(Kern) 'HUSTLE & FLOW' (R, 114 minutes) Terrence Howard is superb as a Memphis pimp chasing his dream of hip-hop stardom in a movie that is an awkward mix of realism, misogyny and Hollywood hokum.

Swept away by the romance of his subject matter, Mr. Cameron rises to the occasion with a simple, captivating narrative style, one that cares little for subtlety but overflows with wonderful, well-chosen Hollywood hokum.

For all its painstaking historical detail, this "Titanic" proves anything but quaint, thanks to the phenomenal immediacy of its sights and the pure Hollywood hokum of its story.

They have to contend with so much Hollywood hokum that they're driven to overuse of overwrought literary pyrotechnics and banal humor.

Boyington himself referred to the series as "... inaccuracies, hogwash, and Hollywood hokum," though he did serve as technical adviser on the show, and had a cameo appearance.

Apparently nobody had notified the announcer, who provided virtually the only touches of old-style Hollywood hokum, that the game would be played a little differently this time.

Boyington frequently informed interviewers and audiences that the television series was fiction, and only loosely related to actual history, calling it "hogwash and Hollywood hokum".