RONIN -- better than I expected. Good, if overlong, car chases, plus people keep getting shot or crushed or burned in a way that would generally kill them, yet they show up again moments later in perfect health. De Niro's good, as always, and I really like Natascha McElhone.
HE GOT GAME -- pretty good, but minus points for using Dick Vitale, having a useless subplot involving a hooker with a heart of gold, and ending in an irritating, hokey sapfest. That said, Denzel Washington is great; Ray Allen isn't bad, but he shouldn't quit his day job. The parts of the movie that involved Allen were the best, as he fends off offers from greedy sports agents, fat-cat alums, and desperate coaches. Makes me feel a little better about all those defections from Duke.
WITHOUT LIMITS -- one of the two bios of runner Steve Prefontaine that came out last year, this one directed by Robert Towne (of Chinatown fame) and starring Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland. It held my interest all the way through, but I was left wondering what the point was. There doesn't seem to be anything exceptional about Prefontaine except that he ran fast and died young. And...?
THE CRUISE -- documentary about a tour guide in New York City. I turned it off after 5 minutes because I wanted to put my fist through the screen to stop the screechy babble of Timothy "Speed" Levitch, who sounds like the love child of Woody Allen and Ethel Merman and who spouts psuedo-philosophical crap like he was a fountain. If I took his tour, I'd ask for my money back.
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