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Released on January 9, 2008
The Business of Being Born (2008)
“The Business of Being Born” is a passionate ground-level examination of home childbirth.
Rating: NR
Running Time: 87 Minutes
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Released on January 4, 2008
One Missed Call (2008)
“One Missed Call” is the latest Japanese knockoff to fetishize death by technology.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Adult Situations/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 86 Minutes
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Released on January 2, 2008
The Killing of John Lennon (2008)
Andrew Piddington’s devastating re-enactment of events leading up to, including and immediately after the murder is taken from interviews, depositions and court transcripts.
Rating: NR
Running Time: 112 Minutes
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Released on December 28, 2007
The Orphanage (2007)
“The Orphanage,” a diverting, overwrought ghost story from Spain, relies on basic and durable horror movie techniques.
Rating: R (Adult Situations)
Running Time: 105 Minutes
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Honeydripper (2007)
“Honeydripper,” directed by John Sayles, is a shambling fusion of pop mythology and social mosaic.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Adult Situations)
Running Time: 122 Minutes
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Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 105 Minutes
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Released on December 26, 2007
Smiley Face (2007)
“Smiley Face,” about a pot-addled would-be actress stumbling through a long, weird day in Los Angeles, is a contradiction in terms: a “stoner” comedy with a purpose.
Rating: R (Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 84 Minutes
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
“There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic American nightmare, arrives belching fire and brimstone and damnation to Hell.
Rating: R (Violence)
Running Time: 158 Minutes
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Released on December 25, 2007
The Great Debaters (2007)
There are enough things to admire about “The Great Debaters,” the heavily fictionalized true story of The Little Debate Team That Could, that your impulse is to forgive the movie its shortcomings.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Profanity/Sexual Situations)
Running Time: 123 Minutes
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The Bucket List (2007)
“The Bucket List” operates on the hope that two beloved stars rubbing their signature screen personas together can spark warm, fuzzy box office magic.
Rating: PG-13 (Adult Language)
Running Time: 97 Minutes
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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.
Rating: R (Violence/Profanity/Gore)
Running Time: 94 Minutes
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Persepolis (2007)
“Persepolis,” austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Adult Situations/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Running Time: 95 Minutes
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The Water Horse (2007)
Many lonely children yearn for a pet to call their own. In “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep,” based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, a boy finds not only that, but a best friend as well.
Rating: PG (Mild Violence/Suitable for Children/Adult Language)
Running Time: 111 Minutes
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Released on December 21, 2007
Steep (2007)
“Steep” is an undeniably impressive visual spectacle that follows the sport of extreme skiing.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 92 Minutes
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
The hyperactive sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” sends its archaeologist hero on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of Wikipedia surfing.
Rating: PG (Violence)
Running Time: 123 Minutes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Release Date: December 28, 2007
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 105 Minutes
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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
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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
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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
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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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