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The Sky's the Limit (1943)
One more for the road
Very few people have heard of it, but this is really one of my favorite Fred Astaire movies. In part because Fred does one of the best angry dance scenes that I've ever seen. He stumbles drunken, singing One More for my Baby, and smashes glass with his feet. He sways to the rhythm and leaps up on the metal bar to tap smash shattering glass. If you're lucky enough to see this movie keep in mind, that's real glass, not sugar glass like you normally see in movies. This was during WWII and sugar was rationed. Fred and Joan Leslie have a number of lovely romantic dance scenes. The background plot of WWII provides, well, a plot. By turns funny and bittersweet, a great dance movie.
Serenity (2005)
Science Fiction with a brain
In a short story every word counts and has a purpose. Serenity is like that. Every moment you're learning something new. Every minute you're riding the roller coaster to the next valley and peak in the plot. The story takes you from laughter one moment to gasp and clutch your partner the next. There's something for everyone from characters who don't take themselves seriously to excellent CGI to whirling dervish-foo. Plus, Serenity does what the best science fiction does, it makes you think in an interesting and well realized world. The gritty lived in feel of this future makes me think of a cross between Star Wars and the Unforgiven. Well worth seeing in the movie theater.