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Mira Nair’s complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri’s bestselling novel.

Who would have ever guessed that Chris Rock would be the guy to film an American remake of Eric Rohmer’s meditation on fidelity, Chloe in the Afternoon?

In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon’s will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star as middle-aged friends who seek life’s purpose while on a cross-country motorcycle trip.

Despite the fact that Tyler Perry relies on contrivances and sentimentality, he manages to spin a good yarn in the process.

Drew Barrymore plays lyricist to Hugh Grant’s has-been musician in this Valentine’s Day romantic comedy.

With a lazy, cliché, and rabid plot and paper-thin character development, this comedy’s idea of fun involves the intergenerational discussion of orgasms.

For anyone venturing to see this so-called comedy, it will be hard to remember that Cedric the Entertainer is actually funny. Or rather, he can be.

If you like your British movies quick, raunchy, reflective, and bittersweet, then The History Boys, based on the stage play, is for you.