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In today’s slice we have a trio of films that were already featured at international film festivals and country of origin but haven’t surfaced yet stateside, and we have the Top 50’s only documentary film.

Besides taking my last year’s resolution and placing it at the top of the following year’s list of things I need to do, part of my habitual beginning-of-the-year practices is to look ahead at the year of film offerings, filter through all the crap that will come out in the next 12 months and make my most anticipated list.

In director Karen Moncrieff’s sophomore feature film The Dead Girl, Giovanni Ribisi (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, Heaven) looks nearly unrecognizable as Rudy, a rough-looking grocery store employee (and walking encyclopedia of serial killer trivia), who sets his sights on Arden (Toni Collette), an introvert dealing with an abusive, invalid mother and unwanted localized celebrity after discovering the horribly mutilated body of a young woman. Fans of the actor will do a double take – Ribisi is buried under a tattoos (fake) and a lot of extra muscle (real – a demonstration of Ribisi’s dedication to even a small role, and his confidence in the film).

The Chicago's film critics gave a trio of year’s best prizes to The Departed picking up Best Feature, director and adapted screenplay. The usual suspects won for acting awards and Emmanuel Lubezki looks like a sure pick for best cinematography at the Oscars this year for Children of Men. Futuristic film The Fountain won for best original score. Finally Rian Johnson was named most promising filmmaker for Brick.

Following in the steps of the Dallas assn., the critics from sunny state Arizona also selected United 93 as the best feature.