Go Fish. Some people have hailed this film as a serious, creative cinematic treatment of an important subject that deserves serious artistic consideration. I regard it as a inane, banal cinematic treatment of an important subject that deserves serious artistic consideration.

Wyatt Earp. Go see Tombstone, better known as "the first Wyatt Earp movie," that came out a couple of months before. It is superior in virtually every way, including a fine performance by Val Kilmer and being almost an hour shorter.

Third, which we don't really have space for, movies that looked to be a lot better than they actually were:

The Lion King, Clear and Present Danger. The Client, Natural Born Killers, Wolf, Barcelona. Eat Drink Man Woman (go see director Ang Lee's earler film, The Wedding Banquet, for a good movie about modern conflicts in Taiwanese culture), Sirens, and Kika.

Finally, the movies I didn't even bother to go to: Getting Even With Dad stands out, as does Little Big League. Camp Nowhere is another unmentionable, as is Angels in the Outfield. I'm sure there were others, but I've blocked them out.

Well, that's all that I have about time for today. Next time, unless anyone suggests anything better, the column's topic will be "Second Assistant Key Grips: Boon or Bane?" So please write in.

Note: if I don't get to your movie, or worse, if I pan it, I'm sorry. I am a cinematic cretin without an ounce of taste in my body. On the other hand, I am the one with the column, and you are merely opinionated.