
Dream On
Things were bad in 1968, until a few men in a spacecraft made an audacious spin around the moon.

Blink
Good movie, bigger question: Can she or can she not see?

Unreal Humanists
A chance encounter with an old lover yields a hard-core remedy for pigeons, if you’re American, armed and willing.

Retaking the center
Massachusetts musician and record executive Russ Gershon deplores the righteousness of some defeated Kerry-ites.

The Coma
Alex Garland uses coming out of a coma as a means of healing and re-establishing identity. But can "it" become "he"?

Donnie Darko
Dark, Darko, Darkest — and clear some space for the man in the bunny suit.

The Perfect Storm
Junger uses doomed fishing boat "Andrea Gail" a centerpiece for his riveting recounting of the 1991 Halloween Gale.

Things That Fall From the Sky
Kevin Brockmeier, an adult writer with a child's fantasies, has a way with all things improbable.

Black Rain
Ridley Scott makes Tokyo into "Blade Runner" territory.

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
McNamara's "Eleven Lessons," none heeded but all intensely well-spoken.

The Last Wave
Apocalypse by water takes aboriginal dream time to build.