Fiyah!

Is Dakota Fanning's popularity a sign of the apocalypse? The jury is still out, but there's no doubt that she's the most annoying child actor since Eight is Enough's Adam Rich. Ms. Fanning has a new film out - Tony Scott's revenge drama Man on Fire, starring Denzel Washington - and at least she's mostly off-screen for the film's final two-thirds. Still, her absence doesn't greatly improve matters. My Slant magazine review provides the lowdown...