When a movie spends as much time on the shelf awaiting release as I Love You Phillip Morris — which has been in the can for a good two years now — it’s often safe to assume that there’s something terribly wrong with it. Not so in this case, though: well-received in its worldwide release throughout the course of this year, the film’s major stumbling block on its way to U.S. theaters was legal wrangling over its distribution that dragged on and on, delaying the film’s release for months. Happily, it was worth the wait.

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Shallow Grave Danny Boyle’s award season joyride, courtesy Slumdog Millionaire, has landed him an AFI retrospective of all of the director’s films, and this week the theater screens his 1994 feature debut. The movie introduced not only Boyle to the world, but also Ewan McGregor, who made the leap from British television and bit movie parts…