
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Beaufort (2008)
“Beaufort” may be, strictly speaking, a war movie, but for long stretches it feels more like science fiction.
Rating: NR (Violence)
Running Time: 131 Minutes
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Summer Palace (2008)
Lou Ye’s “Summer Palace” examines youthful idealism and its unhappy aftermath.
Rating: NR
Running Time: 140 Minutes
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Mad Money (2008)
In the breezy, amoral heist comedy “Mad Money,” “Fun With Dick and Jane” meets “9 to 5” on the way to recession.
Rating: PG-13 (Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 103 Minutes
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Released on January 11, 2008
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2008)
Rating: NR
Running Time: 104 Minutes
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)
You don’t have to go far into the press material for “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie” before you hit the phrase “faith-and-values-based property.” It is used to describe this and earlier offerings from the VeggieTales franchise, but the “faith” component of this rather ordinary film for children doesn’t make itself readily apparent.
Rating: G (Excellent For Children)
Running Time: 84 Minutes
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Times and Winds (2008)
Livestock far outnumber humans in “Times and Winds,” Reha Erdem’s transporting vision of life in a mountain village in northwest Turkey.
Running Time: 110 Minutes
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In the Name of the King (2008)
Like actors in an amateur stage play, the large, mostly all-star — or has-been star — cast of “In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale” look, rather dazedly, to be playing dress-up.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence)
Running Time: 124 Minutes
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Released on January 10, 2008
First Sunday (2008)
In “First Sunday,” Ice Cube departs a bit from the upright-citizen persona, playing a man driven to crime by desperate circumstances.
Rating: PG-13 (Adult Humor/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 98 Minutes
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Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
Jimmy Carter isn’t a real saint, but he plays one in “Jimmy Carter Man From Plains.”
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Rating: PG (Adult Situations/Adult Language)
Running Time: 126 Minutes
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Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)
“The Future is Unwritten” is much more than a biography of the Clash’s guitarist and lead singer: It’s history, philosophy and politics, played fast and loud.
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Rating: NR
Running Time: 124 Minutes
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Juno (2007)
“Juno” respects the idiosyncrasies of its characters rather than exaggerating them or holding them up for ridicule.
Release Date: December 5, 2007
Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations/Profanity/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 96 Minutes
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King Corn (2007)
“King Corn” is a gentle, meandering entry in the Truth-Seeking Comic Hero genre, as practiced by Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock.
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Rating: NR
Running Time: 90 Minutes
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Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
Those seeking career advice about how to become an emperor of fashion will find little if any useful information in “Lagerfeld Confidential.”
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Rating: NR
Running Time: 89 Minutes
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Lake of Fire (2007)
One lesson of “Lake of Fire” is the galvanizing power of the visual image. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes pictures are not enough.
Release Date: October 3, 2007
Rating: NR
Running Time: 152 Minutes
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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
“Lars and the Real Girl” is part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation.
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Rating: PG-13 (Adult Situations/Adult Language/Adult Humor/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 106 Minutes
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Career Politicians, the Fourth Estate and Disaffected Youth all earn a stern knuckle rapping in “Lions for Lambs.”
Release Date: November 9, 2007
Rating: R (Profanity)
Running Time: 92 Minutes
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Look (2007)
“Look,” an unsettling, rudely funny but not entirely credible feature by the writer and director Adam Rifkin, is an ensemble narrative for the age of public surveillance.
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Rating: R (Violence/Strong Sexual Content/Profanity/Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs))
Running Time: 102 Minutes
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Looking for Cheyenne (2007)
Release Date: December 7, 2007
Rating: R (Profanity/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 87 Minutes
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
“Love in the Time of Cholera” is faithful to the outline of the novel but emotionally and spiritually anemic.
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Rating: R (Nudity/Adult Language/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 138 Minutes
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Lynch (2007)
Whether you dig “Lynch,” a feature-length video visit with the director David Lynch, will largely depend on your views of his work.
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Rating: NR
Running Time: 82 Minutes
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