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Movies | 07/02/09
These documentaries may change your dinner menu and your travel itinerary.
Movies | 07/02/09
This retelling of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp, falls hard for the antihero mythology.
Movies | 07/02/09
The power of one man's voice to inspire change is captured in this documentary about Africa's biggest pop star.
Movies | 07/02/09
A Parisian lawyer on a big case in Monaco falls for a seductive weather girl and soon finds his button-down life unraveling in this light romantic comedy.
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Karl Malden, who died today, spoke to the MONITOR in 1959 about acting and working with directors such as Kazan and Hitchcock.
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Alan Alda
"The Aviator"

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Large-scale epic about the life of Howard Hughes, focusing on his experiences as a filmmaker, flier, aircraft designer, and world-class eccentric. Alda plays Sen. Owen Brewster, who charges that Hughes is a war profiteer.

 

Thomas Haden Church
"Sideways"

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Miles, a recently divorced writer, and Jack (Church), a marriage-bound actor, spend a weekend together in rural California in this bittersweet comedy-drama. David Sterritt

 

Jamie Foxx
"Collateral"

 • Official site

A hit man shanghais a cab driver (Foxx) to be his assistant for one long night.

 

Morgan Freeman
"Million Dollar Baby"

• Full review  • Official site

An aging gym owner reluctantly agrees to train a female prizefighter. Freeman plays an aging fighter, one of the trainer's only friends.

 

Clive Owen
"Closer"

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Four characters go through various permutations of lust, love, and combinations thereof. Owen plays a physician who gets involved with the other three. D.S.
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