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Top five movies and upcoming releases

By STEVE PERSALL, Times Film Critic
Published November 17, 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. 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.

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - The boy wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) takes a turn to manhood, dealing with first-crush jitters and the murderous intent of Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

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 movie cliches.

UPCOMING RELEASES

All dates are subject to change

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

NOV. 25: The Squid and the Whale

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; Fun with Dick and Jane

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

DEC. 24: Casanova

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

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