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Of all the movies made about or glancingly involving the 19th-century outlaw Jesse Woodson James, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is the most reflective, most ambitious, most intricately fascinating, and indisputably most beautiful. Based on the novel of the same name by Ron Hansen, it picks up James late in his career, a few hours before his final train robbery, ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell, Brooklynn Proulx
Directed By: Andrew Dominik

Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Starring: Elizabeth Perkins, Mary Louise Parker, Justin Kirk

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Sam Shepard, Mary Louise Parker
Directed By: Andrew Dominik

A very good adaptation of the popular series of books by Tony DiTerllizi and Holly Black, The Spiderwick Chronicles is one of the few family films in recent years to seamlessly integrate magical elements with a potent drama that will strike a chord with many kids. An exceptionally talented Freddie Highmore (August Rush) plays twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, caught up in a sad shock ...

Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Starring: Joan Plowright, Freddie Highmore, David Strathairn, Mary Louise Parker, Nick Nolte
Directed By: Mark Waters

Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America became the defining US theatrical event of the 1990s, an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera that summed up the Reagan era for an entire generation of theatre-goers. Post-9/11 would seem to be too late for a film version--philosophy and politics don't always age well--but this 2003 HBO adaptation, ably ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright
Directed By: Mike Nichols

Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Starring: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Marie-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson
Directed By: Jon Avnet

Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Starring: Romany Malco, Mary Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins

A lot could've gone wrong in Red Dragon, but the movie exceeds expectations. Replacing the acclaimed Manhunter as an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil of The Silence of the Lambs, serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of Lecter as portrayed, ...

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson
Directed By: Brett Ratner

The exceptionally fine cast--Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, J T Walsh, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Edwards, William H. Macy, Anthony LaPaglia, Ossie Davis and Brad Renfro--goes a long way toward making The Client one of the more solidly enjoyable screen adaptations of a John Grisham southern gothic legal thriller. Teen-hearthrob Renfro is a natural, playing a kid whose life is in jeopardy ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia
Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Red Dragon A lot could've gone wrong in Red Dragon, but the movie exceeds expectations. Replacing the acclaimed Manhunter as an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil of The Silence of the Lambs, serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of ...

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Starring: Mary Louise Parker, Julianne Moore, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman
Directed By: Brett Ratner, Ridley Scott