- July 26, 1999
- Strangelove
The sexual reverie of a doctor's wife sends him on a tour of the city's dark side in Stanley Kubrick's powerful (if sometimes silly) "Eyes Wide Shut."
- October 27, 2003
- Cheap Shots
In Elephant, Gus Van Sant aims for an objective look at teen shootings in America, but his art-house approach is way too cool for school.
- November 22, 1999
- "Anywhere But Here"
- December 8, 2003
- Zen Palette
Director Edward Zwick gives The Last Samurai a coat of deep-thought spirituality—and turns Tom Cruise into a haunted swordsman.
- July 10, 2000
- Braverheart
For Mel Gibson's "Patriot," the politics of revolution is personal; there's greater insight into American-British relations in "ChickenRun."
- October 13, 2003
- No Pain, No Gain
Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River is suffused with lives ruined by violence; in Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino looks violence in the eye—and cackles.
- January 3, 2005
- Small Blunders
In two earnest indies, Sean Penn and John Travolta aim for authenticity—and miss by a mile.
- November 3, 2003
- Identity Crisis
In The Human Stain—adapted from Philip Roth’s book—Anthony Hopkins plays a professor who has hidden his race from his family and peers.
- November 19, 2001
- Harry Potter, Inc.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Shallow Hal
- January 10, 2005
- Man Overboard
The Sea Inside is a classy tearjerker, starring Javier Bardem as a quadriplegic with a case.

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