Shortz weighs his words.

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Wordplay

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., June 23. Rated PG. 90 minutes.

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Been Rich All My Life

Showing at Grand Illusion, Fri., Aug. 25– Thurs., Aug. 31. Not rated. 81 minutes.

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The flicks of fall

Remember—all dates are subject to change.

Cruz and Depp before the fall.

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Smuggler’s blues

Cocaine highs yield to family lows.

Charade: The Delights of Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant

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Charade: The Delights of Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant

Stanley Donen was famed as a director of musicals, and this delightful 1963 Euro thriller is fittingly light…

Josie!

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10 Worst

Critic ruefully recalls the dregs of '01.

Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in Rebecca.

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The odd couple: Selznick and Hitchcock

Two great egos, three great films.

Fernando Ramallo pining for love.

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Buddies

Teen boys become more than friends, less than lovers.

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What’s up, Doc?

Shohei Imamura's latest is a dizzying, twisted ride.

Crowe (at left) outworks an opponent (Art Binkowski).

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The Class Warrior

Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably…

Ballroom's dancers.

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Mad Hot Ballroom

LAST WEEK I sat down with Marilyn Agrelo, the warm and chatty New York–based director of Mad Hot…

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The Sea Inside

New Line Home Ent., $27.95.

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In living color

'Friends,' Korean-American style.

Get us out of this movie! Walker worries, Sobieski sulks, Zahn drives.

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Retread

Once-reliable vehicle finds itself running on empty.

Ducksters (left to right): Perea, Miranda, Cataño, and Arreola.

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Duck Season

Opens at Varsity, Fri., March 24. Rated R. 85 minutes.

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Jim Jarmusch

He talks his Broken Flowers.

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Blame it on Rio

Cynical, middle-aged Dora (Fernanda Montenegro) is a retired schoolteacher who makes ends meet by writing letters for Rio…

The Triplets in their 30s prime.

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The Triplets of Belleville

Who needs modern CGI animation? This charming French throwback takes its cues from the past.

Love or treasure? Knightley and Depp take a magic compass bearing.

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Something Fishy

Disney tries to build a Pirates franchise trilogy with a bouillabaisse of CG effects. Couldn't they have used…

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $29.98