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June 26, 2000
Black and Blue

Samuel L. Jackson's new but unimproved Shaft is all hell-bent vigilante and no chill time.

May 31, 1999
Objects of Desire

In "The Love Letter" an anonymous missive sends a bucolic Massachusetts hamlet reeling from an epidemic of summer lust and misplaced passion.

May 24, 2004
Con Anima

Today’s animated features have more style, wit, and soul than most live-action films. But Shrek 2 makes the mistake of going Hollywood.

November 27, 2000
Cruel Operator

Quills
Directed by Philip Kaufman; written by Doug Wright; starring Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, and Joaquin Phoenix.
Unbreakable
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan; starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson.

February 28, 2005
Return of the Repressed

Imaginary Heroes is second-rank family drama, except for a standout performance by Sigourney Weaver.

May 31, 2004
Holy High School!

In Saved!, born-again students cope with surprise pregnancy, homosexuality, a horny pastor, and a Jewish classmate. The results are devilishly funny.

February 21, 2005
Hell’s Angeleno

Keanu Reeves makes pleasing metaphysical sport of himself in the noir-comics vehicle Constantine.

June 28, 2004
Beyond the Pale

When black people masquerade as white, it’s all about the payback—and a seductive fantasy of transformation.

September 4, 2000
Death Is a Dream

Akira Kurosawa's final film, an elegy to a master teacher whose students adore him, is that rarely achieved thing -- a director's haunting valedictory.

September 25, 2000
Amateur Hours

In the gooey "Duets," three couples seek salvation in a karaoke bar; for the displaced children of "Into the Arms of Strangers," salvation exacted a higher price.

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