In Secret Window Johnny Depp, John Turturro and Timothy Hutton and respected writer / director David Koepp craft a promising tale in search of a satisfying ending. But just as this thriller is actually a discourse on divorce, which never concludes happily, the ending is ultimately about the author thrashing to find the easy way out...

At Tobey Maguire's press conference for Spiderman II, the best question of the few asked came from MTV Japan, "Who are you more like, Peter Parker or Spiderman?" Now you would expect the yoga-practicing, young vegan actor to aw shucks it and say in his quavering, breaking voice, "well I am just a nice, simple guy like Peter". But perhaps the movies and promotional tours have taught Maguire a few things about masks...

Grifters, how can you trust them? Poker players too, for that matter. Shade takes you into that floating world of instability where the best way to survive is to trust only yourself and always play alone.

Do like to be led down an unrelenting vortex of spiraling violence with neither redemption nor pause? Then here it is, help yourself.

Laurel Canyon hits a fine and balanced note with a multi-layered riff based both on generation gaps and on the freedom of rock versus the rewards of straight work.

Sonny is the legitimate bastard child of Nicolas Cage. Set for some unessential reason in 1981, Cage's directorial debut wallows in the white trash world where many of his previous roles come from, the southern underbelly that is suppose to represent real, gritty life.

It was a dark and stormy night. For some reason she took a swim. And then, a little later, everything changed¡K

Priests don't sell movies. Demons do. Spiritual quandaries, well, that's another question.

Rather than add to the ever-escalating violence of gritty movies about extreme situations, Undisputed keeps it real, if a bit cartoonish, by concentrating on the dynamics of life in the joint and how things get done there.

If Charlie Kaufmann's Hollywood twin Donald were to write a screenplay about time travel and period pieces, he would probably come up with the latest Michael Crichton movie, Timelines.

Freddy vs. Jason

Feeling nostalgic for teenage nights of sleepovers and pranks, dateless weekends and Halloween frights? Then Jason vs. Freddy will quench your desire with a double punch of the classic slasher genre.