Highlights from the week in criticism.

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• Peter Pan, All Grown Up Does the remake feature too much heavy breathing?
  Ben Williams Dec. 30, 2003
  
• Paycheck Is Worthless But critics think Renée Zellweger is the queen of Cold Mountain.
  Ben Williams Dec. 23, 2003
  
• The Semiotics of Saddam Dissecting the tape of the dictator's capture.
  Ben Williams Dec. 16, 2003
  
• Bloody Sell The makers of Grand Theft Auto release an even gorier game.
  Ben Williams Dec. 9, 2003
  
• William H. Macy Gets Lucky The Cooler is a film that does sex right.
  Ben Williams Dec. 3, 2003
  
• Go West, Old Man Tommy Lee Jones rides off with The Missing.
  Ben Williams Nov. 25, 2003
  
• What The Cat Dragged In Critics think Mike Myers delivers too much shtick.
  Ben Williams Nov. 18, 2003
  
• All Pens on Deck! Master and Commander has Anthony Lane ready to join the navy.
  Ben Williams Nov. 11, 2003
  
• Elizabeth Smart vs. Jessica Lynch Who is the blandest of them all?
  Ben Williams Nov. 4, 2003
  
• Silver Spoons Lifestyles of the rich who hope to be famous.
  Ben Williams Oct. 28, 2003
  
• Rhapsodies in Silver Impossibly ornate metaphors for Frank Gehry's Disney Hall.
  Ben Williams Oct. 21, 2003
  
• Going Batty Critics find Jeepers Creepers 2 surprisingly homoerotic.
  Marshall Heyman Aug. 26, 2003
  
• Traci Lords Bares All The former porn star returns to the spotlight with a confessional memoir.
  Marshall Heyman Aug. 12, 2003
  
• All That Razz Melanie Griffith, talentless but perfect on Broadway.
  Marshall Heyman Aug. 5, 2003
  
• A Giant Step for Mankind The former WWE wrestler earns comparisons to Dostoevsky.
  Marshall Heyman July 29, 2003
  
• Don't Look Twice Critics mostly loathe Bob Dylan's new film.
  Marshall Heyman July 23, 2003
  
• Is There More to Moore? How To Deal suggests that the pop star might know how to act.
  Marshall Heyman July 15, 2003
  
• Jolly Dodger As a glammed-up pirate, Johnny Depp steals scene after scene, plus critics on Heidi Julavits' experimental novel.
  Marshall Heyman July 11, 2003
  
• Following Man How Luke Wilson got so bland, plus Arnold and Reese do it again.
  Marshall Heyman July 2, 2003
  
• Throttling Full Throttle Why the new Charlie's Angels movie looks like ass.
  Marshall Heyman June 24, 2003
  
• Order The Phoenix In the fifth installment, Harry has an attitude.
  Marshall Heyman June 17, 2003
  
• But Dude, I'm a Star! The rise and fall of Ashton Kutcher, plus Harrison Ford's latest.
  Marshall Heyman June 10, 2003
  
• Unleaded 2 Fast 2 Furious makes sensible critics long for Vin Diesel, and turns them into hokey punsters.
  Marshall Heyman June 6, 2003
  
• Nemo's Rules The next kids' movie that grown-ups should see, plus a farewell from our columnist.
  Emily Nussbaum May 27, 2003
  
• Bruce All Righty If Jim Carrey were God, he'd send critics to hell.
  Emily Nussbaum May 20, 2003
  
• Neo's Not-So-Excellent Adventure Dude, what happened to the sequel?
  Emily Nussbaum May 13, 2003
  
• Don Your Snark, Get Set, Go! Critics savage Eddie Murphy, Neil LaBute, and Heidi Julavits in SJ's first All-Snark Edition.
  Emily Nussbaum May 6, 2003
  
• The Queen of 'Tweens Critics wince as Hilary Duff makes like Britney in a sugary film, plus one writer's recipe for revenge.
  Emily Nussbaum April 29, 2003
  
• Identity Crisis Critics sneer—or yawn, or laugh out loud—at the would-be thriller. And none of them like The Real Cancun.
  Emily Nussbaum April 22, 2003
  
• Tear-Jerkers 4-Ever The movie that made Anthony Lane cry.
  Emily Nussbaum April 15, 2003
  
• Jack Be Ticked Nicholson and Sandler make Anger Management less painful than anticipated.
  Emily Nussbaum April 8, 2003
  
• Easy Targets A sniper tries to pick off Colin Farrell in Phone Booth; critics take aim at Vin Diesel in A Man Apart.
  Emily Nussbaum April 1, 2003
  
• State Flags Chris Rock and the latest white-people-are-so-lame movie.
  Emily Nussbaum March 25, 2003
  
• Top Hits Bottom Gwyneth's turn as a flight attendant just isn't worth her time.
  Emily Nussbaum March 18, 2003
  
• Dances With Rats Should Crispin Glover win an Oscar for his role in skeevy Willard?
  Emily Nussbaum March 11, 2003
  
• La Iraq Bonita Why Saddam Hussein is Madonna's new No. 1 fan.
  Emily Nussbaum March 4, 2003
  
• Arachnophilia! Ralph Fiennes snares raves with a bleak turn in Spider.
  Emily Nussbaum Feb. 25, 2003
  
• Quiet, Please Why Neal Pollack thinks Christopher Hitchens should shut his pie-hole.
  Emily Nussbaum Feb. 18, 2003
  
• Seeing Red Sheathed in crimson leather, Ben Affleck elicits guffaws.
  Emily Nussbaum Feb. 11, 2003
  
• Arch Enemies Daniel Libeskind's fans have had it with two-faced critic Herbert Muschamp.
  Emily Nussbaum Feb. 4, 2003
  
• Weird Al The latest "Al Pacino crazy mentor picture."
  Emily Nussbaum Jan. 28, 2003
  
• Making Her Mark How to win over music critics: free whiskey.
  Emily Nussbaum Jan. 21, 2003
  
• Where's the Beef? A $41 burger … that tastes terrible.
  Emily Nussbaum Jan. 14, 2003
  
• Criticism by Numbers Who's the most influential art critic of them all?
  Emily Nussbaum Jan. 7, 2003