This comedy, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a virility coach and Jon Heder as a luckless sap, is based on a 1960s British comedy of the same name. Critics claim Todd Phillips' film doesn't stand up to the "frat pack" films it tries to emulate, but fans of Old School and The 40 Year Old Virgin will still find plenty of laughs.

Mexican actor Gael García Bernal (most recently of Babel) stars in this daydreamy and lovely film directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The film moves playfully between dream and reality-- both are accented by animation and multi-lingual narration from García Bernal's character Stephane. Sweet, quirky fun.

An Iranian comedy of mistaken identities. Los Angeles rapper Maxx travels to Tehran after an invitation to perform at a local music festival, only to find that officials were expecting an altogether different musician, also named Maxx.

The animation sensation about the dancing penguin named Mumble. Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood and Robin Williams. A 2007 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film.

Clive Owen stars in this British dystopia based on the novel by P.D. James. Owen's Theo finds himself in charge of transporting and protecting a miraculously pregnant woman in a time when infertility is rampant and the world's youngest person has just died. Another in a string of successful films by director and screenwriter Alfonso Cuarón (dir. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y Tu Mamá También; prod. Pan's Labyrinth, Crónicas).

A Fellini charmer starring Giulietta Masina and Marcello Mastroianni as retired dancers putting on one last show for TV audiences. Fellini makes us feel nostalgic for the good-old-days while getting in a good jab or two at the mindless television programs that have replaced live entertainment.

Small-town romances are a dime a dozen these days, but actress Joey Lauren Adams' directorial debut cuts through the clichés and delivers a solid film about life, love and family. Starring Ashley Judd as Lucy, the gal who finally lets her guard down.

This award-winning Romanian film will make you stay clear of hospitals. This rather black comedy follows the lonely, ill Mr. Lazarescu as he is shuttled from one hospital to the next, one doctor to another, caught in a mindless and frustratingly nonsensical bureaucracy. The cracks in the system are large and many and poor Mr. Lazarescu falls through most of them.

One of the most important movies of the 20th century, Vittorio De Sicca's 1948 film stars Lamberto Maggiorani as a man, unemployed for two years, who can get his life together if only he can just get a bicycle. A bicycle is pawned, humiliatingly reacquired, stolen, found, and lost again. Ladri di Biciclette in Italian, the film is alternatively translated as "Bicycle Thief", a reference to what Maggiorani's character ultimately becomes.

A very enjoyable documentary that explores the fall-out over Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines' rebuke of George Bush in 2003-- the outset of what would become the war in Iraq. Director Barbara Kopple takes a wide view of the controversy, exploring politics, celebrity, freedom of speech, and the media, creating a film that appeals to more than just fans of the band.

Feeling smug about how far you’ve come in life? Watch director Michael Kang’s entry into the awkward-adolescent-coming-of-age story and remember what it was like to be young, clueless and misunderstood. Jeffrey Chyau plays 13 year old Ernest, the boy who lives and works in his family’s fleabag motel by the highway. Winner of the Sundance Humanitas Prize.

Neil Jordan’s film, based on Patrick McCabe’s novel, about a young boy in 1960s Ireland who escapes his increasingly bleak home life through science fiction and comic books, coming out on the other side into a world of violence and insanity. With Sinéad O’Connor as the Virgin Mary.

Terrance Howard and Ludacris star in this urban Memphis rags-to-riches story which follows DJay, a pimp and drug dealer, as he struggles to make the transition to recording artist with the help of an old friend. Critics cheered for this film, calling it a hip-hop Pretty Woman.

Alejandro González Iñaritu follows 21 Grams and Amores Perros with this critically acclaimed film with a diverse ensemble cast. Dana Stevens of Slate wrote that Babel “[m]akes Crash… look like an undergraduate term paper on race relations.”

Christopher Guest assembles his familiar cast (Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, et al.) for a skewering of Hollywood and the madness of Oscar fever. Fans will enjoy Guest’s satire and the comical performances of the usual suspects, but critics found the target of this film too broad and the comedy a bit thin.

Pure entertainment from this Salma Hayek-Penelope Cruz vehicle which barely made it to the big screen. Essentially a buddy movie, this comedy-adventure places high-born Hayek and peasant girl Cruz in Mexico in the late 1880s, robbing banks and breaking hearts. As with any successful buddy movie, it is the oil-and-water characters’ fighting that buoys the film.

The Miss Congeniality of Truman Capote movies. Director Douglas McGrath’s 2006 film lost some of its thunder to the earlier release of Capote, but critics argue that Toby Jones’ portrayal of the writer hits an authentic and emotional core that Hoffman’s misses. With Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig.

A movie that should have garnered an Oscar nod for Maggie Gyllenhaal? That's what the critics say about her portrayal of a recovering drug addict determined to win back custody of her young daughter. An emotionally draining movie to watch, but definitely worth the price of a box of Kleenex.

The tagline for this film is "There are two sides to every love story." Not an original thought, but director Hans Canosa takes this aphorism rather seriously and delivers his movie with a split-screen-- on one side we see Merchant-Ivory staple Helena Bonham Carter and on the other Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking). No tennis-match-like bouncing back and forth between lines of dialog and reaction shots-- we've got our eyes on both characters as they meet-up at a wedding and deal with the aftermath of their discoveries about each other.

A road movie featuring a purple La-Z-Boy chair, a small van, two brothers and girlfriend. An entirely funny, easy-going romantic comedy that's got just enough oomph behind it to make you smile and then recommend it to a friend.

This critically acclaimed documentary follows several children over the course of a summer at Kid's on Fire, an Evangelical Christian camp headed by Pastor Becky Fischer. While critics have called the film "polarizing" and "biased", many applaud the directors' unflinching look at the "indoctrination" of children by the "Radical Right".

The film based on the book based on the photograph. Eastwood explores heroism and heroes-- both accidental and real-- in this gripping account of the Battle of Iwo Jima. Director Clint Eastwood was nominated for a Golden Globe for this film.

A political thriller set in Apartheid-era South Africa, starring Derek Luke and Tim Robbins. Luke portrays Patrick Chamusso, a South African refinery worker, soccer coach and family man who manages to stay away from politics until he and his wife are arrested for a crime they didn't commit. The film follows Chamusso's transformation into a radical militant as he attempts to right the wrongs done against himself, his family and his people. Based on a true story.

Magician versus Magician is suddenly a hot theme. The Prestige, not to be confused with The Illusionist or the in-production Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, stars Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as rival magicians in early 20th century England. Scarlett Johansson plays magician's assistant Olivia, out to steal a top-notch trick for her boss. We're not talking rabbits-out-of-hats here folks. This film warrants multiple viewings-- it's dense, dark and dazzling.

An exploration of the mysterious death of TV Superman George Reeves. Ben Affleck plays the actor known (almost exclusively, much to his chagrin) for his role as the Man of Steel. When Reeves, aged 45, is found dead with a single bullet in his head, the death is chalked up to the suicide of a frustrated character actor. P.I. Louis Simo (Adrian Brody) suspects otherwise and his flat-footery is interspersed with the Reeve's back story in a a compelling La-La Land murder mystery.

Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir of an eccentric upbringing hit the screens starring Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow and Evan Rachel Wood. While the film itself didn't get great reviews, critics praised Bening's performance as Burroughs' manic, self-centered, unstable, drug-addicted mother Deirdre.

Spike Lee delivers with this high-paced, high-stakes cops-and-robbers bank-heist thriller (I could add more hyphenated words, but I'll stop there). Smart, tense and surprising, this movie is all the things you love about the genre with very few missteps. Starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster.

Richard Linklater directs this true-to-the-original film of Philip K. Dick's novel about addiction and government abuse of power. The visual of the film, animated using the same rotoscoping process Linklater used in his 2001 film Waking Life, play up the not-too-far-in-the-future this-could-really-happen feeling that pervades the movie. Starring Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr.

The comedy-drama ensemble piece that has all the critics abuzz has garnered a Golden Globe and is on the road to the Academy Awards. If you missed it in the theaters, catch it now so you know what's going on during Oscar time. Great performances by Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin.

Spike Lee's documentary, subtitled A Requiem in Four Acts, premiered on HBO and wowed audiences and critics alike with its exploration of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Lee ties together film footage, still photos and the faces and voices of politicians, journalists, famous New Orleansians, and the people directly, and deeply affected by the disaster.

Maybe it started with a couple episodes of Smallville a year or two ago. Next thing you know you've bought the complete episodes on DVD and are obsessively watching Christopher Reeves in that smashing blue skinsuit. Of course, then there's Hollywoodland, too. Don't be embarrassed by your Superman obsession-- embrace it. X-Men director Bryan Singer satisfies your need for even more screentime for the Man of Steel with Brandon Routh donning the red cape and matching boots. He's even sporting the famous the spit-curl. Kevin Spacey is dastardly as Lex Luthor.

For fans of Little Miss Sunshine, this Argentine film will feel like familiar territory. A dysfunctional family hits the road in a 50 year old camper in order to accompany their grandmother to the wedding of an estranged relative.

The tepid commercials for this film did not do it justice. Truly scary, very claustrophobic and entirely gripping, The Descent is own of those movies that make you ask yourself "what would I do if I were trapped underground during a spelunking adventure?" And then you would never go spelunking again.

The entirety of teenagerdom is compacted into this smart funny Mexican comedy. A boring Sunday becomes less so for two fourteen year olds left to their own devices in an empty apartment. All it takes is an older neighbor with a recipe for pot-brownies, a pizza delivery man willing to be paid in video soccer games and a pretty awful duck painting. A must for fans of directors Kevin Smith and Jim Jarmusch.

Four bored guys rob a gas station and enjoy the experience so much that they do it again the next day in this popular Korean comedy. While the second trip to the gas station is less profitable than the first, the four friends find a way to make it worth their while by taking over the gas station and taking dissatisfied customers hostage. Although the film's action comes out of the economic troubles of South Korea in the 90s, director Sang-Jin Kim never lets his social commentary become heavy handed or tiresome. Instead, it kinda makes you want to take over a gas station...

The American interpretation of the first installment of the Japanese horror sensation that has spawned several sequels and a prequel. A very evil videotape kills everyone who pops it in their VCR and journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is going to get to the bottom of it or die trying. If it makes you feel better, this movie is on DVD and is probably not cursed.

Luke Wilson is a schlub who sleeps way too long and wakes up to find that he's the smartest guy around. Those of you who aren't fans of Mike Judge's work might argue that in Idiocracy, the director has created a world where his humor reigns supreme. For those of you who are fans, you might argue that this isn't such a bad thing.

A sweet Mexican comedy about the loves and lives of two sisters and their grandmother. While her older sister Susana ends a decade long relationship and her grandmother falls for a stranger, Nora turns her camera on herself and her family to create a documentary about life and love. Director Rafael Montero intersperses scenes from Nora's project with the action of the film, giving the viewer the sense of romance and couples all around.

A Polish comedy addressing the eternal question of "what would I do if I found a camel in my front yard?" You may not want to use this critically acclaimed film as your guide, however, as director Jerzy Stuhr's engaging film doesn't pull any punches when illustrating the downside of the presence of camels in suburban neighborhoods.

Oliver Stone sets down his political cudgel and delivers a film focused on the heroism of average individuals, specifically, two Port Authority officers and their families on the day of the attacks on the World Trade Center.