SCREEN (THEATERS)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
In Being John Malkovich, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman gave us the ultimate head trip. Now he's gone one better. A fool for love (Jim Carrey) freaks out when his girlfriend (Kate Winslet) has her memory of him erased, so he does the same. What follows is hilariously wacko and oddly touching.
But let their experience be a warning: Don't go messing with your mind without shopping for a reputable practitioner. - Frank Rose
SCREEN (THEATERS)
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Tinfoil spacesuits, rubber-ribbed aliens, and ray guns may not be the future of tech, but the cheesy sci-fi flicks of the '50s certainly saw it that way. Writer-director-star Larry Blamire re-creates B-movie scenes with precision in his debut feature, channeling the clunky charm of Ed Wood in the process. Shot on digital video, Cadavra's low-rent indie roots are obvious, but the bad lighting and iffy cinematography merely make it that much more amusing. - Jon M. Gibson
MUSIC
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
Brooklyn's Liars ventured into the woods (of New Jersey) to record Drowned, which may be why shadows hover over its dance-punk. Spookier and seemingly less psychologically stable than electro-rockers like the Faint, the band makes grooves as fit for a s�ance as for the dancefloor. When Angus Andrew chants, "Take the cauldron, and get down," over a synth drone on "We Fenced Other Houses With the Bones of Our Own," you'll be glad you sampled this witches' brew. - Eric Demby
MUSIC
Probot
Probot
Rumors of Dave Grohl's return to the drums have not been exaggerated. For his Probot side project, the Foo Fighters' frontman recruited metal heavies like Cathedral's Lee Dorrian and Mot�rhead's Lemmy Kilmister to write songs. The debut album is an amalgam of styles soldered together like a soundtrack to Metal 101, and the variety works because Grohl and friends are obviously having fun. There's even the requisite evil laughter, which is definitely best played loud. - Jessica Hilberman
GAMES (PC)
Far Cry
Pi�a colada, anyone? This shooter eschews stale battlefield-and-dungeon settings in favor of a tropical paradise. But this ain't Fantasy Island. Far Cry crawls with some of the smartest enemy A.I. to ever infest a hard drive. Baddies know to lay down cover fire while they beat a retreat, and they love to stage diversionary attacks. The game also has level-building tools for creating your own Club Dead. Say aloha to my little friend. - Will Tuttle
GAMES (CUBE | PC | PS2 | XBOX)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Metrosexual spies like James Bond can keep their vodka martinis and designer suits. Secret agent Sam Fischer runs solo missions packing only the bare essentials in this slick sequel. The gadgets (fiber-optic camera) and exotic locales (Indonesian jungle) are secondary to the superb multiplayer mode. The two-on-two online forays demand more strategy than the typical first-person frag fest. - J.G.
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Structure of Reality
Brian Greene
Earth may be an even dinkier piece of real estate than first imagined. String theorist Greene delves deep into modern cosmology, making the case for an 11-dimensional universe. If his prose is sometimes purple - reality is "but a delicate chiffon draped over a thick and richly textured cosmic fabric" - his enthusiasm is indisputable. The book rewards the persistent reader with a panoramic vision of a vast and hidden universe. - Jennifer Kahn
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Sun After Dark: Flights Into the Foreign
Pico Iyer
In this collection of essays, Iyer moves from Tibet to Cambodia to Calcutta, lending compassion and wit to observations about dislocation, globalization, and the shifting boundaries of ancient nations. His insights about the traveling self and the convergence of cultures are grounded in detail: from the men selling dildos out of wheelbarrows at dawn in Singapore to the red arrow on the wall in a Damascus hotel room that points the way to Mecca. - Martha Baer
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15 Rules for Rebuilding the World
Attack of the Clones
The Road to Dogville
Stark Shaving Mad Dept.
Shampoo, Rinse, Gossip, Repeat
"We'd Like to Thank Our PC"
Objects of Desire
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