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Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Rat Race

Randomly selected slot machine players at a Vegas casino make a mad dash for $2 million stored in a New Mexico train-station locker.

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Snow Falling on Cedars

A dead fisherman, a disputed land deal and anti-Japanese sentiment fuel this courtroom drama set on a fictional island in the Pacific Northwest.

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Failure to Launch

Desperate parents hire Sarah Jessica Parker to date their grown, live-at-home son (Matthew McConaughey) in hopes that he will leave the nest.

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Hero

Part “Ran,” part “Crouching Tiger,” this Chinese film’s martial artistry and visual style has audiences braving subtitles. Is it worth the effort?

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Just Married

The movie flashes back to their initial meeting and night of passion, followed by months of cohabitation and the wedding Sarah’s upscale family didn’t want to see happen. Then the misadventurous honeymoon.

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Half Past Dead

This is an action movie all about explosions, ridiculous stunts, an annoying rap/metal soundtrack, and unflattering portrayals of women. How it managed a PG-13 I’ll never know.

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S.W.A.T.

Special Weapons And Tactics. That’s how S.W.A.T. gets its name. The movie gets its name from a short-lived TV series from the 1970s.

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Moses

“Moses” is a praiseworthy cinematic achievement. This biography–awash in warm earth tones–is stylishly photographed, reverently scripted and smartly cast.

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National Security

Earl’s favorite expression is the feeble, forced attempt at spawning a catch-phrase, ‘What the problem is?’ Did Yoda move to the ’hood?

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For Love of the Game

Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel is in the twilight of a fine career. Then, on an autumn day in New York, just before taking the mound at Yankee Stadium, Chapel’s owner drops a bomb.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop

The King of Queens is working as a security guard. And the result is a madcap action-caper that actually shies away from cheap (crude) laughs.

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Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Equal parts visual masterpiece, nightmare-inducing fable and slickly packaged animism.

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Stealing Harvard

With prodding from his amoral slacker pal Duff, John decides he may be able to keep everyone happy by stealing the 30 grand….

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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Jim Caviezel stars in this warm, thematically opulent biopic chronicling the rise of 1920s golf great Robert Tyre Jones Jr.

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Me, Myself & Irene

Mild-mannered state tropper Charlie Baileygates snaps, unleashing a verbally abusive alter-ego named Hank who lusts after women, picks fights and generally creates pain.

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