Contributor: Bob Smithouser

The Basket

A quiet farming community is shell-shocked when two German orphans arrive from a WWII internment camp. Stiff winds of prejudice rustle in this delightful independent film.

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The Matrix Reloaded

‘The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. … It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you to the truth.’

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Beavis and Butt-head Do America

MTV’s libidinous losers, Beavis and Butt-head, hit the big screen in the scatologically sophomoric motion picture “Beavis and Butt-head Do America.”

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Big Daddy

Here Adam Sandler conducts a clinic on how to corrupt a minor, then tries to redeem his character’s irresponsible behavior with drippy moralizing.

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Freddy vs. Jason

After meeting in hell, a scheming Freddy invades Jason’s dreams and dupes him into hewing his way through a new crop of Elm Street teens.

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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

This latest version of the bard’s classic play is set in an urban jungle ruled by warring gang families.

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Identity

Part slasher film and part Twilight Zone episode.

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Jersey Shore Ain’t All Snooki

I grew up at the Jersey Shore. So in defense of the folks back home, let me clarify that we aren’t all like the knuckleheads on MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore (the second season of which premieres tonight) any more than the 8,722 square miles nickname …

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Timeline

Young archaeologists are sent back to the 14th century to rescue their professor in this Michael Crichton sci-fi actioner.

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Unbreakable

When David Dunn ends up the sole survivor of a devastating train wreck, the people of Philadelphia marvel at his luck. Not Elijah Price.

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The Replacements

A grizzled coach comes out of retirement to train a group of misfits-in-need-of-redemption.

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Elizabethtown

Orlando Bloom lost his job, girlfriend and father. Will a journey through the valley of the shadow of death yield a new lease on life? If Kirsten Dunst has anything to say about it, it will.

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Home on the Range

Three milk cows must apprehend a cattle rustler and save their dairy farm in this lackluster animated Disney feature.

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Little Secrets

It’s an unexpected pleasure to encounter a sweet family film about friendship, integrity and how hiding brokenness hinders healing.

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Gone in 60 Seconds

A reformed car thief is given three days to steal 50 pristine autos for a crime kingpin in exchange for his brother’s life. To do so, he rallies his own retired partners.

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