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Gridiron Gang
Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes
By Bill Gallo
The Illusionist
Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna
London Fog
Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy
Free Kicks
Once in a Lifetime remembers when soccer players lived like rock stars
Deep Doo-doo
A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again
Royal Flush
The King serves up a clumsy portrait of James Marsh's America
Un-American Dream
Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy
Here's Your Insight, Pal
James Redfield's Prophecy is one divine mess
Troubled Water
Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists
Hoop Dreams Come True
By Bill Gallo and Jordan Harper
Cold Serial
The infamous Zodiac killer inspires another dead-end film
Kitty Litter
Steve Martin's Pink Panther piddles on its predecessor
Ride the Legend
The World's Fastest Indian is powered by Anthony Hopkins
Heavenly Hag
Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty
Rocky Waters
Annapolis salutes all the classic boxing clichs
Tarnished Ivory
The White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo
Romeo in the Rough
Tristan & Isolde's clumsy romance may make you crave Shakespeare
Bet on Black
Glory Road relives the season when college hoops smashed the color barrier
The Nude Bomb
Mrs. Henderson shakes up war-torn Britain with an assault of the flesh
Smiles to Go
Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in an off-kilter road movie
Beautiful Dreamer
An adopted transvestite searches for Mom but runs into everything else
Backhanded Slapstick
Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane