Titan A.E. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Screenplay by Ben Edlund, John August, and Joss Whedon. Featuring the voices of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, and Janeane Garofalo. (PG)
M:I-2. Directed by John Woo. Screenplay by Robert Towne; story by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga; based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. Starring Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson, and Richard
This week's three (plus one) top 10 country hits demonstrate the full range of approaches available to Nashville's hit-making men. There's Toby Keith's beefy traditionalism, Billy Currington's barroom morality tale, Darius Rucker's poppy reassurances, and Rascal Flatt's party-time crossover abomination. They also demonstrate the limitations of those artists' producers, as every song here resorts to the cheap trick of dropping out most of the instruments for a dramatic hush just before the final
