MUSIC’S THE BEST THING ABOUT `BLUES’
Our Flick of the Week is "Blues Brothers 2000," which works simply as a star-studded musical tribute to the blues rather than as action comedy similar to the original "The...
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`ZERO EFFECT’ ENLISTS ODD PRIVATE EYE
Our Flick of the Week is "Zero Effect," the first excellent film of 1998, a smart and oddly sexy detective story that is mostly about a fascinating personality, a brilliant...
THE GIRLS’ `WORLD’ NOTHING NEW
Our Flick of the Week is "Spice World," in which moviegoers are introduced to the Spice Girls, the so-called pre-Fab Five, a handful of young singers who have been assembled...
`FALLEN’ IS BEYOND REDEMPTION
Our Flick of the Week is "Fallen," with Denzel Washington popping up as the detective on the case of a serial killer who was thought to be out of commission....
`SARAJEVO’ CAPTURES A WAR’S COST
Our Flick of the Week is "Welcome to Sarajevo," which mixes the intriguing world of TV foreign correspondents with the deadly conflict between Bosnian Serbs and Muslim natives there. Woody...
WRITING, ACTING TOPS IN `DOG’
Our Flick of the Week is the stunning political satire "Wag the Dog," featuring an outrageous but plausible premise: that political operatives float the rumor of a war to divert...
NICHOLSON OUTSTANDING IN `GOOD’
Our Flick of the Week is James L. Brooks' beautifully written "As Good As It Gets," a brash romantic comedy that has a serious purpose at its core. Jack Nicholson...
DICAPRIO IS THE BALLAST FOR `TITANIC’
Our Flick of the Week is James Cameron's surprisingly entertaining "Titanic," in which the most delightful element is watching a 5-foot-9 actor steal the $200 million epic from an 800-foot...
SPIELBERG’S `AMISTAD’ GRIPPING
Our Flick of the Week is Steven Spielberg's 19th Century slavery drama "Amistad," which manages to tell a most complicated court case story with uncommon passion. Whether African men sold...
JACKSON A STANDOUT IN `EVE’S BAYOU’
Our Flick of the Week is "Eve's Bayou," a quiet achievement that deserves to be highlighted in a season of oversized action pictures. No capsizing boats, no flubber -- instead,...