Picks and Pans Review: Alynda's Picks: What I Love This Week

By Alynda Wheat, ANNE DRISCOLL, JENNIFER GARCIA, SCOTT HUVER

UPDATED 01/10/2011 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 01/10/2011 at 01:00 AM EST

ANOTHER YEAR

Director Mike Leigh's latest domestic drama is thin soup at first, but the characters (like Lesley Manville's achingly sad Mary) linger long past the closing credits.

KEVIN SPACEY IN CASINO JACK

Miss old-school Swimming with Sharks Spacey? Dude's back, playing shady lobbyist Jack Abramoff (with Kelly Preston, right, as his wife, Pam).