September 2003: "Only the Strange Survive"

"These mutants can do things like telekinetically start fires or shapeshift, and most of them are also young and gorgeous, but they're still treated like outcasts, as if the ability to control the weather or crawl across the ceiling was the same as a lisp or a weight problem."

June 1999: "Geek Love"

"There's something frustrating about paying nine bucks to watch stars type, and to see readouts skitter across the bottom of the screen; it's like munching popcorn while waiting for the numerals on your digital clock radio to turn."

January 1998: "I Love Lucifer"

"He's married to Charlize Theron, who comes with him to Manhattan, where Al's firm gets the couple an eight-room apartment on Fifth Avenue, which proves that, as we all know, Satan is a real-estate broker. Even God can't get you into a building on upper Fifth, where even Adam and Eve are considered new money."

September 1994: "Animal Attraction"

"As the story gets rolling, Mufasa teaches little Simba how to be a ruler. Mufasa's voice is supplied by James Earl Jones, so I expected him to mention that doing voice-overs for Star Wars and Yellow Pages commercials can support your theater work."