Gattaca
Unsettling. Not simplistic. Entertaining. Here's good sci-fi.
To Live and Die in L.A.
The young William Petersen gives this thriller some smart clout.
Flightplan
Manipulation of post-9/11 travel fears that turns hysterical, and very bad.
Three Kings
For once, a cynical war movie. Good on David O. Russell.
Living in Oblivion
DeCillo's movie about making a movie is light enough to make light.
Spy Game
Redford and Pitt do just fine in this Tony Scott pass-time.
The Insider
Good and bad get convincingly mixed up when the Mann goes to work.
Catch Me if You Can
Pretty as fluff, and as light. Saturday Matinee Stuff — SS's intention.
Sea of Love
Ellen Barkin's serial smoldering puts Pacino in his place.
American History X
The neo-Nazi theme, in L.A. no less, is intense enough, but how'd it happen?
Working Girl
Nichols on his game is comic ebullience personified.