Batman

"The Hulk"
Are comic books art? Maybe, but this leaden, pretentious flick about Marvel Comics' big green id, from the overrated Ang Lee, is just schlock art for the NPR set.
Catwoman reloaded
A new comic scrapbook shows why the feline in the shiny black bodysuit has the power to undo even the most rock-jawed superstuds.
Holy Batbabes!
In the WB's bizarrely entertaining "Birds of Prey," Batman has skipped town -- but his illegitimate daughter and a reshaped Batgirl are kickin' butt in New Gotham.
Bin Laden as Lex Luthor
There's something hauntingly familiar about the world's latest personification of evil, something with deep resonance in U.S. mythology.
City of Angel
Buffy's guilt-ridden vampire squeeze lives by night in L.A. Also: "My So-Called Life" meets "The X-Files" in WB's new teen drama "Roswell"
"Mystery Men"
This droopy action comedy saps Hollywood's best comic actors of their superpowers.
Superhero too sexy for his tights!
Kapow! Schwing! Boy Wonder was busting out all over; Goldie Hawn sheds mental debris in small room; Brazilian star insures her caboose. Plus: Report warns of heavy snowfall on Dr. Laura's shoulders!
The dazzling versatility of Michelle Pfeiffer
With roles as diverse as Catwoman and Madame de Tourvel, she has racked up one critically acclaimed performance after another.
The face of Zorro
For 50 years, screenwriter and El Teatro Campesino founder Luis Valdez has been looking under Zorro's mask, trying to figure out who the romantic Latin hero really was.
My son, the cross-dresser
Just because he plays soccer in ballet slippers, does that make him a weirdo?
Spawn
"Spawn", the big new special effects summer pic based on the comic book series, is a witless exercise in reheating leftovers.
Batman Collected
Richard Gehr reviews "Batman Collected" by Chip Kidd.

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