Freebie of the week: As a producer and director, Jon Avnet has been behind some thoughtful movies ("Fried Green Tomatoes") as well as films that have tackled intense topics ("The War," "Black Swan").

Does history really repeat itself or, as seems more likely, does only bad history repeat itself? The 21st century isn't even a year old, and already it has its own Hitler. Osama bin Laden's crimes ...