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Movies: Top Five
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times,
published October 18, 2001
Current movies recommended by the Times
1. Mulholland Drive -- David Lynch returns to twisted form with a film noir mystery that's even more perplexing after it's solved. Equal parts brilliant and exasperating.
2. L.I.E. -- Excellent performances and balanced screenwriting make this tale of a pedophile and his prey more compelling than you'd think. Channelside Cinemas only.
3. From Hell -- Twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes depict a menace to another society: Jack the Ripper. Johnny Depp stars as an opium-addled psychic.
4. Iron Monkey -- Martial arts mayhem defying gravity and logic. Directed by Yuen Woo Ping, choreographer of fight scenes in The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
5.Training Day -- Denzel Washington's raging portrayal of a corrupt narcotics cop is one of the year's best performances. Ethan Hawke co-stars as a naive rookie in a stylish crime yarn.
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