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<FONT size=4 face="times new"><b>Max's 2006 Movie Viewing Journal</b><br><br></font>

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Below is a selected list of 2006 movie titles in release through this month, with my grades and comments for any that I've seen in theater or on DVD.  I see far more movies than I have time to review, so this list provides a quick look at my basic thoughts on each movie.  DVD dates are linked to Amazon's page when available (estimated dates are about five months after theatrical weekend opening).  Grades are linked to my reviews when written.  This file will be updated variably on a weekly basis.
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<TD class=topHead width="28%">Movie Title:</TD>
<TD class=topHead width="8%">DVD Date:</TD>
<TD class=topHead width="8%">Grade</TD>
<TD class=topRight width="50%">Comments</TD></TR>


<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>3 Needles</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MRA6XM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>10 Items or Less</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MGUZAM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>10th and Wolf</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GDH9N2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;An uninteresting mob drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>16 Blocks</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FFL2G6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This action flick is one of the weakest movies of the year. Def's accent is as bad as Willis' makeup.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>95 Miles to Go</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Abandoned</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OY9V9S/allaboutshowers">Jun 19</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Accepted</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IZJZIU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not a lot of big laughs, but it's a solidly written comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Akeelah and the Bee</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G1R394/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent, but it's not "Searching for Bobby Fischer."</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M40K2W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>All the King's Men</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K2UGXO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Despite the line-up of heavy hitters, the story doesn't seem focussed enough to make a compelling movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Amateurs</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Aug?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>American Dreamz</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GPPNMY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Adequate topical humor, though not very remarkable.  I laughed at the explosive climax.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>American Gun</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FZEU42/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;It wants to be to guns what "Crash" was to racism but isn't up to the task.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>American Hardcore</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LPR6FQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>An American Haunting</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2LFI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The poltergeist slapfest is just absurdly funny.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Americano</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EHQ7HY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Annapolis</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F6IOD4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Franco just never looks interested in what his character should be pursuing.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Ant Bully</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION23A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent graphics, but forgettable.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Apocalypto</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NOKFHQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Aquamarine</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FCW15A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Architect</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJ4FRG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Arthur and the Invisibles</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N4SHNU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Art School Confidential</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H6SXSI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I think the credit for the clever style of this subtle comedy goes to the director.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Ask the Dust</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FIHN5M/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Nicely shot period drama, but the story quality runs hot and cold.  I'll admit the ending moved me.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>ATL</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FS9ULC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Aurora Borealis</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MEYJII/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Awesome, I Shot That</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FAOCEU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Babel</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MCH5P4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Frustratingly sad and effective in demonstrating communication breakdowns and bad turns.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Bandidas</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHNW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Were it not for the language, this might be a Disney Family Channel movie.  Dwight Yoakam is decent as the villain.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Barnyard</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION726/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Basic Instinct 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FS9UKI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Only worth a look if you're morbidly curious about how Sharon Stone looks now.  (Don't waste your money)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Benchwarmers</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G0O5I2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;"Napoleon Dynamite" fans should not be lured by Jon Heder's presence - skip this one.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Beerfest</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJ4DNW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Fans of the "Grandma's Boy" type of humor, and sweaty drinking, may find something to enjoy here.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Beer League</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JCEB0E/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Big Momma's House 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F1IQHI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Big Question</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EQ5T1K/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This short documentary about belief in God barely scratches the surface. (subtitled Italian)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Black Christmas</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MM0LIM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Black Dahlia</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K2UVZM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Slow, slow, slow, and barely related to the murder investigation.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Blood Diamond</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPGO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The movie gets better as it goes, like a mix between "Proof of Life" and "The Constant Gardener"</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Bloodrayne</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EQ5V8G/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Made-for-tv quality in all respects.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Bobby</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MEYJI8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Borat</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MMMT9G/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Brilliant satire of American bias, but the Pamela Anderson subplot drained the movie of its punch.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Breaking and Entering</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N4SHOO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Break-Up</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HCPS94/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Mistakenly marketed as a comedy, this is a tough, well- written and directed honest relationship drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Brick</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FVQM2Y/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>Maybe a little slow for the impatient, this modern noir is dripping with style.  Highly recommended.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Broken Bridges</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JLTRKO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Bubble</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000C3L2P2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Underwhelming in that truth-is-stranger-than-fiction kind of way.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Candy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LAZDPG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A downer of a movie but the acting is decent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Cars</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JNS0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>Fantastic animation, not just in realism but in the way the camera moved.  Sheryl Crow's song "Real Gone" is my favorite of the year to date.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Casino Royale</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MNP2KI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The music and editing didn't serve the action well, and the risk of the gambling plot is too unbelievable for a "real" spy thriller.  Great torture scene though.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Catch a Fire</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LC4C24/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The acting is good the pace too slow.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Cave of the Yellow Dog</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KHX70S/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Celestine Prophecy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JBWWQ0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Charlotte's Web</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NA6CPE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Clean</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FGG72O/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decently acted drug drama, but that's about it.  Also see "Pure"</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Clerks 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I0RNVQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Hot and cold, but the scenes on fire were great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Click</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HT386M/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A more family-friendly version of "The Butterfly eff</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Color of the Cross</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHO6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Come Early Morning</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MEYJHO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Confetti</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M53GNQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Conversations With God</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHY6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Conversations With Other Women</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJ5G4W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>The split-screen format works well to break up what might have become a stale set.  Hard to watch infidelity, but this is a good bittersweet romance swan song.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Copying Beethoven</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MV8AE0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Covenant</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HA4WN4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;(Edward Furlong)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Covenant</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K4WPCC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;(Renny Harlin)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Crank</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7UBSO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Lame noise.  He's supposed to be pushing himself and he takes <i>cabs</i>??  Amy Smart is't even her usual self.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Curious George</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GIXEWC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Curse of the Golden Flower</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MRA592/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Absolutely beautiful costume and set design.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Dark</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ECXWW2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The only thing interesting about this Bello/Bean horror is its suicidal sheep.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Date Movie</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F9RLL2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;At least "Scary Movie 4" had its moments.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Dave Chappelle's Block Party</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FMH8RG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Great group of musicians, but if they don't interest you, the movie won't either.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Da Vinci Code</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JOC9/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Interesting for genealogical reasons, but not nearly as fun as Indiana Jones, "Sahara", or "National Treasure".</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Dead Girl</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MTFFO0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Death of a President</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MV8AAY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Death of Mr. Lazarescu</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GBEWMA/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Would be interesting if not for its too long running time.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Deliver Us From Evil</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NIVJH2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Departed</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M341XW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Wahlberg and Baldwin are great.  Some weak editing.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Deck the Halls</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Nov?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Deja Vu</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N6UERK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Apart from the way time-travel science is violated, this is a pretty good thriller that keeps you interested all the way through.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Descent</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IHY9TS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Two different movies on either side of the hour mark (caving thriller vs. supernatural gorefest) which are both decent.  Kind of "First Blood" meets "Predator" starring chicks.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Devil and Daniel Johnston</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GNOSGS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Devil Wears Prada</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J103PC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Pretty good, though less than other lured-by-the-dark-side movies like "Wall St."</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Dirty</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EAT232/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>District B13</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GPPPTK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Some interesting acrobatic action, but typical of Besson's forced morals.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0IN6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A great story.  Short on full music performances.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Don't Come Knocking</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FUTVP0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Doogal</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F0V0KO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Down in the Valley</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GDH9NM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Norton does a good job as always.  I think the climax comes too early in the movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Dreamgirls</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O174CM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Is it a musical or a movie about music?</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Driving Lessons</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000PAAJW4/allaboutshowers">Jul 3</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Duck Season</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GI3KDA/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This kid's-on-their-own comedy didn't hold my interest.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Edison Force</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FI8MPM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;All this star power and it goes straight to video.  McDermott does a good job.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Edmond</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GRUQZQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;William H. Macy is good as always, but the racist dialogue feels dated.  "Falling Down" is better.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Eight Below</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F4PDFI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The dogs are great, but their story feels interrupted by scenes of their non-rescue story.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Employee of the Month</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LC3ICE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Dumb, but Cook and Simpson have a cute date, and Dax brought a laugh or two.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>End of the Spear</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EXDS4I/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>L'Enfant</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G0O5IM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent drama from France (in French) </TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Eragon</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NA28IE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Dragonheart was better.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Everyone's Hero</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MNOX9E/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>An Existential Affair</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2OAK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Facing the Giants</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KLQUS0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Factory Girl</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QGDXG6/allaboutshowers">Jul 17</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Factotum</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ICL3NI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I was bored.  It tries to hard to be quirky.  Adaptation is the better pick.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Failure to Launch</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FILV1Y/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Zooey Deschenel is the only reason to watch this paint-by-numbers romcom.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Fast and the Furious 3</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HA4WT8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Much better than #2, good music tracks and interesting character in Han.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Fast Food Nation</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MEYKAU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Practically no connecting narrative thread, this would have been better as a true documentary.  You see things you won't see elsewhere, however.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Favela Rising</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION76C/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A documentary on the role of poverty and violence on music.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Fateless</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EQ5Q2W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;(subtitled Hungarian)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Fearless</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K2UW06/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Jet Li's last kung fu movie isn't full of action, but is a good drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Feast</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GLL1U6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Final Destination 3</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FC2HS6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Find Me Guilty</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FFJ826/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The grade is for the first half only since I fell asleep, but nothing about that much made me want to try the second half.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Firewall</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F8DV1M/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Standard thriller, a waste for Ford, Bettany plays the standard Hans Gruber wannabe.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Flags of Our Fathers</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M4RG42/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;It just felt forced, and a repeat of "Saving Private Ryan."</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Flicka</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LV63MW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Flushed Away</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M343BC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A fun adventure, but forgettable.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Flyboys</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LAZE8W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Cliched and sleep-inducing WWI air combat adventure that missed its potential.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>For Your Consideration</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M341Q4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I get the joke but the actors seem too "aren't we funny" to enjoy it.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Fountain</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPAR/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Too philosophically ambitious, too mystic, too disconnected. Some of the cinematography is really beautiful while parts are shot with overly aggressive angles. A headscratcher.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Freedomland</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FEBZ0A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A misleading trailer wasn't the reason this 'thriller' story fizzled.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Free Zone</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O77LZ6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Friends With Money</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GFRI54/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decently acted but without much plot. Simon McBurney is most noteworthy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>F*ck</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KB488Y/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Fur</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NO1XG8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The connection between Kidman and Downey Jr's characters feels real, but the story drags and he's overly softspoken and delicate.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Game 6</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EU1ONS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The screenplay and direction struggle desperately for a sensible story.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Garfield 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H7J9W6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Genius Club</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Glory Road</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EXZFCQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Standard sports drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Goal! The Dream Begins</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GJ0LLI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not a lot of soccer footage, but a decent family sports movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>God Grew Tired of Us</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Aug?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Good German</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OY8NBK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Comparisons to Casablanca are unavoidable, meaning this will strike some as an interesting homage and others as an uninspired knockoff.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Good Woman</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F3UAFC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;It's too bad Johansson isn't as good as she was in "Match Point".  Wilkinson is worth watching.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Good Shepherd</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MXPE7O/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Interesting, but long.  Breach is like an abridged version of the same type of tale.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Good Year</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LXHK2C/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The trailer might hint that this is Oscar bait but it's a basic comedic romance.  Still, the shots of the countryside and the third act sentiment are nice.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Grandma's Boy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EMGJAO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not as good as Office Space/Eurotrip, but stupid humor that got a few laughs out of me.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Great New Wonderful</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GNOHG4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not much goes on, but Gyllenhaal is watchable, and the security guards are entertaining.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Gridiron Gang</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KHYN9C/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Grilled</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FGGWGK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Groomsmen</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HRMAVS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Ground Truth</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HA4WSY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Grudge 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LRZHQY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Guardian</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KF0GWW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not bad for what it is. Too long.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KB489I/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Sad.  Feels long for a short movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Half Nelson</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0IOK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The movie didn't sustain my interest, but Gosling is excellent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Happy Feet</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPCF/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The characters just don't feel approachable, and the ending merges reality and animation in a bizarre morality tale.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Hard Candy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GI3KGC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>A brilliant story hook with wickedly sharp dialogue. Ellen Page is excellent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Harsh Times</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0IM2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>D&nbsp;Screenwriter Ayer's weak followup to "Training Day" uses annoying graphic effects that can't punch up the story.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Haven</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JFY06G/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Marketed as an Orlando Bloom movie, he figures only partly in this non-thriller.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Heading South</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION76M/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Heart of the Game</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LXGXX4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A great documentary about a girl's high school basketball team.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Hills Have Eyes</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FAOC2W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Holiday</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MQC9H4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Typical chick fantasy across the board.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Hollywoodland</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KWZ7JC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Affleck is decent but not spectacular.  Not satisfying as a mystery.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Home of the Brave</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Aug?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Hoot</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GB5MH4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Hostel</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EHRVP6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not as pointlessly violent as advertised, this has some above-average sex and escape scenes for a horror flick.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>House of Sand</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J3OTOG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>How to Eat Fried Worms</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J10FLY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Barring comparison to the book, this is an enjoyable kid's movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Ice Age 2: The Meltdown</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GUJZ00/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not bad, they just would have been better off centering on Scrat's amusing hijinks.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Idiocracy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHOG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A lame execution of a questionable idea.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Idlewild</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJSL1W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Good cinematography but the music is stale and the movie drags.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Illusionist</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHQ4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Great cinematography (ASC nominee) but it's too slow in comparison to "The Prestige".</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Imagine Me & You</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F7CEBG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>;A surprise, this romantic/comedy/drama covers love-at-first-sight vs. fidelity just right.  Funny and painful, everyone's acting is great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>An Inconvenient Truth</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ICL3KG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Al Gore's documentary crusade against global warming devastation is engaging and highly informative without being too preachy or cerebral.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Infamous</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M341SC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I thought this was a little more fun than "Capote".</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Inland Empire</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QQFKYE/allaboutshowers">Aug 14</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Invincible</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J3OTT6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I like Wahlberg, but his character seems too pessimistic and there's not enough football in this 'inspiring' football film (good finish though).</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Inside Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GFLKF8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Slow, as most Spike Lee movies are.  Clive Owen has too few lines and Jodie Foster over does it.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Jackass 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JLTRJK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Jesus Camp</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KLQUV2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Wow.  But somehow I felt like the documentary wasn't as comprehensive as it could have been.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>John Tucker Must Die</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J4QW7W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Wasted potential.  Not awful, just lacking.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Joyeux Noel</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I6BJ56/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Just My Luck</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GB775E/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Keeping Mum</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHQY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Lightly amusing, but lacking any real edge.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Keeping Up With the Steins</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H4JH4O/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Piven is a shadow of his Ari Gold character.  Basic comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Kid & I</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FS9FQ2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The King</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H0M4AW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;It just couldn't keep me awake.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Kinky Boots</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GFLE1S/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Enjoyable, and Ejiofor is good, but it's hardly kinky at all.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lady in the Water</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JLTR8Q/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Shyamalan's heavy handed symbolism should have stopped with "Unbreakable." I only continued watching for Jeffrey Wright.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Lake House</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HEWEE4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A decent romance, not great, some dialogue would be more believable in an instant chat mode than by hand-written correspondence.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Land of Plenty</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2M20/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;An exploration of obsessive paranoia.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Larry the Cable Guy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FSME3S/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lassie</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ICL3ME/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Last Holiday</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ERVJJK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Mostly this movie made me hungry for professionaly cooked food.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Last King of Scotland</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NIVJF4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Both Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy are excellent in this Idi Amin biopic.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Last Kiss</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JLTRK4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Good drama about relationships, not a great date movie.  Wilkinson and Bilson are great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lemming</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FGGNA0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Let's Go to Prison</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M9CB4W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A comedy that just isn't funny.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I2J62I/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lies & Alibis</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION7AS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not great, but a decently entertaining con artist flick.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Little Children</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N3SU92/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Great choice of narrator.  The acting is good and the sex scenes are hot, but the stories are disconnected with a misleading title.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Little Fish</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E6ESU8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A forgettably dreary drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Little Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IFRT4W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I had to see this due to a lost bet.  Awful, but it's actually not the worst I've ever seen. (ie. "Ultraviolet")</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Little Miss Sunshine</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K7VHQE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4573">A&nbsp;</a></TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>Quirky and hilarious right up to the edge of being inappropriate.  Alan Arkin is excellent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Lives of Others</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Aug?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>A fascinating look at Cold War East Germany and a subtle portayal of loneliness.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>London</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EU1Q7M/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A painfully watchable breakup drama with iffy and staged dialogue.  A masochistic double feature with "The Break-Up".</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lonely Hearts</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QGEB1M/allaboutshowers">Jul 31</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lonesome Jim</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FZEU3S/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This is a pretty funny romance.  Mark Boone Junior is great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Look Both Ways</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IFQLFA/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;To be honest I can barely remember what this was about.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FS9FD0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A clever idea but typically underwhelmingly Brooksian delivery.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Lost City</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000C3L2PC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I don't know how I feel rooting for the rich, but it's no fun watching the inevitable, unavoidable losses mount.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Loverboy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GB5M3S/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Good drama, but watching Sedgewick's smothering mother is unsettling.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Lucky Number Slevin</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FKO5QK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Ben Kingsley's distractions aside, this hitman-whodunit holds interest.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>(Tyler Perry's) Madea's Family Reunion</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FA57J4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Man of the Year</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LC5B7O/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The satire feels old and stale, and a subplot drags the fun down.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Manderlay</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FZEU0G/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Marie Antoinette</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M06KJ8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Are we supposed to feel sorry for her?  Coppola's direction fell apart.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FDFSGI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Never amounts to what it intended to be.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Marine</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0HIW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Generic action trying to be big and amusing.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Material Girls</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JFY05W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Miami Vice</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J4QWMC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I loved Michael Mann for "Heat," "The Insider," and "Collateral," but this was just too aimless and lackluster to be the serious drama it wanted to be.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Mini's First Time</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2LJE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not much better than "Wild Things 3."  Baldwin is a benefit.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Mission: Impossible III</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HRMAOU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;You can't say that Cruise isn't intense.  The other actors are good if underused. Lots of great action.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Miss Potter</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N4SHOE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Monster House</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IFRT2Y/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The animation is excellent but the story isn't engaging.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Mozart & the Whale</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J10KO6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>La Mujer de Mi Hermano</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FII31A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Infidelity from Argentina. (in Spanish)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>My First Wedding</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IOM2CC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>My Super-Ex Girlfriend</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J4QW8Q/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The crazy, ex-girlfriend who's a superhero is a good hook, but the effort is hollow. Eddie Izzard is decent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Nacho Libre</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HRMAPO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Jack Black has a moment or two, but this is a lousy comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Nanny McPhee</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F1IQNM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Suitable for kids, but I found only the adorable Kelly Macdonald to be worth the time.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Nativity Story</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MGBM1I/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Nearing Grace</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Jul?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Neil Young: Heart of Gold</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F48D00/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Night at the Museum</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NOKJCM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Light and entertaining but not quite on the scale of something Spielberg would deliver.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Night Listener</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J3FBDO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A mediocre thriller, but Toni Collette's performance is exceptionally creepy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Night Watch</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FFJ81C/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Irritating overuse of special effects, but the writing is pretty good.  Unconvential plot ending. (in Russian)</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Notes on a Scandal</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NIVJFY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5134">A-</a></TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Dench and Blanchett give excellent performances in this drama about obsessive relationships.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Notorious Bettie Page</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GB5M42/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Gretchen Mol really plays the part, but the movie itself has no va-va-voom.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Off the Black</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M343CQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Forgettable drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The OH in Ohio</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I2JDEO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Amusing topic, not a great soundtrack, but the story manages to get better later on.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Omen 666</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HCO87W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>On a Clear Day</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FQISV2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent English drama, but not extraordinary.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Once in a Lifetime</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FQISV2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Nice to revisit my fond memories of the Cosmos, interesting to learn about the people behind the team's rise.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>One Night With the King</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JJSJO6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Sometimes hard to follow.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Open Season</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000L22SG6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Lifeless.  I can't imagine this maintaining a kid's attention either.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Our Brand is Crisis</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GDIBSO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Pretty interesting documentary look into Carville & Co's point of view during a campaign.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Over the Hedge</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H7JCK0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Some good chuckles but lacking some.  The hedgehog kids are great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Pan's Labyrinth</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPA6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Violent, and more reality than the imaginary world we see in the trailer.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Pele Forever</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Brazilian documentary.  Lousy video transfer and context, but good to see his highlights.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Perception</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AYELWY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Clunky comedy/drama/comedy tone with barely any plot.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Phat Girlz</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FUH35U/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Pink Panther</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FBH3V8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Great potential from the comedic pairing of Steve Martin and Kevin Kline is wasted on a dumbed down remake.  It might have been funnier as a Mr. Bean vehicle.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Pirates of the Caribbean 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JP0F/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Weak start (a montage??), didn't hum along as well as the first.  The best scenes (Knightley and Depp) came too late and too few.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Poseidon</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GRUMPU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Anxiety-inducing claustrophic scenes, pointless character development, and the Razzie-worthy Kevin Dillon.  Kurt Russell was decent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Prairie Home Companion</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H6SXYM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Sad that the only entertaining person in the overdirected film is Keillor himself, who is a natural performer.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Prestige</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LC55F2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>A clever thriller combining the mystery of science with magic that may not hold up to repeat viewings.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Prince & Me 2</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CDSS0Y/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Kam Heskin replaces Julia Stiles in this direct to video sequel.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Promise</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JVSUXO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Proposition</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GIW9I2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent, violent, western from Australia.  Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce are good.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Protector</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I0RNWU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Pretty much the same as Ong Bak, with a ridiculously funny/brutal long finale.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Pulse</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I0RNYI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This horror is a snoozer, aided in no way by Kristen Bell.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Pursuit of Happyness</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N6U0E2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The music does nothing to support this slow drama, which makes its point but isn't entirely engaging.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Queen</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPAO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Mirren brings nothing special to her role, but Michael Sheen as Tony Blair (and the Blair story) is excellent.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Quiet</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0IP4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Intriguing at first but it falls apart in the end.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Quinceanera</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K2Q7CI/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Rank</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2M3E/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A documentary about the bull-riding circuit.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Renaissance</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000PFU9QK/allaboutshowers">Jul 24</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Return</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M2E3H2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Road to Guantanamo</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HOL67U/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The dramatization of this story takes away from it somehow.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Rocky Balboa</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N4SHPS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The ending is a bit anticlimatic, but Stallone did a good job reviving this character.  Decent speeches.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G0O3SE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Roving Mars (IMAX)</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FIMG40/allaboutshowers">Jul 31</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Running Scared</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F5WR4W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The story had potential but the crazy camera angles are just too distracting.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Running With Scissors</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M5B98A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Hard to grade this one - it's shot well, decent, but drags and is a downer.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>RV</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GCFNZO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Santa Clause 3</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OLGCIE/allaboutshowers">Nov 20</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Saw III</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LC3ID8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>A Scanner Darkly</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JMK6LW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The rotoscoped animation quickly loses its curiosity and becomes an additional obstacle to getting into the slow story.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Scary Movie 4</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FOQ1KY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;More of a recreation of "War of the Worlds" and "The Village" than laugh-out-loud spoof.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>School for Scoundrels</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000K2UGZW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Then ending gets better as a drama, but this is Billy Bob Thornton at his most average.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Science of Sleep</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M341Y6/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;An uneasy romance lies beneath Gondry's interesting visuals.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Scoop</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IU37SO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Woody Allen back to lackluster form.  Even Hugh Jackman gives his weakest performance.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>See No Evil</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008YOCK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Sentinel</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G5SILC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I nearly fell asleep during this boring action thriller.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Shadowboxer</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HRMAUY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Shaggy Dog</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FKP3XY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>She's the Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FIHN84/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;This was much more Disney-channel cutesy than I'd hoped for.  Channing Tatum is really the highlight.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Sherrybaby</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JBXXYK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The movie isn't that great but Maggie Gyllenhaal is good.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Shortbus</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LAZDQA/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Whoa! Either this is a decent porn or a really really really graphic drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Silent Hill</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GCFO0I/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Sleeping Dogs Lie</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GYHQZC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not as scandalous the story as marketing would have you believe, but still a decent romantic comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Slither</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GYI3B8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I was expecting a lot more funny from this space-parasite horror comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Snakes on a Plane</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JBXHQY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4682">D</a>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Way more hype than it deserved, it didn't go over the top like it should have.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JBXH5A/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Somersault</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FSMEE2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Interesting cinematography in parts.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Something New</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F3UA5C/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Standing Still</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IHYW0O/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Stay Alive</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JOWW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Step Up</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J3OTSM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Typical generic teen-world crossover.  Tatum is watchable.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Stick It</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JOZC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Overall a good dig at the gymnastics industry, but not the best rebel girl movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Stolen</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ION2IK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A barely interesting documentary on art theft.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Stranger Than Fiction</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LXH0AE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>Just the right tonal balance between romance, comedy, and drama, I might have gone the other way at the end.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Strangers With Candy</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2OBO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;One or two laughs, but it can't sustain movie length entertainment.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Superman Returns</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J10ERO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Routh isn't quite Reeve, and the tone doesn't have the upbeat feel we'd expect for a Superman flick.  Better than "X3" by a tad.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Take the Lead</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JOUS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Talladega Nights</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J4P9P8/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Some light moments, but nothing spectacular in this Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Tamara</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BYA5HS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MCH5RM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Even on fast forward there's nothing of value here.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KJU1KK/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Thank You For Smoking</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H0MKOC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>Darkly funny adaptation of the book.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>This Film is Not Yet Rated</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JGWD64/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Interesting, though mostly what we've come to know by inference.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Tideland</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KB4898/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Tiger and the Snow</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NY1EAS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Tristan & Isolde</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EPFCPE/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Great potential but no fire.  I enjoyed "First Knight" a lot more.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EOTFBW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Creative but also hard to enjoy because of it.  The hot chestnut scene is great.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Trust the Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KX0HGY/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;It's not unwatchable, it's just unremarkable.  Crudup is good.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Twelve and Holding</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2M2K/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;I think this is mostly love-one-half, hate the rest type of movie.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Two Weeks</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">??</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Turistas</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N3AW6G/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Ultraviolet</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FGGE68/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Lousy visuals, seemingly all blue-screen.  Not even the action makes it worth seeing.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Unaccompanied Minors</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><!a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN//allaboutshowers">Nov?</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Underworld 2: Evolution</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F6IOC0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>D+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Convoluted mythology and plot reasoning, plus, the "Blade" series just has better action.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>United 93</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H5U6HA/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>A-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;<font color="red">TOP TEN  </font>A very powerful film, excellent editing, directing, and sound.  Important as a remembrance.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Unknown</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HC2LZS/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The U.S. vs. John Lennon</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LP5CX4/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>V For Vendetta</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FS9FCQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Some good action scenes but the plot meandered.  Underused potential.  An uncommon take on rebellion and tyranny.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301964160/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Kal Penn will likely have a good career ahead of him.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Venus</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NOKFHG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Volver</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000N3T0DW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not bad, I just couldn't get into it.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Wah-Wah</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IFRT5Q/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;A depressing father-son conflict drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Wanderlust</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FQISV2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;An interesting documentary on the history of road movies, hindered by an annoying storytelling device by the filmmakers.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Water</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E112BG/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Decent Indian romance and drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>We Are Marshall</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPBO/allaboutshowers">Sep 18</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>When a Stranger Calls</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F6IOAM/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Who Killed the Electric Car?</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I5Y8FU/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Is there anyone who's seen this movie and doesn't want an EV-1?</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Wicker Man</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JYW5DW/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>F&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;So absurdly bad that I think this is the worst movie of the year.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Wild</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G75AZC/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Not dull but this movie lacked the heart of "Madagascar", possibly due to its photorealistic cgi characters.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Winter Passing</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F3UA66/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;Will Ferrell is goofy weird but also entertaining as the comic relief to this downer.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Wondrous Oblivion</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M7XRCO/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>The Woods</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H5TH0W/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Wordplay</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HLDFR2/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>C+</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The crossword construction segment is interesting, but the documentary falls short of being captivating.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>World Trade Center</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JLTRJ0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;"We're not going to leave you.  We're Marines.  You are our mission." may be one of the most hopeful phrases ever spoken.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>You, Me, and Dupree</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ICM5X0/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The first 40 minutes drag as typical bonehead comedy, but the movie shifts into an interesting and surprisingly good romantic/paranoia drama.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>X-Men 3: The Last Stand</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HCO840/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>B-</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;The story just is not up to the first two installments, everyone looks old and worn.</TD></TR>

<TR vAlign=center align=middle><TD class=tableHead>Zoom</TD>
<TD class=oddRow><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000LMPDXQ/allaboutshowers">Now</a></TD>
<TD class=oddRow>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD class=RowEnd align=left>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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Number of theater visits in 2006: 67 &nbsp;(including 2005 titles)<br>
Total number of titles with comments: &nbsp;&nbsp; 216 &nbsp;
<P align=right><i>Last update: 5/28/2007 (The Lives of Others)</i></p>


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