Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 2008

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#CCCC99" link="#000099" vlink="#000099"> <TABLE align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD><img src=strip08banner.jpg></TD></TR> <TR text="#000000" bgcolor="#CCCC99"><TD><center><Font Size=-2><i>Photos &#169 2008 Paramount Pictures; &#169 2008 Bad Robot/Paramount Pictures; &#169 2008 Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures;<br> &#169 2008 Miramax Films; &#169 2008 Picturehouse Entertainment; &#169 2008 Paramount Pictures; &#169 2008 Focus Features</i></center></TD></TR></TABLE> <center> <hr> <TABLE width=947 align=center cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 border=0><TR><TD width=27% align=center valign=top> <b>Sort by <Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><Font Color="#FF0000">Title</Font>/<a href="movies08nfgrade.html">Grade</a>/<a href="movies08nflatest.html">Latest</a></b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><a href="movies08.html" target="_top">(Frames Version)</a></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <Font Size=-1><b>= Full-Length Review</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <Font Size=-1><b>&nbsp= Capsule-Length Review</b></Font><br></TD> <TD width=73% align=left valign=center>(Includes films first exhibited to commercial audiences in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2008.<br> Consequently, certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced in earlier years.)</center></TD></TR></TABLE><hr></center> <br> <TABLE width=850 align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD width=100% align=left> <LI> <b><Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><a href=beaufort.html>Beaufort</a></Font> <Font Size=-1>Dir. 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With Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Lauren McKinney <Font Face=Garamond Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font></Font></b><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b><Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><a href=smartpeo.html>Smart People</a></Font> <Font Size=-1>Dir. Noam Murro. With Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church <Font Face=Garamond Color="#FF0000">C+</Font></Font></b><br> <LI> <b><Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><a href=spinetng.html>Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story</a></Font> <Font Size=-1>Dir. Jeffrey Schwarz. Documentary about the B-movie director <Font Face=Garamond Color="#FF0000">C</Font></Font></b><br> <LI> <b><Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><a href=stoploss.html>Stop-Loss</a></Font> <Font Size=-1>Dir. Kimberly Peirce. With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt <Font Face=Garamond Color="#FF0000">B</Font></Font></b><br> <LI> <b><Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><a href=teeth.html>Teeth</a></Font> <Font Size=-1>Dir. 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