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Top five movies and upcoming releases

A look at what's going on in the theaters

By STEVE PERSALL
Published November 10, 2005

Current movies recommended by the Times:

1. Capote - Philip Seymour Hoffman is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination, playing author Truman Capote as he researches and writes In Cold Blood.

2. Good Night, and Good Luck - CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) challenges the communist hunting practices of Sen. Joseph McCarthy in George Clooney's gorgeous, thoughtful film.

3. North Country - Academy Award winners Charlize Theron, Sissy Spacek and Frances McDormand help make this fact-based tale of sexual harassment memorable.

4. Everything Is Illuminated - A compulsive collector (Elijah Wood) travels to eastern Europe to locate the woman who saved his grandfather during the Holocaust. Directed with uncommon assurance by first-timer Liev Schreiber.

5. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - An actor-thief (Robert Downey Jr.) and a gay private eye (Val Kilmer) plunge into a sexy, violent mystery in Shane Black's sendup of action movies cliches.

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

All dates are subject to change

NOV. 18: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Walk the Line; Wolf Creek; HellBent

NOV. 23: Rent; Yours, Mine & Ours; Just Friends; In the Mix; Ushpizin; The Ice Harvest; Paradise Now; Bee Season

DEC. 2: Aeon Flux;

DEC. 9: Syriana; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Memoirs of a Geisha

DEC. 14: King Kong

DEC. 16: The Family Stone

DEC. 21: Cheaper by the Dozen 2

DEC. 23: Munich; The Ringer; Transamerica; Hoodwinked;

DEC. 25: The Producers; Mrs. Henderson Presents; Rumor Has It

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