For horror, I'd recommend The Descent, a non-conventional British horror about a six female friends' caving expedition gone wrong.
If you're a left-wing-Canadian-hippy, watch Who Killed the Electric Car? and be mad as hell just like when you watched the part about the California blackout in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
In Good Company is a well made, non-pretentious, and light hearted comedy drama about a manager (Dennis Quaid) who got demoted after his company got bought. It's from the same director (Paul Weitz) who directed About a Boy and the first American Pie.
Another good flick that the whole family could enjoy is Cars, a colorful animation from Pixar with some really good message for children.
A movie to avoid is Miami Vice. I'm a fan of Michael Mann (Collateral and The Insider) but "Miami Vice" was totally off the mark. Mann didn't understand what made Vice's fans loved the TV series. The mistake begins at casting, then script, acting, and directing. Colin Farrell doesn't have the charm of the original Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Jamie Foxx looks uncomfortable in the role of Rico Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas). The only redeeming aspect is on the production, which is first rate and I like the cinematography of the city night life, which is Mann’s trademark.
Lastly, if you don't mind the violent, try this overlooked little movie set in Australia called The Proposition. It has the smell of Unforgiven and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and is as well directed.
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