10 great movies from the first seven months of the year
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By Geoff Berkshire and Matt Pais, Metromix
"The Hurt Locker"
After so many weak attempts at making a narrative film about Iraq, Hollywood finally strikes gold with Kathryn Bigelow's extraordinary and extraordinarily tense story of soldiers in 2004 Baghdad. Jeremy Renner gives a standout performance as an expert bomb diffuser; thoughtout the movie, your teeth may grind with such dread that you may as well set up a dentist appointment before you go to the theater. —MP
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