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Hell Ride

The Perfect Game

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

AUGUST 22nd:

Leatherheads

Director: George Clooney
Stars: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures

The Plot: An aging football legend (Clooney) and the hot college star he's drafted for his pro team (Krasinski) fight for the heart of an intrepid up-and-coming journalist (Zellweger). Oh, it all takes place in 1925.

THE BUZZ: His Girl Friday meets Any Given Sunday as Clooney attempts to put an old-style screwball comedy spin on the then-nascent sport of professional football. Assuming you can get over the titular headgear (can Clooney even make this look good?) it all sounds perky enough, and hopefully Clooney can translate his quirky sense of humor to the director's chair. Zellweger also makes a canny move back to comedy (though dial down the squinting, please!), and we're happy that Krasinski finally gets a chance to crack his Office persona. (Only a chance, mind you.)

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Shine a Light

Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (Full Cast)
Studio: Paramount Vantage

The Plot: A look at the legendary rock band The Rolling Stones through the ages, as they blast through their 2006 "Big Bang Tour".

THE BUZZ: Scorsese isn't exactly breaking new ground here. He's rocked the music world before (No Direction Home, The Last Waltz) and the Stones have also had their share of documentaries (Gimme Shelter, Sympathy for the Devil) these past few decades. So, what's with all the backstage drama on this film's release getting pushed back from last year? Who knows? It's only rock and roll, but we like it. Besides, if anyone's proven that they get better with age, it's these guys.

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Nim's Island

Director: Jennifer Flackett Mark Levin
Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox-Walden

The Plot: A popular author (Foster) teams up the adventure-loving Alex Rover (Butler) in order to help her number-one fan (Breslin), a young girl who lives on a secret island where her father has gone missing. Two problems the author faces: her crippling fear of leaving her house, and the fact that Alex is merely the main character in her best-selling novels.

THE BUZZ: Finally, there's an Indiana Jones for girls, and who better to star in it (and receive top billing) than little miss Abigail Breslin, last seen being a touch too dreary in No Reservations. One peek at Nim's trailer reveals a promising springtime family adventure, with Jodie Foster taking a much-needed timeout from high-drama roles in order to showcase her comedic talents (truly, she's a major spazz and looks great with a smile on her face). Meanwhile, Gerard Butler looks to expand his appeal with a goofy/sweet performance as Nim's dad and Alex's life coach. P.S. Don't squint your eyes or you will think you see Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman.

Message Boards: I was hoping for more adventure | Movies with kids on deserted islands

The Ruins

Director: Carter Smith
Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker (Full Cast)
Studio: DreamWorks SKG

The Plot: A Mexican vacation takes a turn for the worse for a group of Americans when they head into the jungle to look for the missing brother of a fellow traveler. A foreboding encounter with a couple locals is only a hint of the evil that awaits them on a patch of secluded hillside.

THE BUZZ: If you have the Sundance Channel, chances are you've caught director Carter Smith's Bugcrush, a creepy short film that helped earn him a his chance to take a crack at feature filmmaking. In terms of the played-out horror genre, you actually could ask for worse source material than this popular book by Scott B. Smith (he wrote the novel A Simple Plan); come to think of it, three of the four principals here are solid in their own right. Laura Ramsey rounds out the cast - you may remember from another Cancun misadventure.

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My Blueberry Nights [limited]

Director: Kar Wai Wong
Stars: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman (Full Cast)
Studio:

The Plot: Elizabeth (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters on her route.

THE BUZZ: Oh, Harvey Weinstein, we kinda love that you are back to your old ways -- promising us the best art-house presentations your money can buy, only to delay their releases by putting your meaty hands all over completed works and refashioning them into something miles away from the director's final cut. It's too bad that you are married ...

We can expect a wildy different Blueberry from the version Cannes shrugged at last year. We keep hearing that the story's well-worn themes are obscured by Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz's performances, and that maybe -- just maybe -- Jude Law's role should have recast and that Ms. Jones' should stick to the recording booth ...

Message Boards: Why Norah Jones acted in such a movie ? | the final kiss

Meet Bill [limited]

Director: Bernie Goldmann Melisa Wallack
Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Logan Lerman (Full Cast)
Studio: First Look International

The Plot: Bill (Eckhart), a listless, unhappily married human resources executive, is roped into mentoring a rebellious teen (Lerman). After a hesitant start, the fledgling relationship causes Bill himself to re-examine his existence and to go for what he really wants out of life.

THE BUZZ: Originally, Lindsay Lohan was cast alongside Aaron Eckhart as a smiley salesgirl who becomes the target of Bill's mentee's affection, but then, you know, things got a little out of control with Lindsay and the role eventually went to Jessica Alba. Turns out LL dodged another career-slaying bullet, since Meet Bill has been called labeled a seriously unfunny comedy by nearly every major critic who saw it on the festival circuit. Good thing Eckhart is the face of the best marketing campaign of the year or else I'd start falling out of love with him.

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Street Kings

Director: David Ayer
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie (Full Cast)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

The Plot: Tom Ludlow (Reeves) is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

THE BUZZ: Even though this story of serious drama inside the LAPD is a custom fit for David Ayer (Harsh Times), the project went through a series of overhauls before he was brought in to direct. David Fincher, Spike Lee, and Oliver Stone were all ready to make it at one point or the other, but script and financing changes over a two-year period ultimately led to the screenplay being dropped at Ayer's door. At least the project is at Fox Searchlight, who should have no difficulty marketing another intense Forest Whitaker performance -- remember their enduring awards campaign for The Last King of Scotland? Look for Ayer to be completely in his element here, telling a sort of years-later story he so expertly created with Training Day.

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The Visitor [limited]

Director: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira (Full Cast)
Studio: Overture Films

The Plot: College professor Walter Vale (Jenkins) travels to New York to attend a conference and finds a young couple -- a Syrian guy (Sleiman) and a Senegalese woman (Gurira) -- living in the apartment he keeps there. The surprise leads to unexpected friendships, and a much-needed new lease on life for Vale.

THE BUZZ: Thomas McCarthy's long-awaited follow up to The Station Agent (still awesome five years later) has earned near-rapturous reviews from the festival circuit primarily for two reasons: the writer-director's nuanced feel for creating friendships between equally nuanced characters, and star Richard Jenkins's (you'll know the face) breakout performance in a leading role, after spending most of his career as a character actor. What most critics go on to say is that McCarthy wisely avoided addressing the Arab-in-America theme with a heavy hand, though at times he does come close to getting on that particular soapbox ...

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Smart People

Director: Noam Murro
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church (Full Cast)
Studio: Miramax Films

The Plot: When Dr. Janet Hartigan (Sarah Jessica Parker) agrees to look after her injured former professor (Quaid), little does she know she will soon have to contend with his clumsy affections, the attitude of his Young Republican daughter (Ellen Page), and the sudden arrival of Lawrence's good-for-nothing adopted brother (Church).

THE BUZZ: Looking to be one of the best-reviewed films at Sundance this year, Smart People should have decent momentum as it builds toward its release this spring. Distributor Miramax is emerging beautifully in the post-Weinstein era, and they look to have a potential breakout hit on their hands; early reviews indicate that Noam Murro (you remember Noam, the commercials director that was supposed to make his debut with The Ring Two but wisely stepped away from that project) has created a dysfunctional family comedy that is both familiar and surprising. And reportedly the movie belongs to Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page -- but that is not so surprising.

Message Boards: What kind of Audi does SJP's character drive? | Does anyone have the script?

Prom Night

Director: Nelson McCormick
Stars: Brittany Snow (Full Cast)
Studio: Screen Gems

The Plot: A group of high school students are stalked on their prom night by a vengeful killer who years ago witnessed the same kids cause a young girl's accidental death.

THE BUZZ: Once-hot screenwriter Stephen Susco finally got one of his post-Grudge ideas to stick, but this remake got the green light before the R-rated horror backlash. And if you want to proof of how Grindhouse and Hostel: Part Deux's respective failures have affected upcoming projects, take a look at this ... So if we're to expect less violence and more stalking from this PG-13 affair, I guess we can stop imagining, contrary to what the trailer might have us believe, this one doesn't exactly play out like the cast of High School Musical picked off one by one by a scorned Wildcat.

Message Boards: 250 Things We Learned From 'Prom Night' | I actually liked this.

Young@Heart [limited]

Director: Stephen Walker
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Plot: A documentary on the Young at Heart Chorus, a group of senior citizens who perform contemporary and classic rock and pop songs.

THE BUZZ: Remember a while back when it seemed like a high-profile documentary came out every other week or so? By retooling his earlier effort, director Stephen Walker has helped breathe life back into the genre, and I believe that his film-festival hit will translate with the public, who in turn will keep Y@H rocking seriously diverse crowds over the next couple of months. But we really wish all the chorus members were available as "Guitar Hero" characters.

Message Boards: Demographic? | song help (warning spoiler...)

Chaos Theory [limited]

Director: Marcos Siega
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Plot: Frank Allen (Reynolds) is a noted author on the art of living efficiently, but when his wife (Mortimer) covertly adds an extra ten minutes to his day, Frank's schedule -- which he adheres to via series of timetables and index cards -- is thrown into chaos. Can a meticulously arranged guy learn to live in the moment?

THE BUZZ: The hard thing to accept here is the idea of Ryan Reynolds being tightly wound, but I'm in for the ride if only because of RR's likability and natural comic sensibilities. Plus, any one-time indie project that gets called up to the majors (this used to be a Warner Independent title) is worth a look, especially one that co-stars Ms. Mortimer, who herself is leaving the indie world behind it seems. Funny to remember that Pretty Persuasion director Marcos Siega's last film was Underclassman -- how did that happen, anyway? We're amazed he hasn't tried to remove that from his IMDb page.

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Bra Boys [limited]

Director: Sunny Abberton Macario De Souza
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Berkela Films

The Plot: A documentary about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach-side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by a surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

THE BUZZ: Russell Crowe narrates Sunny Abberton's first-ever documentary, and you might be interested to know that Crowe has signed on to direct the feature-adaptation of this rabble-rousing crew who take after their fellow countryman. What's more compelling, however, is the fact that Abberton is a Bra Boy himself, resulting in a project that Slant Magazine called "a carefully manicured PR video" in a recent review. We tend to go agree with Slant's angles.

Message Boards: Incredibly biased.. | New movie...same people, same thing?

88 Minutes

Director: Jon Avnet
Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Benjamin McKenzie (Full Cast)
Studio: Columbia Pictures

The Plot: A college professor (Pacino) who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI receives a death threat telling him that he has only 88 minutes to live, causing him to scramble to stay alive while he tries to learn his potential assailant's identity.

THE BUZZ: We're thinking and hoping the reason this two-year-old project is finally getting a release is because director Jon Avnet and star Al Pacino's other new movie, Righteous Kill is as good as its buzz indicates. But all of our finger crossing might be for nothing, because despite this reliable premise -- and a cast that includes a bevy of lovelies and Ryan from The O.C. -- a quick census of those who have seen the film already says it's an exercise in formula and cliché.

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The Forbidden Kingdom

Director: Rob Minkoff
Stars: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano (Full Cast)
Studio: Lionsgate

The Plot: A discovery made by a kung-fu obsessed American teen (Angarano) transports him back to ancient China, where he joins up with a band of martial-arts warriors in order to free an imprisoned king.

THE BUZZ: Jackie Chan and Jet Li unite for the first time for a kung-fu family comedy based on the Chinese legend of the Monkey King. A lot of people are asking who Michael Angarano is and why he was selected for the role (maybe the producers had foreknowledge of Shia LaBeouf's coming fame - he and Angarano look like brothers from the same mother); others are asking why Chan and the I'm-retired-from-kung-fu-films Li have come together for something so PG-13 (easy: both of them have officially cashed in on their global fame). Still, I think the trailer looks fun; a sort-of update on Time Bandits and The Karate Kid?

Message Boards: Sequel? | Karate Kid + Narnia

Pathology

Director: Marc Schoelermann
Stars: Alyssa Milano, Milo Ventimiglia, Keir O'Donnell (Full Cast)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

The Plot: A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.

THE BUZZ: MGM's latest fear offering sounds like a mash-up of "CSI" and "Veronica Mars", which has been given a sicker twist by Neveldine and Taylor, the Crank creators who are buzzing right now with a few projects (their Game is in post-production, but the one getting more attention is Crank 2, with Jason Statham slated to return). Meanwhile, director Marc Schoelermann joins the ever-growing list of European directors who are willing to leave perfectly good careers behind in order to shill for Hollywood.

Message Boards: Worst Character Development EVER! | Everyone is slating this film...BUT I think this film is Brilliant

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures

The Plot: Peter (Segel) jets off to Hawaii for a vacation that is supposed to help him deal with his recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah (Bell). Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.

THE BUZZ: The magical name of Judd Apatow hangs over this film, as the Knocked Up comedy guru is producing, with Apatow acolytes Nicholas Stoller (directing) and Jason Segel (writing and starring) on board. Who's Segel? He's the lovable lunk on the did-I-ever-watch-that-I-think-I-did-and-it-was-funny-I-think CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." Most exciting, however, is the post-Veronica Mars appearance of Kristen Bell as famous girlfriend Sarah, leaving us all atwitter. Do you think she'll remember we used to be friends... a long time ago...?

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Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? [limited]

Director: Morgan Spurlock
Stars: Morgan Spurlock (Full Cast)
Studio: Weinstein Company, The

The Plot: Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.

THE BUZZ: For his next number, Morgan Spurlock teases us with a provocative title, but provides a radically different experience from the one for which we have prepared. Leaving his pregnant wife while she's in her final trimester (Dude!), Spurlock readies himself for the hunt (he gets his shots and immunizations, and even takes a survival training program) and then departs for Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and points elsewhere. If you haven't familiarized yourself with the ultimate mission that Spurlock undertakes, let's just say you might want to adjust your expectations before saddling up for some more of Morgan's hijinx.

Message Boards: America's Global Ignorance | Australian release??

The Life Before Her Eyes [limited]

Director: Vadim Perelman
Stars: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri (Full Cast)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

The Plot: A two-tiered dramatic thriller centered on Diana (Thurman), a wife and mother whose idyllic life begins to fray as she recalls a tragic, 15-year-old event which claimed the life of her best friend Maureen (Amurri); running parallel to this story is another tale, that of the younger Diana (Wood), who is dealing with her strained relationship with Maureen, the tragedy itself, and the mystery behind the crime.

THE BUZZ: Formerly known as In Bloom, Vadim Perelman's follow up to House of Sand and Fog has bewildered and angered enough critics to possibly make all the drama worth your while, even if those who are familiar with the book say the mysteries and dramas of young Diana's life aren't tiered with any narrative skill or grace. So let's just state, without heading into spoiler territory, if you have seen 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, then you caught the "good" film about abortion and its effects on a female character.

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Baby Mama

Director: Michael McCullers
Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver (Full Cast)
Studio: Universal Pictures

The Plot: A career-driven single woman (Fey) hires a surrogate mother (Poehler) to carry her child to term.

THE BUZZ: Sorry, Jimmy Fallon, but this is the "Weekend Update" reunion we've been waiting for. After proving themselves week-in and week-out behind the SNL news desk (the last time that program was truly worth watching), it's about time these ladies get their big-screen due. (Not that we're asking for an Amber, the One-Legged Hypoglycemic movie or anything.) We love the supporting cast here, which includes Greg Kinnear as a juice-shop owner and Maura Tierney as Tina Fey's sister; Sigourney Weaver adds to her ever-diversifying recent character choices as the owner of the surrogate agency. Our baby is kicking as we speak. Though it's too bad Ms. Fey didn't write Mama's screenplay ... maybe that's why the reviews have been less than stellar ...

Message Boards: Why doesn't she adopt? | Maura Tierney

Deal [limited]

Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Maria Mason (Full Cast)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

The Plot: As an ex-gambler (Reynolds) looks to teach a hot-shot college kid (Harrison) some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé becomes his toughest competition.

THE BUZZ: Texas Hold'em, like NASCAR, is one of those pop-culture obsessions from which Hollywood is yearning to make a profit. But let's be honest: The actual-real "World Series of Poker" TV broadcasts will for years bring in bigger audiences than this small-time production could ever dream of. And no one in this cast is as hot as Jim Sturgess.

Message Boards: Best Poker movie | What happened to the dealers listed in the cast?

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Director: Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg
Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Plot: Aboard their flight to Amsterdam, Harold (Cho) and Kumar (Penn) are caught trying to sneak a bong onboard, the first step in a misadventure that finds them mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

THE BUZZ: Why New Line didn't release this film on Sunday, April 20th is beyond us, but we all know the troubles the once-powerful studio has had of late (and if you aren't aware, here's a primer). May H&K's ever-growing cult bring some cheer to those left at the studio, and we hope the movie's suer-shot success will serve as a blueprint for New Line's future projects (we understand they'll be focusing on smaller-budget comedies and genre pics).

H&K 2 rocked the SXSW festival this year -- right alongside recent box-office champ 21 -- and fans should be stoked to hear that very few instances of the naughty stoner antics were trimmed for the theatrical release. So get ready for plenty of nude women, bong toting, and Neil Patrick Harris chasing unicorns while 'shrooming.

Message Boards: Whats with the Slipknot mask?(spoilers) | Comedy...Really?

Deception

Director: Marcel Langenegger
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

The Plot: An accountant (McGregor) is introduced to a mysterious sex club by his charismatic new lawyer friend (Jackman). But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.

THE BUZZ: Ooh, did you hear that Twentieth Century Fox balked at this script because it was too racy? Makes us wonder what the compromise was, since Fox didn't walk away from the project completely. We will assume that List producer-star Jackman's participation in a little movie called Wolverine got the studio to feel differently about this indie-level pet project. P.S. Why do we always feel as though Michael Douglas will pop up in such a movie? P.P.S. When will Michelle Williams stop taking roles in her friend's movies? P.P.P.S. Is that Natasha Henstridge in the cast?

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Rogue [limited]

Director: Greg Mclean
Stars: Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington (Full Cast)
Studio: Third Rail Releasing

The Plot: An American journalist (Vartan) on assignment in Australia is lead through the Outback by a seasoned tour guide (Mitchell), where they, along with a handful of adventure-seekers, come face-to-face with a man-eating crocodile.

THE BUZZ: The Weinsteins played it safe by giving this one some distance between other timely croc-themed disasters (Steve Irwin, Primeval). But we're not so sure that pushing Radha Mitchell and company out into the water with a non-existent marketing campaign will prevent this little jungle cruise adventure from running aground, bloodied and defeated. (When was the last time Harvey W. put his beef behind one of his movies, anyway?) But look at it this way: At least Radha Mitchell won't have to hide her accent, and Michael Vartan can still afford to live in Hollywood.

Message Boards: Good movie..but come on!! (spoiler) | Size of croc

Then She Found Me [NYC]

Director: Helen Hunt
Stars: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler (Full Cast)
Studio: THINKFilm

The Plot: April Epner (Hunt) is a 39-year-old schoolteacher in crisis: She and her husband are on the outs, she is becoming increasingly desperate to have a child, and her adoptive mother just passed away. Into all of this drama bursts her birth mother (Midler), who wants an instant parent-child bonding experience, as well as a potential suitor (Firth), who just happens to be the father of one of April's students.

THE BUZZ: Helen Hunt directed a movie, and by all accounts it doesn't appear to be a bad one. In fact, her dramedy has won over audiences (older audiences, as you might expect) and certain critics who recognize a fledgling talent, especially one who arrives with all of their emotions bubbling over the surface. Co-star Better Midler wouldn't have it any other way, right? And apparently she deftly handles the hysterics; meanwhile, Colin Firth is Darcy enough to please the ladies who will undoubtedly turn TSFM into an eventual hit (what I mean is: this should clean up on DVD, though I am not underestimating its box-office potential). Don't read any frumpy-boy reviews; I say check this one out.

Message Boards: Helen Hunt looks horrible | Helen Hunt? Way overrated

Roman de gare [NYC]

Director: Claude Lelouch
Stars: Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon (Full Cast)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

The Plot: A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

THE BUZZ: I'll cop to not being familiar with Claude Lelouch's works, but Roman de gare (translation: "railway station novel" -- a French euphemism for popular novels), has me intrigued. Knowing that he's never afraid of a narrative tangent, and that he tried to sneak this film into Cannes under a pseudonym, I'm ready to immerse myself in this railway movie's red herrings, subplots, and digressions. Besides, the pairing of Fanny Ardant and Dominique Pinon (think: City of Lost Children)? Irresistible. Here's the trailer.

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Standard Operating Procedure [NYC]

Director: Errol Morris
Stars: (Full Cast)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

The Plot: Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

THE BUZZ: Think of this as a companion piece to the Oscar-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. Here, Errol Morris (himself no stranger to Oscar), managed to secure interview with 5 of the 7 MPs indicted for their actions at Abu Ghraib, though he has been criticized by many for being unclear in his intent by scattering these infamous images across the screen. We typically avoid Variety's reviews (so hammy), but the points Todd McCarthy brings up are worth reading.

Message Boards: I'm sure this will be good, but ... | Defence of Sabrina