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Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss this week's new releases, including Dirty, Running Scared, Unknown White Male, Street Fight, Tsotsi and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor and Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly discuss this week's new releases, including Eight Below, Freedomalnd, Winter Passing, Battle in Heaven and Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor).

Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Lael Loewenstein of Variety discuss this week's new releases, including The Pink Panther, Curious George, Firewall, London, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, Cowboy del Amor, Through the Fire (The Sebastian Telfair Story), Neil Young: Heart of Gold and Darwin's Nightmare.

Larry Mantle and critics Jean Oppenheimer of New Times and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including Something New, A Good Woman, Manderlay, and FAQs as well as The World's Fastest Indian and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, both getting a wider release this week. Ayuko Babu, Festival Director of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, joins us for a preview.

Larry Mantle and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, discuss this week's new releases, including Annapolis, Nanny McPhee, Bubble, Fateless, and Imagine Me & You.

Larry Mantle and critics Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor, and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new releases, including End of the Spear, Why We Fight, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, and Boys of Baraka. Peter also disclosed his Top Ten films of 2005.

Larry Mantle and critics Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly and Jean Oppenheimer for New Times discuss this week's new releases, including Tristan and Isolde, Glory Road, Last Holiday, and After Innocence. The critics also discussed their Top Ten films of the 2005.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including Blackmail Boy, and Classe Tous Risques . In addition to some of the special screenings around town, the critics discussed their Top Ten films of the year.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new film releases, including Cold Mountain, Peter Pan, Cheaper by the Dozen, Paycheck, The Company, and The Young Black Stallion.

Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Mona Lisa Smile, House of Sand of Fog, Calendar Girls, The Hebrew Hammer, What Alice Found, and The Fog of War.