Wong Kar-Wai’s Ashes of Time Redux, opening in limited release
There isn’t much to get too excited about in the wide releases this weekend:

Body of Lies. A Ridley Scott thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a CIA agent on the trail of a terrorist leader. He is guided from afar by CIA veteran Russell Crowe but with his life [...]

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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton in
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York
Moving right along with the Fall Forecast. Here’s what’s coming up in October. Once again, all dates are subject to change based on studio whim. LiC’s picks are starred.
October 3
An American Carol. I love Airplane! as much as anyone, but David Zucker’s name hasn’t been attached [...]

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It’s kind of a weird week for DVD releases anyway so I’m experimenting with bumping the column up to Sunday. This way those of you who return movies to Netflix in time for Monday shipments of new releases can adjust your queues accordingly and get your new releases by Tuesday.
Here then making their Sunday debut are the [...]

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