About a Boy Hugh Grant gives a terrific performance—-dapper but with a hint of despair—-as a swinging Londoner who realizes his amorous games aren't much fun anymore. Nicholas Hoult is the troubled boy who sets the playboy straight. (PG-13)
Changing Lanes Green light. An involving drama about the bruising battle of wills between a hotshot lawyer (Ben Affleck) and a salesman (Samuel L Jackson) after a minor car collision. (R)
The Importance of Being Earnest The Oscar Wilde comedy, a masterpiece of Victorian parlor-room fluff, jollied up with vulgar visits to tattoo parlors and gambling clubs. Despite a cast that includes Reese Witherspoon, we are not amused. (PG)
Spider-Man A lot of fun, though it's better when Spidey (Tobey Maguire) is out of tights than in 'em. (PG-13)
Star Wars: Episode II—-Attack of the Clones The latest installment has a spectacular final third. But Hayden Christensen, as the young Darth Vader, is like Kirk Cameron in space. (PG)
Unfaithful Steamy thriller about adultery from Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction). As the straying wife, Diane Lane goes full-throttle. As the wronged husband, Richard Gere goes nowhere. (R)
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