Subject: Martin Lawrence

• Crazy Child

  April 28, 1994

• Action by the Book

  April 13, 1995

• Big Bang Theory

  June 13, 1996

• Shtick-Up

  July 17, 1997

• Ho, Ho, Ho

  February 11, 1999

• Just for Laughs

  Spike Lee's gloriously unpolished concert film focuses on the yuks -- to our great amusement

  August 17, 2000

• Crimefighter in Spite of Himself

  Blue Streak is not quite up to its identity crisis

  September 16, 1999

• Skinny Is the New Fat in Run Fat Boy Run

  Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit

  March 27, 2008

• The Popcorn King

  Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

  August 9, 2007

• Black Box Office: Polarizing Perry

  $110 million can't be wrong. Can it?

  June 14, 2007

• Like Pigs to Slaughter

  Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good

  March 1, 2007

• Turkeys of the Year

  The 2006 Collectors Edition

  November 23, 2006

• I'd Much Rather Be with the Girls

  Critics might damn Fantasia's music with faint praise, but we say she's keeping up a sacred pop tradition

  November 24, 2005

• Call the Cops

  Stick it to The Man and avoid this slipshod, ugly mess

  September 8, 2005

• Summary of a Bad Black Movie

  Tyler Perry's Diary will make audiences mad

  February 24, 2005

• Think Different

  Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

  May 29, 2003

• A Toothy Grin

  Horror fans have good reason to smile at Darkness Falls

  January 23, 2003

• Christina Aguilera

  Stripped (RCA)

  December 19, 2002

• Devil's Advocate

  Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

  January 17, 2002

• Sly Foxx

  He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

  December 27, 2001

• Knight Falls

  Everything old is mold again when a brotha from another hood lands in medieval times

  November 22, 2001

• In the Doghouse

  Two Houstonians allege that Lil' Bow Wow's handlers are pissing in their yard

  April 26, 2001

• Blowin' Smoke

  Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven

  April 5, 2001

• The Thrill Is Gone

  The 12-bar refugees from Billy Blues seek shelter at other venues

  February 15, 2001

• Better in Pairs

  Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

  December 28, 2000

• Lifeless

  A confused prison comedy locks up Eddie Murphy's talent

  April 15, 1999

• Richard Alston Dance Company

  October 15, 2009