Kate & Leopold KATE AND LEOPOLD (2002) Starring Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Philip Bosco, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Sussman and Charlotte Ayanna. Screenplay by James Mangold and Steven Rogers. Directed by James Mangold. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 118 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Here is a hint for movie producers. It is almost impossible to make an uninteresting time travel film. No mat

Crossroads CROSSROADS  (2002) Starring Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zöe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kool Moe Dee, Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. Screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. Directed by Tamra Davis. Distributed by Zomba Films/Paramount Pictures.  93minutes.   Rated PG-13. There are some people out there, more cynical than me, who would say that Crossroads is a two-hour music video to promote Britney Spears’ under-performing third album. And that is

Charlie’s Angels CHARLIE’S ANGELS  (2000) Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Tom Green, LL Cool J and Matt LeBlanc. Screenplay by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August. Directed by McG. Distributed by Columbia Pictures.   99 minutes.   Rated PG-13. You aren’t going to expect high art going into a movie remake of Charlie’s Angels.  The original jiggle-TV classic show never claimed to be anything but mindless fl

Center Stage CENTER STAGE  (2000) Starring Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan Mary Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Steiffel, Debra Monk, Sascha Radetsky and Shakiem Evans. Screenplay by Carol Heikkinen. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Distributed by Columbia Pictures.  116 minutes.   Rated PG-13. Center Stage has no right to be as good as it is. It is an almost programmed “chick film” that seems like it was written by committee (or maybe just by watching old movies.)

Entrapment ENTRAPMENT  (1999) Starring Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally, Terry O’Neill, Madhav Sharma, David Yip, Tim Potter, Eric Meyers, Aaron Swartz and William Marsh. Screenplay by Ron Bass and William Broyles. Directed by Jon Amiel. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  113 minutes.   Rated PG-13. This movie takes that old war-horse – the catburglar film – and makes it palatable for the 90’s. Sean Connery is impossibly