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Film

Top five movies and upcoming releases

By STEVE PERSALL
Published September 29, 2005

Current movies recommended by the Times:

1. Grizzly Man - Timothy Treadwell's life was fascinating, his death by bear mauling was poetic injustice, and Werner Herzog's exploration of each is one of the year's best films.

2. Lord of War - International gunrunner (Nicolas Cage) experiences moral conflict as he sells death in political hot spots around the world. A rare, smart action flick.

3. A History of Violence - A small-town nice guy (Viggo Mortensen) may also be a cold-blooded mob killer. David Cronenberg's film is more about identity than mayhem.

4. Serenity - Joss Whedon's failed TV series Firefly becomes a satisfying sci-fi experience on the big screen, where space cowboys have more room to roam.

5. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - The filmmaker rebounds from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with wonderful stop-motion animation, a nightmare before Halloween.

Check out Times film critic Steve Persall's blog at www.sptimes.com/blogs/film

All dates are subject to change

OCT. 7: Waiting; In Her Shoes; Two for the Money; Everything is Illuminated; Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-rabbit; The Gospel; Thumbsucker

OCT. 14: Elizabethtown; Domino; HellBent

OCT. 21; Good Night, and Good Luck; Doom; Dreamer: Based on a True Story; Stay; Derailed; Memory of a Killer

OCT. 28: The Weatherman; The Legend of Zorro; Prime; Separate Lies; Saw II; Ushpizin

NOV. 4: Jarhead; Chicken Little; The Family Stone; The Matador

NOV. 9: Get Rich or Die Tryin'

NOV. 11: The New World; Zathura; Bee Season

NOV. 18: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Shopgirl; Walk the Line; Pride & Prejudice; Wolf Creek

NOV. 23: Yours, Mine & Ours; Just Friends; In the Mix

NOV. 25: The Ice Harvest

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