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* New this week: “In the Bedroom,” actor Todd Field’s impressive directing debut, is an unadorned, unflinching film about fierce and terrifying passions. It uses exceptional acting from Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei and others to tell a story of anger and grief, of grappling with the unthinkable. It’s a wrenching narrative, but because it’s told with quiet sureness, with emotions and personalities that ring true, it pulls us in and does not let go. That restrained intensity, the film’s inherent tone, comes directly from the excellent short story by Andre Dubus on which it is based. Kenneth Turan
Top 5 VHS rentals:
1. Collateral Damage
2. John Q
3. Dragonfly
4. Resident Evil
5. Shallow Hal
Top 5 DVD rentals:
1. Collateral Damage
2. Resident Evil
3. Dragonfly
4. John Q
5. The Time Machine
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