Thursday, January 10, 2008

Movies

In Theaters

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Denotes a New York Times Critic's Pick
Denotes a New York Times Critic's Pick
  • A Walk into the Sea (2007)

    “A Walk Into the Sea” is Esther B. Robinson’s documentary about Danny Williams, a former Harvard student who was a part of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene.

    Release Date: December 14, 2007
    Rating: NR
    Running Time: 75 Minutes
  • Aaja Nachle (2007)

    In “Aaja,” Madhuri Dixit, India’s biggest female star of the 1990s, reminds us that whatever “it” is, she’s still got it.

    Release Date: November 30, 2007
    Rating: NR
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

    The second “Aliens vs. Predator” film is, like its predecessor, one very dark movie. Not psychologically dark; dark dark, as in not very generously lighted.

    Release Date: December 25, 2007
    Rating: R (Violence/Profanity/Gore)
    Running Time: 94 Minutes
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

    Hollywood continues its tired milking of old television properties with “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” a slick updating of the musical-cartoon franchise.

    Release Date: December 14, 2007
    Rating: PG
    Running Time: 92 Minutes
  • American Gangster (2007)

    Greatness hovers just outside “American Gangster,” knocking, angling to be let in.

    Release Date: November 2, 2007
    Rating: R (Violence/Nudity/Not For Children/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
    Running Time: 157 Minutes
  • Antonia (2007)

    A bold Brazilian melodrama that moves to the rhythm of the streets, “Antonia” traces a year in the lives of four young women who form a rap group and fend off tragedy.

    Release Date: September 21, 2007
    Rating: PG-13
    Running Time: 90 Minutes
  • Atonement (2007)

    “Atonement” is an almost classical example of how pointless, how diminishing, the transmutation of literature into film can be.

    Release Date: December 7, 2007
    Rating: R (Nudity/Adult Situations/Rape & Sexual Abuse/Not For Children/Profanity/Sexual Situations)
    Running Time: 123 Minutes
  • August Rush (2007)

    To describe “August Rush” as a piece of shameless hokum doesn’t quite do justice to the potentially shock-inducing sugar content of this contemporary fairy tale.

    Release Date: November 21, 2007
    Rating: PG (Mild Violence/Adult Situations/Adult Language)
    Running Time: 113 Minutes
  • Awake (2007)

    If you are one of those who viewed Hayden Christensen's portrayal of Anakin Skywalker as the ne plus ultra of lifelessness, prepare to be proven wrong with "Awake."

    Release Date: November 30, 2007
    Rating: R (Adult Situations/Profanity/Drug Content)
    Running Time: 84 Minutes
  • Badland (2007)

    The mawkish yet weirdly mesmerizing film “Badland” is independent in scale but aggressively Hollywood in storytelling.

    Release Date: November 30, 2007
    Rating: R (Violence/Profanity)
    Running Time: 165 Minutes
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

    “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” is a chronicle of destruction — physical, spiritual and moral.

    Release Date: October 26, 2007
    Rating: R (Violence/Nudity/Adult Situations/Strong Sexual Content/Not For Children/Profanity/Drug Content)
    Running Time: 116 Minutes
  • Bella (2007)

    “Bella” is a movie that wears its bleeding heart on its sleeve and loves its characters to distraction.

    Release Date: October 26, 2007
    Rating: PG-13
    Running Time: 91 Minutes
  • Beowulf (2007)

    You don’t need to wait for Angelina Jolie to rise from the vaporous depths naked to know that this “Beowulf” isn’t your high school teacher’s Old English epic poem.

    Release Date: November 16, 2007
    Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Nudity/Sexual Situations)
    Running Time: 114 Minutes
  • Billy the Kid (2007)

    The documentary “Billy the Kid” presents the world according to a troubled teenager in Maine.

    Release Date: December 5, 2007
    Rating: NR
    Running Time: 84 Minutes
  • Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    Release Date: December 28, 2007
    Rating: PG-13
    Running Time: 105 Minutes
  • Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

    “Charlie Wilson’s War” may be more of a hoot than any picture dealing with the bloody, protracted fight between the Soviet Army and the Afghan mujahedeen has any right to be.

    Release Date: December 21, 2007
    Rating: R (Violence/Adult Situations/Adult Humor/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
    Running Time: 97 Minutes
  • Chronicle of an Escape (2007)

    It is a small relief to discover that “Chronicle of an Escape” is relatively restrained in its depiction of torture. Despite its restraint, the movie is deeply unsettling.

    Release Date: November 30, 2007
    Rating: R
    Running Time: 104 Minutes
  • Cocalero (2007)

    “Cocalero,” Alejandro Landes’s documentary about the presidential campaign of Evo Morales in Bolivia, seems to mirror the campaign itself: ragged and bare-bones.

    Release Date: November 9, 2007
    Rating: NR (Adult Situations/Questionable for Children/Drug Content)
    Running Time: 94 Minutes
  • Control (2007)

    Where “Control” might have been literal-minded and sentimental, it is instead enigmatic and moving, much in the manner of Joy Division’s best songs.

    Release Date: October 10, 2007
    Rating: R (Profanity/Sexual Situations)
    Running Time: 121 Minutes

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