Top 10 Movies (Richard Corliss)

Paramount Pictures & Shangri-La Entertainment
#10. Beowulf
Robert Zemeckis' version of the old saga announces the instant maturity of motion-capture animation (where actors perform their scenes and computer whizzes basically paint over them). Writers Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman have given the story a weird twist about halfbreed offspring and the need to kill them, but the film is still zesty, sexy fun. P.S.: While Beowulf is still in theaters, see it in the IMAX format. It's 3-Delirious.

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