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• Cloud 9 
Love affairs in the twilight years -- who knew this much raw emotion could be packed into a movie? 4 stars
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• Yasukuni
Doc on Japan's Yasukuni shrine explores how war is idealized after the fact, with powerful results.
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• I'm Gonna Explode 
Mexican import tells of star-crossed lovers, accurately capturing teen angst and energy.
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• Ponyo
More mild-mannered than Miyazaki's masterpieces, but still sweet, imaginative, and lots of fun.
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• District 9 
Alien-segregation thriller flirts with cleverness, but the apartheid allegory is a bit thick.
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• Bandslam
Far more mature than its High School Musical predecessors, but a bit too breezy to make an impact.
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• It Might Get Loud
Odd documentary to/celebration of the guitar vaguely rises above after-hours VH1.
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• My Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler 
We're ready for a Hitler farce, but where's the funny?
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• The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 
Talky script gets in the way of Piven's smarmy car salesman, sapping humor.
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• The Time Traveler's Wife 
As contrived and hokey as you'd expect, not to mention unbearably creepy.
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