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Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Thursday, August 14, 2008

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Rural Intelligence Arts Following are the films currently showing in our region, listed in order of their Metacritic score.* For a synopsis of the film and excerpts from the reviews that led to the score, click on the Metascore next to the film title. For show times, click on the theater name in the Movie Theaters directory at right.

Metascore/film title/(theaters)

93 WALL-E (Fairview, Little Cinema, Regal Berkshire)
89 Man on Wire (Bantam, Images) trailer below

82 The Dark Knight (Canaan Colonial, Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire, Spectrum)
80 Tell No One (Moviehouse, Spectrum, Triplex, Upstate)
79 The Visitor (Fairview)
74 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Moviehouse, Spectrum, Triplex)
73 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Spectrum, TSL)
72 Tropic Thunder (Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Moviehouse, Regal Berkshire, Spectrum, Triplex)
70 Grease (Mahaiwe)
66 American Teen (Spectrum)
64 Brideshead Revisited (Bantam, Gilson, Spectrum, Triplex, Upstate)
64 Pineapple Express (Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)
63 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Cinerom, Fairview, Regal Berkshire) Rural Intelligence Arts
57 Journey to the Center of the Earth (Hudson Movieplex)
51 Mamma Mia!(Canaan Colonial, Cinerom, Crandell, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire, Spectrum)
50 Step Brothers (Gilson, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)
47 Henry Poole is Here (Spectrum)
47 Swing Vote (Regal Berkshire)
40 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire) trailer below

31 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Empire (Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)

*Metacritic is a site that weighs film reviews from dozens of sources, averaging the results to achieve a score—the closer to 100, the more positive the reviews.

Unscored:

Mirrors (Cinerom, Fairview, Regal Berkshire)
The Rocker (Cinerom)
F for Fake (TSL)
War and Peace (Upstate)