TIME Magazine: Crowe in Command

TIM BAUER FOR TIME

Crowe's Feats on Film
He played tough-guys in Romper Stomper and Gladiator but showed his softer side in The Insider and A Beautiful Mind

The Bold Man and The Sea
Is Russell Crowe, star of Master and Commander and cinema's current hunk in a funk, really a sweetie after all?

At the Heart Of the Ocean
How Patrick O'Brian invented a naval saga and a life

But in the Book...
O'Brian readers are legion and can be persnickety. So what are they going to think of the film?

Viewpoint: Richard Corliss
Why Russell Ranks High

Secrets of the New Matrix
Keanu Reeves' cult hero is Reloaded
[5/12/2002]

Return of the Rings
The Two Towers is even better than the first movie
[12/2/2002]

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Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin

What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?