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Top five movies and upcoming releases

Top five movies

1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - Old-fashioned adventure and new-fangled computers combine in a stunning debut for writer-director Kerry Conran. Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie save the planet in grand style.

2. Shaun of the Dead - More than a cannibalistic gore fest, this British import is a smartly written romantic comedy giving viewers plenty to digest.

3. Hero - Zhang Yimou's epic martial arts adventure stars Jet Li as a warrior recalling for a king how a trio of assassins was defeated. Comparisons to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are inevitable and favorable.

4. Mean Creek - First-time director Jacob Aaron Estes adds an important factor to the often- dramatized story of taking revenge on a school bully: consequences.

5. The Forgotten - Julianne Moore's performance as a mother seeking truth about her missing son is a model of acting style over a screenplay's lack of substance.

OCT. 1: Shark Tale; Ladder 49; The Brown Bunny; Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry; Woman, Thou Art Loosed

OCT. 8: Taxi; Friday Night Lights; Raise Your Voice; Vikings (IMAX); Rockets Redglare

OCT. 15: Shall We Dance; Team America: World Police; Code 46

OCT. 22: I Heart Huckabees; The Grudge; Surviving Christmas; Alfie

OCT. 29: Ray; Around the Bend; Saw

NOV. 5: Alexander; The Incredibles; Birth; Bright Young Things

NOV. 10: The Polar Express; Seed of Chucky

NOV. 12: After the Sunset

NOV. 19: Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason; National Treasure; The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

NOV. 24: Flight of the Phoenix; Christmas with the Kranks

DEC. 10: Ocean's Twelve

DEC. 17: The Aviator; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Beyond the Sea

DEC. 25: The Life Aquatic; The Phantom of the Opera

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