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Burn After Reading

Osbourne Cox, a CIA agent, is summoned to the office of his superiors and sacked, apparently for having a drinking problem.

Movies recommended

Import/Export is a bizarre, horrifying, challenging work, often brilliant and spectacular, often troubling and indeed objectionable.

"Mamma Mia" still big with moms overseas

Forget the fanboys and their comic-book movies, it's time to hail a long-neglected fan base-the mature women who kept "Mamma Mia!" on top in the international market.

Tropic Thunder

Big laughs are to be had in this rip-roaring Hollywood satire, directed by Ben Stiller.

Nothing Is Quite Forgotten In Brooklyn

Perhaps, in part, because of the enormous popularity of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, in which the 46-year-old college professor revealed that he was dying of cancer, there's a lot of talk these days about saying goodbye to loved ones.

The Glimmer Palace

The story opens at the turn of the 20th century and closes as Hitler prepares to start World War II.

Controversial Mummy set for box office blitz

Universal Pictures The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is proving to be a money winner on the Chinese mainland despite extensive criticism and controversy.

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The Duchess

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"Wipe us out, and see what's left" is Weisman's challenge. Based on interviews with evolutionary biologists and materials scientists, archaeologists and art conservators, this morbidly fascinating nonfiction eco-thriller depicts a world turning back into wilderness.

Heath Ledger voted top summer movie villain

Heath Ledger's chilling portrayal of the Joker in Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" easily surpassed rivals to be named the summer's best movie villain in a poll released.

Face Addict

Face Addict is a self-regarding documentary in which its director, Swiss fashion photographer Edo Bertoglio returns to New York after an absence of 15 years to revisit fellow artists from the preening, self-indulgent crowd that surrounded Andy Warhol.

Angel

With his adaptation of a little-known 1957 literary melodrama by English writer Elizabeth Taylor, French director Francois Ozon joins an illustrious yet small band of his compatriots who have made films in Britain.

Terrence Howard debut shows promise

Terrence Howard gave a hint of his musical skills when he played an aspiring rapper in the 2005 film "Hustle & Flow."

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading is a tightly wound spy comedy that couldn't be a bigger contrast to the Coen brothers' last film, the bloodsoaked and brooding No Country for Old Men.