Movie Releases by Genre

Forty Shades of Blue

Forty Shades of Blue

September 28, 2005 | R
Forty Shades of Blue tells the story of Laura, a young Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock n' roll legend, and the personal awakening she experiences in the wake of her unfortunate affair with his estranged son. (First Look Pictures)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
5.6
A History of Violence

A History of Violence

September 23, 2005 | R
Tom Stall is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, until one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.4
Flightplan

Flightplan

September 23, 2005 | PG-13
Flying at 40,000 feet in a cavernous, state-of-art 474 aircraft, Kyle Pratt (Foster) faces every mothers' worst nightmare when her six year-old daughter vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
5.8
Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce

September 23, 2005 | PG-13
In the late '70s when roller skating was a way of life, X (Bow Wow) and his pals ruled supreme. But when the doors of their local skating rink close, it marks the end of an era and the beginning of another that sees the boys venture into foreign territory - uptown's Sweetwater Roller Rink, complete with its over-the-top skaters and beautiful girls. Through his preparation for the showdown of the season - the Roller Jam skate off with the Sweetwater crew - X manages to find himself and also help his dad (McBride) get back on track. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.3
Daltry Calhoun

Daltry Calhoun

September 23, 2005 | PG-13
Johnny Knoxville stars as Daltry Calhoun, the go to guy, the man with a plan. A man whose life and failing grass seed empire take and unexpected turn with the arrival of the young daughter he never knew. With his life in chaos, Daltry must figure out how to save his business and learn to be the father he never thought he could be. (Miramax)
Metascore:
30
User Score:
7.9
Dear Wendy

Dear Wendy

September 23, 2005 | Unrated
Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
Metascore:
33
User Score:
6.9
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

September 23, 2005 | PG-13
Director Roman Polanski and writer Ronald Harwood re-imagine Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who gets involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.2
Into the Fire

Into the Fire

September 23, 2005 | R
When a jet crashes on its approach to Kennedy Airport, three souls will not simply intersect, but collide, initiating their inevitable dance with the divine. (Michael Phelan)
Metascore:
19
User Score:
5.3
Dangerous Men

Dangerous Men

September 23, 2005 | Not Rated
After Mina witnesses her fiance's brutal murder by beach thugs, she sets out on a venomous crime spree to eradicate all trash from Los Angeles. Armed with a knife, a gun and an undying rage, she murders her way through the masculine half of the city's populace. A renegade cop is hot on her heels, a trail that also leads him to the subhuman criminal overlord known as Black Pepper.
Metascore:
32
User Score:
tbd
Novo

Novo

September 21, 2005 | R
This French film explores the nature of love and memory and how the two sensations interrelate.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
7.3
Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

September 16, 2005 | PG-13
Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated tells the story of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.9
Proof

Proof

September 16, 2005 | PG-13
Proof is the compelling story of an enigmatic young woman haunted by her father's past and the shadow of her own future, exploring the links between genius and madness, the tender relationships between fathers and daughters and the nature of truth and family. (Miramax)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.1
Cry_Wolf

Cry_Wolf

September 16, 2005 | Not Rated
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors playing a game of lies come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar -- even when they’re telling the truth. (Rogue Pictures)
Metascore:
39
User Score:
8.2
Lord of War

Lord of War

September 16, 2005 | R
The film, based on fact, follows the globetrotting exploits of arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage). Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent (Hawke), his business rivals, even some of his customers who include many of the world’s most notorious dictators. Finally, Yuri must also face his own conscience. (Lions Gate)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.5
Thumbsucker

Thumbsucker

September 16, 2005 | R
An honest and funny look at the struggles of people who feel deeply flawed, both those in youth and middle age. They yearn to be anything but their real selves with their real fears and doubts. Instead, they want to be "normal." They look for magic answers to fix themselves – only to realize that they can’t be someone else, that "normal" does not exist, and that their flaws are what make them human and loveable. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.1
Stupid Boy

Stupid Boy

September 16, 2005 | Unrated
Loic, a young, gay man in Switzerland, fills the emotional void of his turbulent sex life with dreams of self-betterment. When a casual but tender encounter with an older guy presents the promise of emotional connection and validation, Loic arrives at one of the most crucial crossroads of his life. (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.8
G

G

September 16, 2005 | R
Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Great Gatsby." (Andrew Lauren Productions)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
5.5
Separate Lies

Separate Lies

September 16, 2005 | TV-MA
A compelling, humor-tinged romantic mystery that is not so much a "who done it" as an exploration of the riddle of why people make the fatal errors they do - in life, in marriage and when their decisions count the very most. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.9
Hard Goodbyes: My Father

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

September 16, 2005
10-year-old Elias, a boy living in Athens, makes a pact with his father to watch on television man's first landing on the moon. The two regale each other with stories of Jules Verne and flights of the imagination. They are adventurers and explorers. But chocolate bars left by a father gone on too many business trips are counted, while the countdown to the moonlanding has already begun. The year is 1969. A spaceship takes off, and man soon takes leave of planet earth. And so does Elias' father. It is the imagination and their shared love of storytelling that allow Elias to transcend the unimaginable. (Sipapu Films)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Piggie

Piggie

September 15, 2005
Alison Bagnall's feature debut stars Savannah Haske as Fannie, a young, motherless girl who is attracted to an inappropriate suitor.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow

Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow

September 14, 2005
The film, the first of a projected trilogy, traces the history of Greece in the 20th century through the story of the relationship between a man and a woman over decades. Part one ends with the Greek civil war after World War II.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.8
Chain

Chain

September 14, 2005
This provocative documentary examines how our planet has been transformed into a series of interchangeable spaces and focuses on the effect of this development on two specific characters.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
An Unfinished Life

An Unfinished Life

September 9, 2005 | PG-13
Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming, An Unfinished Life is the story of a modern-day Western family, as stoic as they are divided, learning the true meaning of forgiveness. (Miramax)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
8.5
The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

September 9, 2005 | Unrated
In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman. The Exorcism of Emily Rose chronicles the haunting trial of the priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl believed to be possessed. Inspired by true events, the film stars Laura Linney as the lawyer who takes on the task of defending the priest (Wiklinson) who performed the controversial exorcism. (Sony)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.6
Keane

Keane

September 9, 2005 | R
William Keane (Damian Lewis) is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus station, compulsively replaying the events of that fateful day, as if hoping to change the outcome. One day he meets a financially strapped woman, Lynn Bedik (Amy Ryan), and her seven-year-old daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin), at a transient hotel. Keane becomes increasingly attached to Kira and, in a harrowing climax, uses her in an attempt to fill the void left by his daughter’s disappearance. [Grasshopper Film]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
Steal Me

Steal Me

September 9, 2005
In Steal Me, writer/director Melissa Painter has crafted a refreshingly honest portrayal of relationships - sexual and otherwise - around a 15-year-old kleptomaniac boy, Jake (Alexander), who arrives in a small Montana town searching for his prostitute mother. (Cineville Films)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
Campfire

Campfire

September 9, 2005
This film tells the story of one woman's personal battle to gain acceptance within a religious community, while also offering a portrait of a political movement that has affected millions of lives in the Middle East. (Film Movement)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
4.6
Green Street Hooligans

Green Street Hooligans

September 9, 2005 | R
When American Matt Buckner (Wood) is expelled unfairly from Harvard, he flees to England and is draw into the underworld of British football hooliganism. Green Street Hooligans is a story of loyalty, trust, and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge. (Freestyle Releasing)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
8.4
Walking on the Sky

Walking on the Sky

September 9, 2005
A small group of friends are faced with the sudden tragic death of one of their own when he commits suicide, leaving the remaining six in a free-fall of attempting to find out why.
Metascore:
23
User Score:
tbd
Underclassman

Underclassman

September 2, 2005 | PG-13
LA's youngest cop Tre Stokes (Cannon) is about to get his biggest assignment: he must go undercover to break up a dangerous crime ring rooted in a upscale prep school. The deeper Tre goes the more dangerous and volatile the situation becomes. Fighting both his personal demons and the forces determined to take him down, he must risk everything to catch the ones closest to him. (Miramax)
Metascore:
19
User Score:
2.1
3 Dancing Slaves

3 Dancing Slaves

September 2, 2005
A story about three brothers who are each facing a critical turning point in their lives.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

August 31, 2005 | R
Adapted from the novel by John le Carre, this is a gripping romantic thriller that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.0
Games of Love and Chance

Games of Love and Chance

August 31, 2005
Teenagers bantering about seduction in their own words, tackling the fear of rejection, and learning how to love is the heart of Games of Love and Chance. It may take place in the Parisian projects, but this is a universal coming-of-age/love story. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
5.1
The Baxter

The Baxter

August 26, 2005 | PG-13
The Baxter is a romantic comedy set in Brooklyn about Elliot Sherman, "the wrong guy," an accountant, who seems always to be getting left at the altar. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.5
The Memory of a Killer

The Memory of a Killer

August 26, 2005 | R
Angelo Ledda (Decleir) is an international hitman who has been hired to terminate two people in Belgium. Unknown to those around him, Ledda has advanced symptoms of Alzheimers, and this double murder will likely be his last. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.0
Now & Forever

Now & Forever

August 19, 2005 | R
A thought provoking dramatic love story combining elements of spirituality, heart and integrity -- tragic in one sense, but illuminating and uplifting in the other. (Illuminare Entertainment)
Metascore:
27
User Score:
6.2
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

August 19, 2005 | R
The first film in the "revenge trilogy" by Korean director Chan-wook Park centers around illegal trafficking in human organs.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.0
Supercross

Supercross

August 17, 2005 | PG-13
Supercross tells the story of two brothers, KC and Trip Carlyle, who, after the mysterious death of their father, are spurred on to overcome a series of emotional and physical obstacles to achieve success in the high octane world of Supercross motorcycle racing. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
26
User Score:
4.1
Lustre

Lustre

August 17, 2005
A retirement-age loan shark confronts the practical and metaphysical aspects of debt in Lustre, a two-fisted tone poem that rails against homogenization while celebrating what makes New York City unique. (Great Jones Productions)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

August 12, 2005 | R
This contemporary supernatural thrilled, set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, stars Hudson as a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
8.5
Four Brothers

Four Brothers

August 12, 2005 | R
After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store holdup, the Mercer brothers -- hotheaded Bobby (Wahlberg), hard-edged Angel (Gibson), family man and businessman Jeremiah (Benjamin) and hard rocking Jack (Hedlund) -- reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, the four brothers come together to discover that they are bound by ties thicker than blood. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.2
The Great Raid

The Great Raid

August 12, 2005 | Unrated
From director John Dahl comes the stirring true story of one of the most spectacular rescue missions ever to take place in American history: "the great raid on Cabanatuan," the daring exploit that would liberate more than 500 U.S. Prisoners of War in the face of overwhelming odds. A gripping depiction of human resilience, the film vividly brings to life the personal courage and audacious heroism that allowed a small but stoic band of World War II soldiers to attempt the impossible in the hopes of freeing their captured brothers. (Miramax)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
7.8
Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

August 12, 2005 | R
In this sophisticated comedy, Evan Rachel Wood plays Kimberly Joyce, and insanely intelligent, wildly funny, shockingly cruel and sexy-beyond-her-years Beverly Hills teenager who will stop at nothing to become famous. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
8.1
Chaos

Chaos

August 12, 2005 | Not Rated
Quite definitely one of the most brutal displays of violence ever set to celluloid, Chaos is a dark fairy tale of two young happy teens whose rose-colored contact lenses tint their wooded path a little too densely,causing them to lose themselves in their youthful immortality, and the big bad wolf is all too real. (Dinsdale Releasing)
Metascore:
1
User Score:
2.5
Clean

Clean

August 12, 2005 | R
A desperate woman with a drug problem seeks to put her life in order to regain contact with her little boy.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.1
Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

August 5, 2005 | R
Resolutely single Don (Murray) has just been dumped by his latest lover (Delphy). Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
79
User Score:
6.2
2046

2046

August 5, 2005 | R
Picking up where "In the Mood for Love" left off, 2046 is a visually seductive reverie of memory and regret, refracted through a serial womanizer's experiences with six women. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.5
Saint Ralph

Saint Ralph

August 5, 2005 | PG-13
A funny, heartwarming and inspirational tale of a boy who dares to dream big. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.3
Secuestro express

Secuestro express

August 5, 2005 | R
Secuestro Express -- the business of quick kidnapping perpetrated by two or three organized thugs who chose their victims among the upper-class in Latin America. This film tells the frightening story of one young couple's ordeal as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela in the hands of three thugs who've made them their latest payday. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
8.4
Duma

Duma

August 5, 2005 | PG
Set in the exotic country of South Africa, Duma tells the powerful adventure tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.4
The Chumscrubber

The Chumscrubber

August 5, 2005 | R
Richly layered and thematically provocative, The Chumscrubber renders a portrait of the fractured and fractious quality of life in American suburbia with crystalline precision. (Newmarket Films)
Metascore:
41
User Score:
6.6
Junebug

Junebug

August 3, 2005 | R
When Madeleine (Davidtz), a British-born dealer in regional, "outsider" art, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local painter for her gallery, she and her brand-new, younger husband George (Nivola) extend the trip to include an introduction to his family. Madeleine confronts the difficulty of two cultures colliding, and discovers the tumultuous outcome as these separate ways of life must coexist. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.9
Oyster Farmer

Oyster Farmer

July 29, 2005 | Not Rated
Filmed along Australia's breathtakingly beautiful Hawkesbury River, Anna Reeves' deliciously surprising Oyster Farmer is a comedy about love, community and freshly shucked oysters. [Cinema Guild]
Metascore:
51
User Score:
5.6
Tony Takitani

Tony Takitani

July 29, 2005
Alone and self-sufficient since childhood, Tony shuns emotions as illogical and immature. After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated with Eiko, whom he marries. His life changes, he feels vibrantly alive, and for the first time, he understands and fears loneliness. But when Eiko's all consuming obsession for designer clothes ends in tragedy, Tony finds himself alone again, sitting in his wife's closet, gazing at her treasured couture pieces, the whispering ghosts of her soul. Finally, Tony places an ad in the paper searching for a woman who fits Eiko's measurements perfectly. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.2
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

July 29, 2005
Based on the international best-seller, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970's during the later stages of China's "Cultural Revolution," as two city-bred teenage best friends, Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma (Ye Liu), are sent to a backward mountainous region for Maoist re-education. (Empire Pictures)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.6
Yat luk che

Yat luk che

July 27, 2005
A valentine to 70s Chinese cinema - from Bruce Lee mania and Chang Cheh kungfu flicks to the Taiwanese melodrama tearjerkers - Riley Ip's Just One Look evokes a time past with a loving eye for details and an infectious sense of wonderment. (Asian Cinevision)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
4.7
Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow

July 22, 2005 | R
The redemptive story of a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. (Paramount Classics / MTV Films)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.4
9 Songs

9 Songs

July 22, 2005 | Not Rated
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall -- London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night’s end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages (familiar to anyone who's ever been in love) unfold in counterpoint to the nine live-concert songs of the story's title. (Tartan Films)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
4.9
The Edukators

The Edukators

July 22, 2005 | R
Three young German radicals enjoy breaking into the homes of the wealthy as an act of political rebellion. When they are forced to deal with a businessman who has caught them in the act, the trio makes a rash decision and their futures are quaked. Ideals are tested as generations collide, passions rage, and loyalties shatter. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.9
Last Days

Last Days

July 22, 2005 | R
Last Days is filmmaker Gus Van Sant's fictional meditation on the inner turmoil that engulfs a brilliant, but troubled musician in the final hours of his life. (Picturehouse)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
5.1
November

November

July 22, 2005 | R
November is a psychological thriller exploring a woman's struggle to transcend trauma through a surreal blend of emotion and memory. The narrative and visual style are comprised of dreamlike moments and images stemming from her subjective experience, blurring the line between reality and the unconscious. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
7.7
Yau doh lung fu bong

Yau doh lung fu bong

July 22, 2005
An homage to Akira Kurosawa's debut film, the inspirational judo saga "Sanshiro Sugata," Throwdown is equal parts rousing sports film, tragedy, gangster thriller, buddy movie, love story, and urban rhapsody. (Anthology Film Archives)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
5.8
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

July 15, 2005 | R
Don Roos deftly weaves together multiple stories to create a sharp, witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself. A feast of buried secrets, missed opportunities and welcome second chances, this wildly original comedy proves that the happiest ending of all is the one you least expect. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.0
The Reception

The Reception

July 15, 2005
Set far away from the complexities of modern life, in a large farmhouse in update New York, this is a story about love and fear, race and sexuality, truth and compromise, and having the courage to let go. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
The Warrior

The Warrior

July 15, 2005 | R
The Warrior follows the visually stunning and emotionally exhilarating journey of an ancient Indian warrior who travels from the golden deserts of Rajasthan to the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya in search of the one thing he has never known - peace - only to be chased by the forces of violence. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.3
God's Sandbox

God's Sandbox

July 15, 2005
This film centers on the tense relationship between an Israeli mother and her rebellious daughter.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
tbd
On the Outs

On the Outs

July 13, 2005 | R
A dramatic narrative feature based upon the real stories of girls from the streets and juvenile jail, who lent their voices and unique stories to the filmmakers. These are girls who struggle with all the highs and lows of teenage life in an inner-city world that makes its own rules. (Fader Films)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.3
Chronicles

Chronicles

July 8, 2005 | R
A gripping crime drama starring John Leguizamo as Manolo Bonilla, a star reporter for a Miami-based tabloid TV show, who is determined to unearth a serial killer in a small town in Ecuador. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.4
Steve + Sky

Steve + Sky

July 8, 2005
Sky is a strikingly good-looking hooker. Steve is a small-time dope dealer who got caught by the police carrying the wrong dose. They meet each other in their friend Jean-Claude's Antwerp night club. Steve and Sky get together. But not completely, or then a little too much. (Favourite Films)
Metascore:
44
User Score:
tbd
Dark Water

Dark Water

July 8, 2005 | Unrated
Based on a film by the creators of the Japanese version of the "The Ring" comes this haunting, chilling, film about a young mother who goes to extreme lengths to solve a mystery and protect her daughter. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.8
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

July 8, 2005 | R
Bui doi - "less than dust" - is a slur aimed at Vietnamese children with American fathers. This film, set in 1990, relates the odyssey of a young "bui doi" as he escapes Vietnam, endures refugee camp, and survives a brutal ocean crossing and indentured servitude with a human-trafficking ring. Nevertheless, he manages to keep hope, humanity, and a generous spirit alive as he searches for connection with his long-lost family. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.1
Saraband

Saraband

July 8, 2005 | R
In this sequel to Bergman's 1973 film "Scenes from a Marriage," Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so, one beautiful autumn day, there she is, beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

July 1, 2005 | Unrated
In this follow-up to his critical smash "Read My Lips," Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback’s cult 1978 noir "Fingers" to come up with this memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. (Wellspring Media)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.9
The World

The World

July 1, 2005
Acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing’s World Park. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.0
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

June 29, 2005 | PG-13
A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Tropical Malady

Tropical Malady

June 29, 2005 | Not Rated
This lyrical and mysterious new film by maverick Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethaku chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy's sudden disappearance. [Strand Releasing]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.3
This Revolution

This Revolution

June 29, 2005 | R
Conceived as a low-budget, hi-impact verite thriller for the political set, This Revolution, follows Jake Cassevetes (Crooker), a network war shooter just back from Iraq who is assigned to cover the run-up to the RNC. (Guerilla News Network)
Metascore:
36
User Score:
tbd
Yes

Yes

June 24, 2005 | R
The story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.6
Dallas 362

Dallas 362

June 24, 2005 | R
Dallas 362 is a gritty, semi-autobiographical portrait of the complex dynamics between friends and family. Ultimately, it is a story of the journey one man takes and the choices he must make to find his way home. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.8
Lila Says

Lila Says

June 24, 2005 | R
Based on the best-selling and highly controversial French novel of the same name, Lila Says is an incredibly seductive story of sexual awakening. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.4
Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

June 24, 2005 | Unrated
Memories of Murder tells the harrowing true story of the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small province in 1980s South Korea. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho and leading man Song Kang Ho, the film follows the paths of three increasingly desperate detectives as they attempt to decipher the violent mind of a killer in a futile effort to solve the case. [Neon]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.5
The Deal

The Deal

June 17, 2005 | R
Christian Slater stars in this political thriller involving oil shortages, Wall Street and the Russian mafia.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.9
Pure

Pure

June 17, 2005 | R
Set in the East-End of London, Pure is a story about the bond between a mother, her children and the pull of drugs. (Indican Pictures)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.8
The Great Water

The Great Water

June 17, 2005
Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Zhivko Chingo, The Great Water is a story of emotional dislocation and childhood resilience, of friendship and betrayal. The story follows the childhood of Lem Nikodinoski. Now a high-ranking political figure in the communist government and elderly Lem is rushed to a hospital fighting for his life. As he nears death, his only memories are of his life when he was twelve. (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Heights

Heights

June 17, 2005 | R
Heights follows five characters over twenty-four hours on a fall day in New York City. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.0
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

June 17, 2005 | R
Me and You and Everyone We Know is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. [IFC Films]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
My Summer of Love

My Summer of Love

June 17, 2005 | R
This film vibrantly charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloon one summer for two young women. [Focus Features]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
The Talent Given Us

The Talent Given Us

June 17, 2005
A road movie about a family that is forced to come together, for better or worse. (Daddy W Productions)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Ethan Mao

Ethan Mao

June 17, 2005
A psychological thriller, a coming-of-age drama, a gay love story, and a black comedy, Ethan Mao tells the story of an 18-year-old boy reaching the point of no return. (Margin Films)
Metascore:
29
User Score:
5.7
King of the Corner

King of the Corner

June 17, 2005 | R
A humorous, honest, multi-faceted look into how one man turns his midlife crisis into a midlife opportunity. (Eleveation Filmworks)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.5
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

June 15, 2005 | PG-13
Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. [Warner Bros.]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.3
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area

J.S.A.: Joint Security Area

June 15, 2005
Joint Security Area is the "Apocalypse Now" of the Korean War -- a shimmering, hyper-real epic that charts the spiritual fallout of international politics. (Subway Cinema)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.7
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

June 10, 2005 | PG
This historical epic tells the story of a contemporary boy living in America who uncovers a secret connection to the Great Omar Khayyam, 11th Century Persian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Poet of the famous "Rubaiyat."
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.9
The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners

June 10, 2005 | PG
Based on the groundbreaking TV series, The Honeymooners is the story of two best friends, bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) and sewer worker Ed Norton (Epps) who hatch a get-rich-quick scheme to get them out of Brooklyn and onto easy street. Standing by their husbands are devoted wives Alice (Union) and Trixie (Hall), who help their guys make ends meet by waitressing at a neighborhood diner. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
31
User Score:
3.5
High Tension

High Tension

June 10, 2005 | NC-17
A white-knuckle journey into the heart of fear, this is the terrifying story of two girls' battle for survival at the hands of a sadistic psychopath. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
6.5
Slutty Summer

Slutty Summer

June 10, 2005 | Unrated
Hunky writer Markus (writer/director Andreas) returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting table at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the off-road map to love and lust in New York City. (TLA Releasing)
Metascore:
31
User Score:
5.9
Wild Side

Wild Side

June 10, 2005
A sumptuous film about three people living on the fringe or wild side of society. (Wellspring)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

June 10, 2005 | PG
Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
6.4
5x2

5x2

June 10, 2005 | R
5x2 is a haunting and realistic evocation of the evanescence of love, and how adult relationships evolve over time. Returning to a more intimate scale following his international smash "Swimming Pool," Ozon's chamber drama is an anatomy of a failed marriage told in reverse chronology. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.5
Café Lumière

Café Lumière

June 10, 2005
A residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experiences an unusual peace of mind, a calmness of spirit. For his part, Hajime loves Yoko profoundly, but remains silent. Raised in rural Hokkaido by her near-blind uncle, Yoko now enjoys a good relationship with her father and step-mother. But when she returns to her father's house and tells them she is pregnant, and that she has no intention of marrying the Taiwanese father, they worry deeply for Yoko's future. (Wild Bunch)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.3
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