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"The Weather Man"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Nicolas Cage's sad-sack family man is both pitiable and exasperating, but eventually his incessant martyrdom is just boring.

"Bewitched"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

With her gimmicky remake, Nora Ephron proves that no mere mortal can stifle Nicole Kidman's magic.

"Batman Begins"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

You know you're in trouble when a movie can't even get the Batmobile right.

Cockney rebel

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Michael Caine talks about playing an aging Nazi in "The Statement," why he hates nude scenes, what he learned from Laurence Olivier, and whether he'll ever win that best-actor Oscar he wants.

"The Statement"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Michael Caine is brilliant as a French Nazi collaborator hidden by the Catholic Church. Too bad Norman Jewison's film is a stiff, limping bore.

The Fix

By Karen Croft — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Madonna is everywhere, Pamela Anderson avoids a fashion faux pas, and Kato Kaelin won't go away! Plus: Can everyone just leave Aaron Brown alone?

When supermodels attack!

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Christie Brinkley takes a few photos of her own. Plus: Angelina Jolie drinks her way back into the news.

"Austin Powers in Goldmember"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

It's a mess, and a ridiculous golden shower of toilet humor. But Mike Myers' superspy spoof still provides the summer's purest movie delight.

"Last Orders"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Michael Caine heads a dream cast of veteran English actors in Fred Schepisi's unassuming masterpiece about life, love and the cruel joke of old age.

Gwyneth: Sex, butts and scumbags

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Her Paltrowness discusses men, her caboose and Affleck; Richard Gere on the terrorists' karma. Plus: Oh, Beyonci, behave!

Michael Douglas closes testicle chapter

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Zeta-Jones' hubbie settles near-neutering case; Sandra Bullock straddles Benjamin Bratt's noggin. Plus: Elliott Gould and Cher must talk!

Philip Kaufman

By Stephen Lemons — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

The director of "Quills," the new film about the Marquis de Sade, discusses sex, writers, repression and his movie's parallels to the Starr-Clinton fiasco.

"The Cider House Rules"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

In adapting his novel for the screen, John Irving wanted the story to be trimmer than in his book -- as long as he was the one wielding the knife.

Michael Caine

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Over four decades -- from "Alfie" to "The Cider House Rules" -- he has played warm, cold and everything in between, and never feared losing the audience's sympathy.

"The Man Who Would Be King"

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

He had to bide his time, but humane cynic John Huston finally got the chance to make one of the most sophisticated American entertainments ever.

Stripper mauled

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Paula Jones "that kind of girl" after all; but Mike Tyson, "upset" by stripper's advances, not that kind of boy.

Look out! Here comes a sound bite!

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Being at the Academy Awards has a strange effect on the attendees. Some are moved to eloquence, some to idiocy, while others become just plain insufferable.

Oscars 2000

By Cintra Wilson — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Untethered hooters! Suave cocksmiths! But even Billy Crystal and Hilary Swank couldn't save a crushingly boring show.

Blue Glow

By Joyce Millman — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Salon's TV picks for Weekend, March 24-26, 2000

"Beauty" pageant

By Andrew O'Hehir — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.

"The Cider House Rules"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Driven by Tobey Maguire's marvelously layered performance, Lasse Hallstrvm's old-fashioned cinematic yarn-spinning yields genuine emotion without sentimentality.

Psychic hot tip: Mariah and Bill in Y2K

By Amy Reiter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

The spirits speak: More young stuff for the prez in 2000; eyes off my tush, says Michael Caine; Posh Spice's hubby likes to get into her knickers. Plus: Actress Patsy Kensit took who to bed?

I feel a song coming on

By Charles Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:10:00 PDT

Jane Horrocks saves the annoyingly noisy 'Little Voice' with uncanny impressions of Garland, Dietrich and Monroe