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    Death in Love

    "Death in Love" is an original and fascinating film that is nonetheless difficult to watch. Sections are repellent, some might say pornographic.

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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    David Yates, in his go at the helm, throws the emphasis on the gathering storm clouds even as Harry and his fellow wizardry students make further discoveries involving the opposite sex.

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    I Hate Valentine's Day

    When your very first movie became perhaps the biggest sleeper hit in history, with worldwide grosses topping $360 million, what can you possibly do for an encore?

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    I Love You, Beth Cooper

    We should have had a clue from the first two words that appear onscreen: Fox Atomic. The recently disbanded production entity responsible for such gems as "Miss March" and "The Hills Have Eyes 2" is also behind "I Love You, Beth Cooper."

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    Humpday

    The story of two straight friends who decide to create and star together in a gay male video for an amateur porn contest, "Humpday" was a minor sensation at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

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    The Girl From Monaco (La Fille de Monaco)

    Anne Fontaine's "The Girl From Monaco" brings interesting twists—and a feather-light sense of humor—to the worn-out genre of films in which stiff middle-aged men become obsessed with flighty young women.

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    (500) Days of Summer

    "This is a story of boy meets girl. But you should know, up front, this is not a love story," says the sardonic narrator.

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    Public Enemies

    "Public Enemies" is really a showcase for Depp and Bale, who brings dimension to the strait-laced Purvis. Crudup makes a fine Hoover; among the other lawmen, Stephen Lang does a good job toward the end as Charles Winstead.

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    Cheri

    The enormously talented triad of actor Michelle Pfeiffer, director Stephen Frears, and writer Christopher Hampton, who teamed so memorably two decades ago in "Dangerous Liaisons," are back in period mode with the modestly engaging but deliciously acted "Cheri."

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    The Stoning of Soraya M.

    With Iran in the news around the clock these days, the timing could not be better for this wrenching look at that country's dark side as it's put in the simplest of human terms.