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- Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley is literature's tragic heroineAnna Karenia: When 'Anna Karenina' 鈥 starring Keira Knightley 鈥 gets a theatrical turn, curtains and catwalks make it a little arch.
- Daniel Day-Lewis plays our sixteenth president in 'Lincoln''Lincoln' could be more daring but shines a light on the backroom shenanigans that went into abolishing slavery.
- Bram Stoker books: The 5 best movie adaptations of 'Dracula' Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' is still the most famous of his books, and the story of the deadly vampire came to the screen with these five adaptations.
- Daniel Craig reappears as James Bond in 'Skyfall' (+trailer)'Skyfall' features powerful performances by Daniel Craig and actress Judi Dench.
- Christopher Walken stars as a talented cellist in 'A Late Quartet''Quartet' follows a group of musicians that's disrupted by the health problems of one of their members.
- Sean Penn turns in an over-the-top performance in 'This Must Be the Place'Sean Penn stars as a burned-out former rock star聽in 'This Must Be the Place.'
- Denzel Washington in 'Flight' (+trailer)Some elements don't quite coalesce, but 'Flight' is a pretty good nail-biter.
- 'Orchestra of Exiles' shines a light on little-known historyThe documentary about violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who saved Jewish musicians during the Holocaust by recruiting them for his orchestra, has too many reenactments but some great footage of conductor Arturo Toscanini.
- Hollywood gets back to biblicalSeveral Bible-based projects, including 'Noah' starring Russell Crowe and two separate treatments of the story of Moses, are due in theaters over the next few years.
- One man explores his German family's past in 'The Flat'Israeli documentarian Arnon Goldfinger discovers his family's World War II past in the documentary.
- Two backpackers explore the country of Georgia in 'The Loneliest Planet''The Loneliest Planet' starts off slow, then hits the audience with a shock when the two travelers are attacked.
- 'Cloud Atlas' is occasionally exhilarating but mostly confusing (+trailer)'Cloud Atlas' features a large cast, and it's fun to spot who's who. But the mash-up plot of 'Cloud Atlas' is largely exasperating.
- A middle school turns out chess champions in 'Brooklyn Castle''Brooklyn Castle' has the right moves.
- Helen Hunt stars in 'The Sessions' (+trailer)John Hawkes and Helen Hunt deliver remarkable performances in 'The Sessions.'
- 'Photographic Memory': The permanence and impermanence of what we choose to preserveThis complex father-son confessional movie cuts across eras. Harvard film professor Ross McElwee adds another wonderful personal memoir, a film that is both forward-looking and elegiac.
- 'Smashed' shows a realistic recovery, with revelation'Smashed' has some powerful moments but is mostly superficial.
- Ben Affleck crafts a nail-biting thriller in 'Argo': movie review'Argo' stars Alan Arkin and John Goodman give especially strong performances in the strange-but-true story.
- 'Sister': A terrific, sad movie about childhood lived on the edge'Sister' looks inside the gumption and desperation of a 12-year old thief and his sister.
- 'The House I Live In': movie reviewThe analysis in Eugene Jarecki's documentary on the domestic war on drugs is too simplistic.
- Liam Neeson stars in 'Taken 2': movie review'Taken 2' is improbable but enjoyable as Neeson and his family are threatened again by thugs.