REEL TIME: Reese Witherspoon releases a stinker and Ralph Fiennes gives us horny feelings

With the help of City Paper film critics, Movies editor Josh Middleton counts down the weekend's six new-movie releases, from least- to most-worthy of your precious time and hard-earned dollar bills.

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REEL TIME: Reese Witherspoon releases a stinker and Ralph Fiennes gives us horny feelings

POSTED: Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:30 PM

Filed Under: Movies

No. 2: Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's The Secret World of Arrietty didn't receive as high a grade as Undefeated, but its precious points blasted it to No. 2. Following a family that lives under the floorboards of a "pastoral Japanese home" (The Littles style), critic Michael Gold says the elegant, intricately beautiful animation masterfully reframes the everyday world, "encouraging audiences to see magic in the commonplace." Awwww! Read the rest of his review here. (UA 69th Street, UA Riverview)

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