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Film
Top five movies and upcoming releases
A look at what's hot at the movies
By STEVE PERSALL
Published April 14, 2005
TOP FIVE
Current movies recommended by the Times:
1. Millions - A stolen fortune literally drops into the laps of two British lads, who try hard to spend the loot. Directed with uncommon gentility, but expected visual flair by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later).
2. Frank Miller's Sin City - Co-directors Miller and Robert Rodriguez (with help from Quentin Tarantino) create a visually arresting, occasionally nauseating adaptation of a crime-ridden graphic novel.
3. Nobody Knows - Four Japanese children care for themselves after desertion by their mother. Writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda's matter-of-fact approach is more affecting than Hollywood's Home Alone approach to such matters.
4. Dear Frankie - A deaf Scottish boy (Jack McElhone) meets his long-absent "father" (Gerard Butler), actually a stranger hired for the role by his emotionally fragile mother (Emily Mortimer).
5. The Upside of Anger - Joan Allen and Kevin Costner are at the top of their game in a suburban comedy-drama echoing Terms of Endearment.
UPCOMING RELEASES
April 22: The Interpreter; King's Ransom; A Lot Like Love; The Ballad of Jack and Rose; Kung Fu Hustle; Up and Down; Dust to Glory
April 29: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; XXX: State of the Union; Winter Solstice; In My Country; Walk on Water
May 6: Crash; Kingdom of Heaven; House of Wax
May 13: Monster-In-Law; The Year of the Yao; Unleashed; Mindhunters; Kicking and Screaming
May 20: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 27: The Longest Yard; Madagascar
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