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MC=Metacritic, RT=Rotten Tomatoes, ME=My ranking, 1-10 (blanks mean no ratings available)
This chart is sorted alphabetically, current week releases are highlighted

Title Where? MC RT Me Genre Release Length Director Actors Blurb(s)

Ahead of Time NY 78 Biography 9/10/10 73 Robert Richman Documentary on the life of Ruth Gruber, journalist
Documentary member of Roosevelt administration in WW2

The American Wide 62 61% 7 Action 9/1/10 105 Anton Corbijn George Clooney Dutch director, largely non-American cast
Suspense Paolo Bonacelli A spy thriller but not a typical Clooney film
Drama Thekla Reuten Contemplative, I found time to let the movie sink
in, others might find it boring

Animal Kingdom Limited 83 94% 9 Drama 8/13/10 112 David Michôd Ben Mendelsohn Violent emotionally and physically
Crime Joel Edgerton Great, real characters, riveting start to finish
James Frecheville Reviews are nearly universally positive
Guy Pearce Great movie by a first time Aussie director

Bran Nue Dae Limited 52 54% Drama 9/10/10 88 Rachel Perkins Geoffrey Rush Australian, slapstick, over the top a la Muriels Wedding
Comedy Rocky McKenzie Love it or hate it propoostion
Musical Jessica Mauboy

Cairo Time Limited 68 71% Drama 8/6/10 88 Ruba Nadda Patricia Clarkson An international love story
Romance Alexander Siddig Director of Sabah ('05), exec producer Atom Egoyan
Elena Anaya

Easy A Wide 72 84% Romance 9/17/10 92 Will Gluck Emma Stone A witty, wiser than expected high school movie
Comedy Penn Badgley Loosely based on the Scarlet Letter
Amanda Bynes

Eat Pray Love Wide 51 38% 7 Drama 8/13/10 133 Ryan Murphy Julia Roberts Travelogue meets self help, better than expected
Romance Javier Bardem All about Julia Roberts character, others actors
are supporting.

Get Low Limited 78 89% 8 Romance 7/30/10 100 Aaron Schneider Robert Duvall Based on a true story of a 1930's Tennessee hermit
Mystery Sissy Spacek Character study, Duval's exceptional
Drama Bill Murray

Heartbreaker Limited 63 79% Comedy 9/10/10 105 Pascal Chaumeil Romain Duris Slightly intelligent French Rom Com
Romance Vanessa Paradis Big hit in France featuring 2 big French stars
Light, fun entertainment

Hideaway (Le refuge) NY, LA 59 50% Drama 9/10/10 89 François Ozon Isabelle Carré Respected French director of Swimming Pool which I liked
French Louis-Ronan Choisy Exploration on the nature of family
Pierre Louis-Calixte Mixed reviews, should be interesting

I Am Love NY 78 81% 9 Drama 6/18/10 120 Luca Guadagnino Tilda Swinton Italian family dynamics, great character work
Italian Flavio Parenti Philosophical & moral exploration
English Subtitles Edoardo Gabbriellini Lovely milieu

Inception Wide 74 87% 7 Mystery 7/16/10 148 Christopher Nolan Leonardo DiCaprio I don't like sci fi, this is sci fi, even I found it watchable
SciFi/Thriller Joseph Gordon-Levitt It's an intricate puzzle, you'll have to think throughout
Suspense Ellen Page 8.2 out of 10 based on 768 metacritic users

Jack Goes Boating Limited 63 64% Comedy 9/17/10 89 Based on a Robert Glaudini play
Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Seymour Hoffman
Romance John Ortiz Mixed reviews, but I'm going to give PS Hoffman a chance
Amy Ryan in his directorial debut.
It's a slice of life movie, not a lot of action

Kings of Pastry NY 63 78% Documentary 9/15/10 87 D.A. Pennebaker Tells the story behind the Meillieurs Ouvriers de France which
Chris Hegedus is France's highest honor for a Pattiserie
Directors are well known having made The War Room to
Elaine Stritch: At Liberty and much in between

Last Train Home NY, LA 82 100% Documentary 9/3/10 85 Lixin Fan Suqin Chen
Drama Changhua Zhan
Qin Zhang

Lovely, Still NY, LA 59 69% Drama 9/10/10 92 Nicholas Fackler Martin Landau Drama about aging and the reviews are split
Romance Ellen Burstyn and seem to suggest this film will appeal to older
Elizabeth Banks audiences. Some say it depicts aging gracefully,
others say it does so sterotypically

Machete Wide 59 73% Action 105 Ethan Maniquis Danny Trejo Violent, grindhouse film, not for me but if you like
Mystery Robert Rodriguez Robert De Niro this style of film, user reviews are positive and critical
Jessica Alba reviews are positive.
Steven Seagal

Mao's Last Dancer Limited 58 59% Drama 8/20/10 127 Bruce Beresford Bruce Greenwood Period piece, political/personal drama
Musical & Kyle MacLachlan Beresford directed Tender Mercies & Driving Miss Daisy
Performing Joan Chen 2nd tier choice for me
Arts Amanda Schull

Mesrine: Killer Instinct Limited 70 80% 8 Action 8/27/10 113 Jean-François Richet Vincent Cassel French gangster film based on a real person
Drama Ludivine Sagnier This is part 2, Part 1 isn't available on DVD in the U.S.
Biography Mathieu Amalric Part 1 also isn't necessary to enjoy the film
Violent, but ultimately it's a very solid character study

My Dog Tulip NY - 92% Drama 9/1/10 83 Paul Fierlinger Christopher Plummer Based on book by respected British Author J.R. Ackerley
Animation Sandra Fierlinger Lynn Redgrave First animated feature to feature hand drawn paperless
Isabella Rossellini computer technology
I'm excited to see this

Neshoba LA 71 83% Documentary 9/10/10 87 Micki Dickoff 1964 Mississippi incident in which 3 Civil Rights workers
Tony Pagano were killed by the Klan. Film deals with what happened
next.

Salt Wide 65 57% Action 7/23/10 99 Phillip Noyce Angelina Jolie Same director as Rabbit Proof Fence, it's an
Suspense Liev Schreiber action film but it ought to be an intelligent one.
Thriller Chiwetel Ejiofor

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Wide 68 83% 8 Action 8/13/10 113 Edgar Wright Michael Cera Based on cult comic book series
Adventure Context, trappings are aimed at 20 somethings
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Comedy Kieran Culkin But the story and underpinnings are well enough done
Romance Chris Evans that anyone can enjoy this.

The Tillman Story Limited 86 100% 9 Documentary 8/20/10 94 Amir Bar-Lev Pat Tillman Pat Tillman chose the Army instead of the NFL
This film explores that time in the Army
It's also about the resulting politics and lack of clarity
about Tillman's life
There wasn't one moment my mind wandered,
it's a compelling topic, well told.

The Town Wide 76 91% Romance 9/17/10 123 Ben Affleck Ben Affleck Specific to Boston, Affleck's home town
Mystery Rebecca Hall Familiar cops, robbers turf but explored in a unique way
Drama Jon Hamm with real characters and romance suffused
Jeremy Renner

NY,
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is LA 69Talkin'
Everybody 88% About Him?)
Documentary 9/10 NY 117 John Scheinfeld Dustin Hoffman Star studded interviews with the people I've listed
Music 9/17 LA Micky Dolenz (and more) about the Beatles favorite american
Terry Gilliam musician and the writer of the Midnight Cowboy song.
Eric Idle
John Lennon
Randy Newman