Highlights from the week in criticism.

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• Mack: The Life The critics on Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darrin biopic.
  Dec. 31, 2004
  
• Babs, Mother Focker The critics weigh in on Streisand's latest.
  Dec. 22, 2004
  
• Lost in Translation? Spanglish divides the critics.
  Dec. 17, 2004
  
• A Crime, a Dozen Did the Ocean's Twelve gang phone it in?
  Dec. 10, 2004
  
• Closer, But No Cigar. The critics only so-so about Mike Nichols' latest.
  Dec. 3, 2004
  
• E Pluribus Humdrum The critics find National Treasure bankrupt.
  Nov. 19, 2004
  
• Bridget Jones Is Dreary Critics unload on an early Thanksgiving turkey.
  Nov. 12, 2004
  
• Metrosexual and the City Critics debate how well Jude Law does Alfie.
  Ben Williams Nov. 2, 2004
  
• The Man Who Knew To "Mosh" Responding to Eminem's powerful new political video.
  Ben Williams Oct. 26, 2004
  
• I'll Stay Home for Surviving Christmas Ben Affleck's new movie gets panned.
  Ben Williams Oct. 20, 2004
  
• Tango and Trash Critics say no to J. Lo's new movie, Shall We Dance?
  Ben Williams Oct. 12, 2004
  
• Jelinek the Obscure Sex and fury make for a Nobel Prize winner.
  Ben Williams Oct. 5, 2004
  
• Critics Hate Huckabees Most say David O. Russell's latest lacks heart.
  Ben Williams Sept. 28, 2004
  
• Best Forgotten Julianne Moore's new movie offers less, not more.
  Ben Williams Sept. 21, 2004
  
• Angelina's Fetish Garb And other Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow observations.
  Ben Williams Sept. 14, 2004
  
• Joey: How You Doin'? Critics miss his old Friends.
  Ben Williams Sept. 7, 2004
  
• Berserk for Björk Warm praise for Icelandic pop star's a cappellaalbum.
  Ben Williams Aug. 31, 2004
  
• Shock Treatment The anticlimactic release of The Brown Bunny.
  Ben Williams Aug. 24, 2004
  
• Revisiting Deliverance Without a Paddle and Mean Creek update the 1970s classic—for better or for worse.
  Ben Williams Aug. 17, 2004
  
• Julie Andrews Made Them Cry But is that reason enough to see The Princess Diaries 2?
  Ben Williams Aug. 10, 2004
  
• Wait Until Shark Bone-chilling Open Water impresses critics.
  Ben Williams Aug. 3, 2004
  
• We Hate Ye Spike Lee's latest lackluster film.
  Ben Williams July 27, 2004
  
• Me and My Posse Critics split on HBO's latest, Entourage.
  Ben Williams July 13, 2004
  
• Metallica Confronts Its Demons And critics enjoy watching.
  Ben Williams July 6, 2004
  
• Mighty Spidey Critics swoon for the sequel.
  Ben Williams June 29, 2004
  
• Moore Politicizing But Fahrenheit 9/11 alone won't unseat Bush.
  Ben Williams June 22, 2004
  
• Spielberg's Star-Spangled Manner Critics sound off on what The Terminal reveals about America.
  Ben Williams June 15, 2004
  
• A Real Uncool Cat Garfield is everybody's least favorite pet.
  Ben Williams June 8, 2004
  
• Spellbound Alfonso Cuarón makes Harry Potter worth watching.
  Ben Williams June 1, 2004
  
• Political Girl There's not enough sex in Madonna's strident new tour.
  Ben Williams May 25, 2004
  
• Michael Moore Returns Is Fahrenheit 9/11 Any Good?
  Ben Williams May 18, 2004
  
• Achilles' Reel In Troy, Brad Pitt provokes critical drool.
  Ben Williams May 12, 2004
  
• Loretta Lynn and the Olsen Twins Her new album's great, their movie is not.
  Ben Williams May 4, 2004
  
• P. Diddy Takes the Stage And he's not terrible!
  Ben Williams April 27, 2004
  
• What Friends Meant The bloviation begins.
  Ben Williams April 20, 2004
  
• Kill Bill Kills Critics swoon for the second installment.
  Ben Williams April 13, 2004
  
• Truth Is Duller Than Fiction The latest big-screen Alamo is accurate, and boring.
  Ben Williams April 6, 2004
  
• Is Air America Any Good? The birth pangs of liberal talk radio.
  Ben Williams March 30, 2004
  
• Is Dogville a Dog? Critics battle over the merits of Lars von Trier's latest.
  Ben Williams March 23, 2004
  
• The Really Wild West Critics are shocked by Deadwood's cussing, but it's a worthy addition to HBO's gritty legacy.
  Ben Williams March 16, 2004
  
• Calling All Viewers Critics really, really want you to watch Wonderfalls, a show with talking tchotchkes.
  Ben Williams March 9, 2004
  
• Lazy Boys Is Starksy & Hutch played-out nostalgia or inspired comedy?
  Ben Williams March 2, 2004
  
• Please, Put Baby in the Corner! Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights has no rhythm. Plus, critical consensus on The Passion.
  Ben Williams Feb. 24, 2004
  
• Reality Bites Suddenly, critics are mad as hell about schlock TV.
  Ben Williams Feb. 17, 2004
  
• Voting Slights Suffragettes make like Powerpuff Girls in HBO's Iron Jawed Angels.
  Ben Williams Feb. 13, 2004
  
• Forget Lamborghinis Writers solve their midlife crises with a spate of confessional memoirs.
  Ben Williams Feb. 3, 2004
  
• Small Bounce, Imperfect Score Two heist capers that don't quite work.
  Ben Williams Jan. 27, 2004
  
• The Sundance Skid Has the film festival gone Hollywood? And does it matter?
  Ben Williams Jan. 20, 2004
  
• Dizzee Deelite The artist that bloggers built.
  Ben Williams Jan. 13, 2004