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By Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

THE AVIATOR Catch this one if you can: Leo + aviation x period biopic = very pretty photography. And while the little-millionaire-that-could resonances have a somewhat conventional ring, that final shot gets the petrol pumping. B+

CELLULAR Kidnapped Kim Basinger calls a random schmo's cell for help! William H. Macy Investigates! Random schmo needs a phone charger! I just kept expecting Catherine Zeta-Jones to pop out and offer me Whenever minutes.C-

FINDING NEVERLAND You need one sincere trailer to reclaim Neverland from the Jacko joke factory -- and this is it (albeit with a distracting voice-over). Johnny Depp (as ''Peter Pan'' scribe J.M. Barrie) makes a winning rogue-with-a-brogue. B+

TAXI It's funny fare as Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, and Marilu Henner drive a...hang on. This isn't related to the TV series at all. This stars Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, fighting criminal hotties in a supercab. And looks terrrrrible. F

WIMBLEDON Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst are so bloody charming, why find fault? So what if the trailer spells out the whole film? He's a washed-up tennis star, she's his sassy muse. We know what happens next: robot warfare. B-

CONSTANTINE To nonfans of the ''Hellblazer'' comic, this probably looks like ''Matrix 4: The Exorcist.'' To geeks, the casting of very un-British Keanu likely rankles. And me? I just like seeing Rachel Weisz get yanked through an office building. C+


Posted Jul 30, 2004 | Published in issue #776 Jul 30, 2004 | Order Article Reprints