In the epic "Sunshine," Ralph Fiennes plays men from three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family, each determined to assimilate, each doomed.

Paul Schrader's "Affliction" offers the bleak, brutal New Hampshire winter as a metaphor for manhood.

Faithless, The Invisible Circus

"Erin Brockovich" starts off as a largely entertaining paean to the working class (and Julia Roberts) -- before going all gooey as a Meaningful Movie.

"The Cup" scores with soccer-loving monks

The Legend of Bagger Vance
Directed by Robert Redford; starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron.
Charlie's Angels
Directed by McG; starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, and Bill Murray.
Boesman & Lena
Adapted by John Berry from the Athol Fugard play; starring Danny Glover and Angela Bassett.

A saga that's at once ponderous and emotionally blank, George Lucas's "The Phantom Menace" has a big (computer) chip on it's shoulder.

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Ice Age
Kissing Jessica Stein