Dark Blue

February 21, 2003 | Largely because so many things go wrong - stunningly, breathtakingly wrong - throughout so much of Dark Blue, the movie winds up being, somewhat like a…

Daredevil

February 14, 2003 | In the alternative universe of comic-book movies, there are limits to how much realism we seek or desire. Very few of us would be thrilled to see Batman…

Antitrust

January 12, 2001| The makers of Antitrust do such a delightfully nasty job of demonizing Bill Gates that, when the closing credits started to roll, I half-expected to read: "A…

The Animal

June 1, 2001 | If you've seen the trailer, you know the pitch: A nebbishy would-be cop (Rob Schneider) gains superhuman abilities after receiving transplanted body parts from various domesticated…

Analyze That

December 6, 2002 | If you enjoyed Analyze This, the hugely successful 1999 comedy about a mood-swinging mobster and his easily frazzled analyst, you may appreciate a second helping of…

Amistad

December 10, 1997 | After getting the profitable hack work of The Lost World out of his system, Steven Spielberg makes a welcome return to higher ground with Amistad, an…

American Pie 2

August 10, 2001 | If the prospect of viewing American Pie 2 causes your spirits to surge with giddy anticipation, be forewarned: No one in this sequel has intimate relations…

American Beauty

September 15, 1999 | By turns savagely funny and sympathetically insightful, American Beauty is a darkly comical tale of toxic discontentment and not-so-quiet desperation. "In less than a year," Lester…