A dystopian thriller, Children of Men imagines a world where a plague of infertility has afflicted all wombs, where religious cultists self-flagellate in roadside huddles, where refugees from war-torn nations flee to a dangerously nativist Britain. (Our species’ deepest fears end up looking uncannily like Guantánamo or Abu Ghraib.) Amidst all this chaos, a pregnant woman appears, and Clive Owen has to whisk her to freedom. It’s terribly exciting. (See Movie Times for more info.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...