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No End In Sight (directed by Charles Ferguson)

While it's true that there have been a slew of Iraq-related documentaries and films within the past few years, very few come close to the startling power of Charles Ferguson's No End In Sight.

By taking the anti-Michael Moore approach of getting his facts, information and sources right, Ferguson tells the story of a war gone horribly wrong from the insider's point of view. As a result, it leaves you captivated for its entire running time and even more enraged at our current administration.



Hot Rod (directed by Akiva Schaeffer)

If you happened to catch any of the SNL digital shorts/skits starring either Andy "Dick In A Box" Samberg or Bill Hader (who does a killer Al Pacino impression) you'll probably go into Hot Rod already a fan.

Samberg and Hader are two of the best cast members on the current SNL, and they waste no time dishing out the laughs in this, a tribute to the late Evil Knievel. Rod (Andy Samberg) wants to help raise $50,000 for his stepfather's (Ian McShane of Deadwood) heart transplant by jumping 15 school buses--and he enlists his buddies (including Hader and Jorma Taccone) to help him out with his scheme.

If this all sounds like a bad SNL sketch, that's because on paper, it pretty much is. Samberg and co. pull it off by sheer hilarity and an over-the-top tribute to Footloose.



Paris, Je T'Aime

The concept of having 18 different established directors do five-minute short films set in different districts of Paris sounds like an idea that could just buckle under the weight of its own lofty ambitions, but the talent behind the film is too great to yield anything other than a worthwhile effort.

Not every segment is completely successful, but the ones that do make you wish you had more time to spend with the characters. Gus Van Sant, The Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne, Wes Craven and Richard LaGravenese are the Americans thrown into the mix, along with foreign directors Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) and Tom Tykwer (Perfume).