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Haven - A little gem released in 2004 with Orlando Bloom and Bill Paxton, this plays as yet another modern version of the Romeo & Juliet story - only the backdrop is Grand Cayman Island. The editing gets in the way of the storytelling sometimes, but keep with it. You may just realize your adolescence wasn't really so bad.

Janice Beard: 45 WPM - A young woman is determined to join the workforce to make her mark, but also to raise money for a new medical treatment for her mother who continues to suffer from postpartum depression - 20 years after the fact. Think Bridget Jones Light; less angst, more oddball moments and Rhys Ifans as paramour.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Though Val Kilmer looks lately like he's been on the prednisone, this film really should have gotten a longer theater run. Robert Downey returns to the big screen in pro form, and the back & forth between these two is terrific. Small time crook meets gay cop meets pretty girl.

Dandelion - if I was a teenager, this may have been my cinematic Catcher In The Rye. A lovely young actor named Vincent Kartheiser broke my heart as a 16 year old living in a teeny town without much in the way of role modeling for healthy love. He meets another lost soul in a neighbor girl, but the tenderness they feel for each other is not enough to survive tragedy and separation.

Four Rooms - One of my friends reminded me today of this terrific and unusual film originally recommended to me years ago by my hair artist (hey B!). Four vignettes, all with different characters, scripted and directed by four different contributors (including Tarantino) are connected by one character - Tim Roth as a bellboy - in one hotel on a New Year's Eve. It continues to be the only time I have willingly watched Antonio Banderas. Also stars Salma Hayek, Ione Skye, Marisa Tomei, Bruce Willis.

Dirty Pretty Things - Illegal immigrants working in a London hotel unfortunately stumble upon a bizarre plot involving organ harvesting. Enough said.