COMING ATTRACTIONS

Trailer of the month:Catch Me if You Can.Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken. Coming to a theater near you: December 25. The lowdown: Pursued by a patient, middle-aged federal agent (Hanks), a smirky adolescent counterfeiter (DiCaprio) poses as a pilot and a doctor and circles the globe seducing buxom dummies and cashing large, bad I checks. Cat and Mouse IV, the Saga Continues: Hanks toils in an office, speaks slowly, and wears z glasses; DiCaprio zips from continent to continent, runs his mouth, and looks terrific naked. Only one can win. The suspension of disbelief: Although one would think that DiCaprio's dashing grifter—rich, oversexed, and free of all commitments—is living the masculine American Dream, we are asked to accept that he feels empty inside and really just wants a friend. Because Christopher Walken plays his father ... : The audience senses that DiCaprio's crimes are genetically predetermined, not freely chosen. (Rating: ★★★★)

WALTER KIRN