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Apichatpong Weerasethakul makes yet another beguiling, mysterious and all - around excellent film.

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These 14 movie theaters around the world that are worth a trip, be it because of their excellent film lineup or their unusual amenities:

The film's performers are all - around excellent (McShane provides an anchor of subtlety to some of the shrill histrionics, and Winstone exudes potent personal angst from simple offhanded comments like ordering calamari), but it's Kingsley's menacing and humorous performance, a brutal force of near poetic nature, that reveals new layers with each viewing of the film.

This is a film of beautiful sights, a few genuinely stunning images, and some excellent performances all around.

The film revolves around a lonely and misunderstood boy, Ricky (an excellent Julian Dennison), who has spent much of his life stumbling through foster care after being abandoned by his parents.

Christoph Waltz — whom the whole film seems to have been built around — is excellent and he plays a charming character much like his stint in Inglourious Basterds but without the slightly negative Nazi connotations.

Fincher's excellent at whatever the film needs — Freeman sulking around because he's a lonely old cop and it's what lonely old cops do, Pitt doing a chase sequence, even John C. McGinley's glorified cameo as the SWAT commander has some good procedural sequences — but he doesn't actually have a real vision for it.

What truly derails the film is its court - room / civil rights slant which revolves around Ted trying to become a «real boy» so he and his new wife Tami - Lyn (the excellent Jessica Barth) can become parents in a bid to save their marriage.

Oliver Stone's excellent 1995 film Nixon brought depth and empathy to a controversial U.S. president, which in a way made it easier for Dick to circle back around to mockery.

«A Bloody Business» (8:52)(HD) is an excellent featurette about the film's special effects, which of course gravitate around the need for blood.

Excellent performances all around, a masterfully written script, excellent direction, awesome cinematography, and along with a great soundtrack make Django Unchained not only one of the best films of the year, but also a definite Oscar cExcellent performances all around, a masterfully written script, excellent direction, awesome cinematography, and along with a great soundtrack make Django Unchained not only one of the best films of the year, but also a definite Oscar cexcellent direction, awesome cinematography, and along with a great soundtrack make Django Unchained not only one of the best films of the year, but also a definite Oscar contender.

Margin Call arguably has the edge over that solid film, though, since it not only boasts an excellent main and supporting cast, but the stakes are also much higher this time around.

Based on an actual case that happened in Romania's Moldova region in 2005, the film unfolds in and around a remote monastery where pious young women — many of them orphans who have merely migrated from one form of institutional living to another — toil dutifully under the ever - watchful eye of an austere priest known as Papa (played by the excellent Valeriu Andriuta).

The central dramatic arc that revolves around Edna is engrossing and the film moves along at an excellent pace.

Excellent (4 stars) Rated G Running time: 83 minutes Studio: New Video Group 2 - Disc DVD Extras: California Quail Bonus Short; Urban Legends; Origins of the Flock; Special Homage to Connor; Mark Bittner's Home Movies; Please Don't Feed the Birds; Music Video: Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots; Behind the Scenes; Parrots Around the World; Flock Updates; Mark Bittner and Judy Irving Update; Original Theatrical Trailer; plus two new films by director Judy Irving «Christmas at the Bait Shop» and»19 Arrests, No Convictions»; and much more.

Toni Collette was also fantastic in her small scene in The Hours, John C. Reilly was in four films and excellent all around, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moor both doubled up as well, I also enjoyed Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can (not his best, but still very good) and Robin Williams also had Insomnia, a truly surprising performance (I really liked Al Pacino in that one too).

I was so happy that I was jumping around like a rabbit when I told my parents, not because making Wong Kar - wai's film could lead to an award but because his films would show an actor's most excellent side.

As soon as the film starts we are presented with some incredible hand - drawn animation, as well as some excellent sound design as we hear clearly heavy waves slapping together, throwing around a nameless man and what is left of his boat.

And as you'd expect from a film starring the Beatles, «A Hard Day's Night» also features some excellent musical performances, with director Richard Lester wisely shooting each one in a different style so that they don't become stale by the time the big finale rolls around.

The sumptuous cinematography, thrilling music and all - around excellent cast make this one of the year's best films; and it is currently playing everywhere, so see it on the big screen if you can

«A Bloody Business» (8:52) is an excellent featurette about the film's special effects, which of course gravitate around the need for blood.

Cutting back and forth between Wilson at his prime during recording sessions for Pet Sounds and the nadir of his life in the 1980's, drugged up in a haze under the oppressive thumb of his doctor turned manager / caretaker and all around monster Eugene Landy, the film strikes an excellent balance between Wilson the genius and Wilson the broken man barely holding onto his life.

and the nadir of his life in the 1980's, drugged up in a haze under the oppressive thumb of his doctor turned manager / caretaker and all around monster Eugene Landy, the film strikes an excellent balance between Wilson the genius and Wilson the broken man barely holding onto his life.