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It's slow, quiet, and almost painfully objective, but it leads up to a finale that packs a surprising punch. It's not as good as We Need to Talk About Kevin, but it's also a more clinical and arguably more 'realistic' variation on a similar story. This one took it on the chin for being the first, but far less talked-out, film involving troubled youth from this year. This is just a rock-solid genre entry that is just different enough to be memorable and just good enough to be a must-see. The young kids are all quite good and the aliens they encounter are all the scarier for their sparse use. It doesn't break much new ground, but it does what it intends to do very well. Is the film as gloriously awesome as you may have read elsewhere? Not quite. Needless to say, it died and never really expanded. The film premiered early in the year to rave reviews from the Faracis and McWeenys of the world, but it's token limited release from Sony Screen Gems on July 29th, a weekend with six new releases.

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If you read any blogs that travel in the 'geek circles', this may be the most talked-about movie that nobody saw this year. If for no other reason than it's last 40 minutes, 13 Assassins is a must-see action picture. But the entire last third of the picture unleashes one of the longest and most impressive non-stop action sequences I've ever seen. For the first two thirds it is a character study and a classic samurai drama. At its core, it's about the morality ofВ committingВ murder, political assassination no-less, in the name of dispatching a regional ruler who may be too evil to eventually wear the crown. No matter where you see this one, it's a surprisingly compelling shades-of-grey morality play.

Like pretty much all Magnolia titles in the last few years, the majority of the film's initial profits came from their OnDemand services, withВ Takashi Miike's truly epic samurai dramaВ receivingВ on a token theatrical release in a few major cities. Once again, these will be in alphabetical order.

And nearly all of them are not hardcore independent films, but seemingly mainstream dramas and comedies that would have likely merited a wide release even a few years ago. All are worth tracking down and all are, with one exception I will point out, now available on DVD/Blu Ray/download/etc. Some got rave reviews and wide releases but stiffed at the box office while some never made it out of limited release. This time, it's about highlighting the good or great films that slipped under the radar somehow. This is the third of several year-end wrap essays detailing the year in film.

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