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Michael Booth, Denver Post

1. You Kill Me 2007 Leoni is a welcome sight here, temporarily giving up attempts at sunny-sexy blond roles and going with her sarcastic nature. full review
2. Bug 2006 You leave feeling alive, if severely disturbed, rather than deadened by the unthinking horrors of the latest slasher films. full review
3. Fay Grim 2006 Fay Grim plays like a cadre of smug high-school drama students absolutely convinced everyone will be as amused by their antics as they are. full review
4. An Inconvenient Truth 2006 Will likely make you admire Al Gore a little more than you already do, worry about the planet a lot more than you already do, and finally, leave you with as many questions as when you started. full review
5. Keeping Up With The Steins 2006 By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs, we've grown to like them. full review
6. Mission: Impossible III 2006 All the popcorn season really wants is a good reason to see super-fit bodies flying around on a big screen, and M:I:III gits 'er done. full review
7. Nacho Libre 2006 High concept still fails without writers filling in the blank spots, and 'Jack Black in wrestling tights' is funny for about as long as the trailer you've already seen. full review
8. Severance 2006 So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance is just another paycheck. full review
9. Sherrybaby 2006 It's the movie for you if you liked the pessimistic street view of Half Nelson. full review
10. Bad News Bears 2005 Thornton and his directors have yet to master the subtlety between an endearing drunk and a sadist. full review
11. Casanova 2005 There's less sexiness in the awful Casanova than in the downbeat, doomed gay love story featuring Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. full review
12. Coach Carter 2005 Clearly there was a publicity hound somewhere inside the coach when he made his lockout a TV spectacle, but the movie avoids any such interesting shadows. full review
13. The Longest Yard 2005 See it if you think Adam Sandler is Joe Montana. See it if you like men in team-issued tight pants. See it if you like men in prison-issue tight pants. full review
14. The Lost City 2005 A pretty bauble, a trinket offered when the stakes of barter were life and death. full review
15. This Film is Not Yet Rated 2005 Winds up feeling shallow, padded and unrevealing. full review
16. The World's Fastest Indian 2005 The World's Fastest Indian takes off at full-out maudlin and never bothers to throttle down. full review
17. After Innocence 2004 Each lost face in the documentary is a burning reminder of the human toll when our justice system succumbs to its imperfections. full review
18. The Forgotten 2004 We get all of Moore, which is a lot, but only half a story, which is not quite enough to make The Forgotten a winning thriller. full review
19. Hotel Rwanda 2004 The world stayed out of Rwanda for fear of doing an imperfect job. Bold filmmakers are at their best when they mature beyond that kind of paralysis. full review
20. CSA: Confederate States of America 2003 Kevin Willmott pulls off an amazing trick with the fake documentary CSA: The Confederate States of America. On the lowest of budgets, he rewrites history on the grandest scale. full review
21. The Machinist 2003 A powerful, accomplished movie that lingers. full review
22. Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003 Shamelessly violent and shallow. full review
23. Primer 2003 Mind-bending thrillers like Primer are terrific viewing with your teenagers. Maybe if you're nice, they'll explain the ending to you. full review
24. Untold Scandal 2003 Adds a vibrant cultural framework to a familiar story, and it turns out nothing becomes a legend like an Asian makeover. full review
25. Secret Things 2002 Deteriorates into a silly farce that lands somewhere between Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and Guccione's Caligula. full review
26. The American Astronaut 2001 It's a rockabilly space romp, often very bad but usually a visual treat. full review
27. Love the Hard Way 2001 There must be some reason to worry over the fate of these people, but it's not in the movie. full review