Movies movies everywhere and not a decision in sight

Alrighty, I've perused the Tribeca film guide and made a few preliminary cinematic choices. The following is a list of those choices who's tiny blurb of an explanation caught my attention. My goal is to see at least one of these flicks, but however am I to choose? Is there some mathematical equation to employ? Should I consult the oracle? I've got choices choices choices to make. (Trust me it was hard enough narrowing the list down to what it is here) I present for consideration my short list of Tribeca films, someone get Price Waterhouse on the phone, maybe they know how I should choose the winner:


War, Inc.


[WAINC] Spotlight Feature Narrative, 2006, 106 min Interests: Action, Comedy, Middle Eastern, Politics, Satire, Thriller A hit man is sent to a fictional war-torn Middle Eastern country where the United States is waging the first fully outsourced war. John Cusack (who co-wrote and produced), Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this biting satire





The Wild Man of the Navidad


[WILDM] Discovery Feature Narrative, 2008, 85 min Interests: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Violence Based on real-life journals, this intelligent retelling of an old urban legend, shot in a '70s-style B movie aesthetic, focuses on a Texas community terrified by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods.





Yonkers Joe


[YONKE] Discovery Feature Narrative, 2008, 100 min Interests: Crime, Drama, Family Issues, New York A small-time con man's search for the perfect scam is disrupted by unexpected family challenges. This heartwarming drama features memorable performances by Chazz Palminteri and Christine Lahti.





Waiting For Hockney


[HOCKN] Discovery Feature Documentary, 2008, 78 min Interests: Art/Literature, Documentary, Female Directors At 38-years-old, aspiring artist Billy Pappas is the ultimate dreamer. Checkoway chronicles the 10 years Pappas spent meticulously drawing his masterpiece in his parents' attic-and the success or failure he believes hinges on his ability to show his work to his idol, artist David Hockney





The Wackness


[WACKN] Spotlight Feature Narrative, 2008, 110 min Interests: Comedy Summer of 1994. The streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with marijuana, and Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is spending his last summer before college selling dope, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, and crushing on his stepdaughter (Olivia Thirlby)





This Is Not A Robbery


[ROBBE] Discovery Feature Documentary, 2008, 75 min Interests: Aging, Biography, Coming of Age, Crime, Documentary One morning, J.L. "Red" Rountree woke, ate breakfast, went for a drive, and robbed a bank. He was 87. This is the unusual story of how this devoted family man and law abiding senior citizen became one of the country's most notorious serial bank robbers.





Love, Pain & Vice Versa


[LOVEP] World Narrative Feature Competition 2008, 86 min Interests: Drama, Latin American, Psychological, Romance, Sex, Suspense, Thriller This stirring and moody psychological thriller finds two strangers subconsciously linked when their recurring dreams begin to topple their reality. Featuring strong performances by the sizzling Bárbara Mori (La mujer di mi hermano) and Leonardo Sbaraglia (Intacto).





Let the Right One In


[LETTH] World Narrative Feature Competition 2008, 114 min Interests: Adaptation, Coming of Age, Drama, Horror, Suspense, Youth Based on Lindqvist's bestselling novel, this beautifully touching tale tells of the first romance for bullied 12-year-old Oskar and the girl next door, Eli… who also happens to be a vampire





Idiots and Angels


[IDIOT] Encounters Feature Narrative, 2008, 78 min Interests: Animation, Drama, Experimental Oscar®-nominated animator Bill Plympton sketches a David Lynchian dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man scrabbling to hide the good in himself-which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that just won't go away.





Hotel Gramercy Park


[HOTEL] Encounters Feature Documentary, 2008, 80 min Interests: Art/Literature, Documentary, Family Issues, History, New York Keeve explores the family drama of the longtime owners of this infamous hotel--once a drug-fueled haven for the likes of Bowie and Blondie--as they prepare to turn it over to hotelier Ian Schrager. Is the transformation a redefinition of cool or the demise of a New York icon?





From Within


[FROMW] Midnight Feature Narrative, 2008, 90 min Interests: Psychological, Suspense, Teens, Thriller, Violence Evil comes from within in this smart, supernatural thriller, set in a small extremist evangelical town that is mysteriously afflicted with serial suicides. Up-and-coming cast includes Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker(Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Laura Allen (Dirt), and Rumer Willis





Finding Amanda


[FINDI] Spotlight Feature Narrative, 2008, 100 min Interests: Drama, Dramedy, Family Issues, Sexual Politics In Tolan's (co-creator, Rescue Me) hysterical feature directing debut, a successful TV writer (Matthew Broderick) struggles with his addiction to gambling, drugs, and alcohol, making it that much harder to travel to Las Vegas and convince his troubled niece (Brittany Snow) to go to rehab





Dying Breed


[DYING] Midnight Feature Narrative, 2008, 92 min Interests: Action, Drama, Horror, Suspense, Thriller, Violence Inspired by the legends of a 19th-century cannibal and an extinct tiger, this brutal horror-thriller centers on four friends who find out that something--or someone--more murderous than a tiger lurks in the rain-slogged Australian bush





The Caller


[CALLE] Encounters Feature Narrative, 2008, 95 min Interests: Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Returning Filmmaker, Suspense Frank Langella gives a tour-de-force performance as an energy executive who tries to expose his corporation's corrupt practices in this quiet yet chilling neo-noir thriller. He hires a private investigator (Elliott Gould) to forward his efforts, but who is investigating whom?





Bitter & Twisted


[BITTE] Discovery Feature Narrative, 2008, 88 min Interests: Coming of Age, Drama, Dramedy, Family This quirky, multidimensional drama of longing and loss starts with the death of a young man and flashes forward three years to assess the toll it took on his parents, brother, and ex-girlfriend. A vivid style and nuanced performances add an unusual charm to this confident debut





Boy A


[BOYAZ] Spotlight Feature Narrative, 2007, 100 min Interests: Adaptation, Crime, Drama, Psychological, Suspense A former juvenile offender released from prison after 14 years reenters society with the help of his counselor. Newcomer Andrew Garfield gives a stunning performance as the hesitant 24-year-old who must catch up with his peers while keeping his past a secret.





Bart Got a Room


[BARTG] Encounters Feature Narrative, 2008, 80 min Interests: Comedy, Coming of Age, Dramedy, Family, Teens It’s ticktock ticktock for Danny as the prom approaches, and he still doesn’t have a date. With the help of his plain-Jane best friend and likable but wacky parents (Cheryl Hines, William H. Macy), his hopes for that “special” night may come true in this colorful and quirky comedy





The Auteur


[AUTEU] Midnight Feature Narrative, 2008, 80 min Interests: About Cinema, Comedy, Sex, Spoof With a body of work that includes Five Easy Nieces and My Left Nut, Italian auteur Arturo Domingo is the foremost artist among pornographic filmmakers. In this hilarious spoof, Domingo hopes to revive his sagging career by reuniting with his former lead actor for his greatest film yet