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Top 5 movies

Current movies recommended by the Times:

By Times Staff
Published August 18, 2005


1. Broken Flowers - Bill Murray has gradually evolved from dependable comedian to one of our finest dramatic actors. Jim Jarmusch's middle-age character study is more proof.

2. The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Perhaps now everyone will realize that Steve Carell (The Daily Show, The Office) is the funniest man working in show business today.

3. March of the Penguins - Morgan Freeman narrates an amusing documentary about the mating habits of emperor penguins at the South Pole.

4. Mysterious Skin - Filmmaker Gregg Araki's latest homoerotic drama is his most polished work, featuring a bold performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a male hustler.

5. Red Eye - Director Wes Craven shapes an economical thriller that doesn't give viewers time to find faults. All that and rising star Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls, The Notebook), too.

UPCOMING RELEASES

AUG. 26: The Brothers Grimm; The Constant Gardener; The Aristocrats; The Cave; Beautiful Country; Undiscovered; The Edukators SEPT. 2: A Sound of Thunder; The Transporter 2; The Underclassman; Smile; Asylum

SEPT. 9: An Unfinished Life; End Game; The Exorcism of Emily Rose; The Man

SEPT. 16: Proof; Just Like Heaven; Venom; Lord of War; Cry Wolf; The Beat My Heart Skipped; Hellbent

SEPT: 23: The Thing About My Folks