>Any Given Sunday Football as war. Director Oliver Stone dresses up his conventional tale of an aging coach (Al Pacino), a veteran quarterback (Dennis Quaid) and a hotshot young QB (Jamie Foxx) with fancy, in-your-face camera work and bone-crunching sound effects. Stone makes gridiron action as chaotic as the landing on Normandy's beaches in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. (R)

Bicentennial Man Robin Williams plays a robot who longs to become human in this drawn-out comic drama. Deep if you're a 12-year-old. Way too long and way too much sex talk for young kids. (PG)

Cradle Will Rock Passionate, ambitious drama by writer-director Tim Robbins about artistic ferment during the Great Depression. The talented cast includes John Cusack as a young Nelson Rockefeller and Ruben Blades as painter Diego Rivera. (R)

The Green Mile The distance never seemed so long as the 3 hours and 10 minutes it takes director Frank Darabont to tell Stephen King's would-be inspirational story about a death row inmate (Michael Clarke Duncan) who can perform miracle healings. Less would be more here. Good performances, though, by Tom Hanks and crew. (R)

Liberty Heights Director-writer Barry Levinson returns to Baltimore for a sentimental journey back to his youth, where he encounters such unsentimental topics as anti-Semitism and racism. Assured work from a top filmmaker. Joe Mantegna stars. (R)

Stuart Little The titular mighty mouse is chased endlessly by nasty cats in a movie kids will like and parents will tolerate. Michael J. Fox provides snappy vocals for Stuart. (PG)