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There Will Be Blood

AUSTIN -- Both an epic and a miniature, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest uses the fewest possible brush strokes, spread across a vast canvas, to paint a portrait of greed at the beginning of the American century. Built around another powerhouse performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, it's a certain awards contender. More

Feast of Love

Filmmaker Robert Benton finds himself again drawn to places in the heart with this tender examination of love and romance in all their ever-shifting permutations, based upon the novel by Charles Baxter. More

Raising Flagg

Alan Arkin, who won a long-overdue Oscar for "Little Miss Sunshine," tops a cast that includes his former wife, Barbara Dana, as well as Austin Pendleton and Clifton James in vivid portrayals. The codgers are a pleasure to behold, though the movie lets them down. More

The Game Plan

A throwback to the days when Disney would recruit second- and third-tier stars to stroll through indifferently written, modestly produced comic fluff that served as family entertainment. In today's market, "Game Plan" looks like a better fit for the Disney Channel than the local multiplex. More

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In the Valley of Elah

Paul Haggis has not only avoided the dreaded sophomore slump, but the director and co-writer of the Oscar-winning "Crash" has returned with another bona-fide contender with this deeply reflective, quietly powerful work. More

Eastern Promises

Director David Cronenberg and screenwriter Steve Knight masterfully orchestrate an atmosphere of danger and dread for a descent into an underworld inhabited by the Russian mafia in London in what may be one of the director's best recent films. More

Gone Baby Gone

The plot of Ben Affleck's directorial debut -- a story of loss from the the author of "Mystic River" -- is complicated and loaded with twists, but Affleck and co-screenwriter Aaron Stockard do a fine job of keeping the action lucid and with a good deal of mordant humor. More

Michael Clayton

Writer-director Tony Gilroy has a knack for creating strong characters and situations that resonate with tension. It may be formula, but the guy is a solid chemist as he crafts this tale of an unscrupulous law firm "cleaner," played by George Clooney. More

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