Mega Movie Guide 2004

Sterritt * Yet another last stand for the beleaguered fortress, where Republic of Texas forces died in 1836 defending what they thought (wrongly, as the movie shows) was the last bastion between Mexican tyranny and good Texan "values," including slavery. Thornton is good as Davy Crockett, but overall the movie is dull, derivative, and as lifelike as a heap of historical figurines.

Director: John Hamburg. With Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing. (90 min.)

Sterritt * A neurotically cautious man (Stiller) gets cheated on by his wife (Messing) during their honeymoon, whereupon he starts chasing a woman (Aniston) whose life philosophy is the opposite of his. If you can swallow that premise, you may be able to tolerate the crass humor and weak acting, even by Hoffman.

Director: Dwight H. Little. With Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland. (93 min.)

Staff ** An orchid in the Borneo jungles is the only source of a potential "fountain of youth" drug, and an intrepid band of pseudoscientists must rush to harvest it. There's nothing to stop them but inexperience, a swarm of people-eating snakes, and greed. Attractive cast and scenery help make up for the absurdity. By M.K. Terrell.

Sex/Nudity: 1 scene with innuendo. Violence: 17 instances. Profanity: 55 instances. Drugs: 9 scenes.

Director: Catherine Breillat. Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi. (73 min.)

Sterritt * A lonely woman pays a man to watch her during intimate moments. Breillat is a serious observer of sexuality's often disruptive role in human life, but this existential drama is pretentious. In French with subtitles.

Director: Adam McKay. With Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate. (94 min.)

Sterritt * In the days before cable, a TV news host juggles infatuation and intolerance when a female reporter joins his team. Imagine a movie where every character is more self-centered than Ted Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," add idiotic jokes, and you have some idea of this unfunny farce.

Staff *** Silly, disjointed, crass.

Sex/Nudity: 20 instances. Violence: 5 scene. Profanity: 33 mostly mild expressions. Drugs: 28 scenes of drinking, smoking.

Directors: Juliano Mer Khamis, Danniel Danniel. With Arna Mer Khamis. (83 min.)

Sterritt **** Documentary about a Jewish woman who set up a theater center for Palestinian children in a West Bank refugee camp, and some of her pupils who later became suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Contains candid views behind the scenes of battle. In English, Hebrew, and Arabic with subtitles.

Director: Jordan Roberts, With Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine. (85 min.)

Sterritt ** Three male relatives of three generations head off on a bittersweet journey to fulfill the terms of a deceased family member's eccentric will. The story is spotty, but the acting is fine, especially when Walken is around.

Sex/Nudity: 4 instances of innuendo. Violence: 3 instances. Profanity: 34 expressions. Drugs: 3 instances of drinking and smoking.

Director: Frank Coraci. With Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent. (120 min.)

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