Andrew O'Hehir

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  • "NYPD: A City and Its Police"

    Behind the "blue wall of silence" of America's biggest and oldest police force, two authors find equal parts heroism and corruption.
  • Frodo lives -- on the big screen

    By Andrew O'Hehir
  • "The Cell"

    Tarsem Singh's opulent serial-killer thriller descends into special-effects hell.
  • "Notorious"

    In this truly twisted love story, the passion between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman is so powerful it's almost a character in itself.
  • "The Replacements"

    Watching Keanu Reeves play a scab QB makes four quarters in hell look inviting.
  • Stephen King

    A master of plot mechanics, he revived the moribund genre of horror literature and became the richest writer in history. We could do worse.
  • "Boys Don't Cry"

    Director Kimberly Peirce discusses the hazards of low-budget filmmaking and the intricacies of bringing this heartland tragedy to the screen.
  • Paul Verhoeven

    By Andrew O'Hehir
  • "Space Cowboys"

    Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones and a bunch of their withering old buddies are dying to go into space.
  • "Stigmata"

    An enjoyable, superstylish supernatural thriller that doesn't make much sense -- except in the director's mind.
  • Paul Verhoeven

    Is the director of "Total Recall" and "Hollow Man" a pornographer, a homophobe and a misogynist -- or a misunderstood genius who's been defeated by his own contrary nature?
  • "The Bone Collector"

    There's not much depth in this serial-killer thriller, but it gets the creepy atmospherics and forensic details just right.
  • "Casablanca"

    Rick and Ilsa look better than ever, but why are the DVD extras so skimpy?
  • "Road Trip"

    As long as this lewd, crude, plotless wonder keeps careening along the open highway, it's all good.
  • "American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley -- His Battle for Chicago and the Nation" by Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor

    A big biography tells the full story of the legendary politician, with a sharp focus on his battle to keep the Windy City segregated.
  • Letters to the editor

    "Metallica did the ultimate in uncool acts." Plus: Do Buchanan petitioners' ends justify their means? And: Life after an ileostomy.
  • Letters to the editor

    Is Arianna Huffington naive about poverty? Plus: Don't arrest Whitney Houston, legalize marijuana! Esperanto is not a "fake" language.
  • Of babyfaces and heels

    From crimson masks to electrifying sports entertainers, two bestselling wrestling books chronicle the blood, sweat and touching humanism of America's most popular redneck soap opera.
  • "Where the Heart Is"

    With an Oprah-book plot and Hallmark sentimentality, the trailer-park melodrama never lets you forget that Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd are hot babes with perfect complexions.
  • "Wanderlust: A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit

    A delightful and mind-expanding look at one of the activities that makes us human.
  • "Gossip"

    It doesn't really matter who sleeps with whom in this sub-"Melrose Place" college fantasy, just that both actors will end up shirtless.
  • "Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food, and Fortune" by Rob Nixon

    Solitary, plumed, nasty, flightless and weird: Ladies and gentlemen, the world's most peculiar bird.
  • Letters to the editor

    The have-kids vs. the have-nots Plus: Log Cabin Republicans will get what they deserve; David Foster Wallace parody is "viscerally painful."
  • "Ready to Rumble"

    Is it a feature-length commercial for World Championship Wrestling or a juvenile work of deviant genius -- or both?
  • "The Skulls"

    Evil lurks in the hallowed halls of higher education; so does lousy dialogue.
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