Summer
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JW: Every summer should have
a big screen adaptation of a comic
book series.
Numbers (July 14)
Starring John Travolta, Tim
Roth, Lisa Kudrow, Michael Rapa
port, Ed O'Neill
A TV weatherman tries to solve
his money problems by fixing the
local lottery.
JW: Who needs a plot when you
have a solid cast?
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What Lies Beneath (July 21)
Starring Harrison Ford, Michelle.
Pfeiffer
A college professor gets entan
gled in a murder mystery when the
ghost of a murdered student ap
pears to her for help.
JW: Another paranormal thriller
with an intriguing plot... the next
“TheSixth Sense”?
The Hollow Man (July 28)
Starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth
Shue, Josh Brolin
A group of scientists unlock the
secret of invisibility at a top-secret
military lab. The team's arrogant
leader tests the procedure on him
self only to find there is no revers
ing the effect.
JW: Modern cinematic technolo
gy may finally do justice to an age
old sci-fi fantasy.
Nutty 2: The Klumps (July 28)
Starring Eddie Murphy, Janet
Jackson
The testosterone-driven Buddy
Love tries to overcome Professor
Sherman Klump once again in this
sequel to the 1996 smash The Nut
ty Professor.
JW: The first one was surprising
ly funny, but was it really funny
enough for a sequel?
Coyote Ugly (August 4)
Starring Piper Perabo, Tyra
Banks, Maria Bello, John Goodman
A 21-year-old heads to New
York to become a songwriter, but
ends up as a bar maid at Coyote
Ugly, the hottest spot in town. The
club's team of sexy young women
torments customers and the media
with their outrageous antics.
JW: If a dramatic comedy is a
“dramedy, ” is a romantic comedy
a “romedy”?
The Legend of Baggar Vance
(August 4)
Starring Will Smith, Matt Damon,
Charlize Theron
A mysterious caddie helps a WWI
veteran take on two pro golfers in a
local tournament.
JW: Golf comedies (“Happy
Gilmore, ” “Caddyshack”) are good.
Golf dramas (“Tm Cup "j are not.
Space Cowboys (August 4)
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Clint
Eastwood
A group of veteran astronauts
are called upon to save the world
when a satellite launched in the
‘60s falls out of orbit and threatens
to crash to the Earth.
JW: Movie idea — A bunch of
Hollywood producers milk the
"falling objects threaten life on
Earth ’’plot. Based on a true story.
Bedazzled (August 11)
Starring Brendan Fraser, Eliza
beth Hurley, Frances O'Conner
A computer nerd sells his soul to
a seductive Satan (Hurley) to be
come rich, powerful and sexy. But
when his plan to woo a co-worker
falls through, he makes surprising
use of his last seven wishes.
JW: OK, so are we supposed to
take Brendan Fraser seriously now?
Godzilla 2000 (August 11)
Starring Takehiro Murata, Hi
roshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Shiro
Sano
An alien awakens from a 6,000
year nap in a Japan trench to take
on the 180 foot-high Godzilla.
fW: The best match-up ofover
the-hill heavyweights since 49
year old Larry Holmes knocked out
46-year old fames "Bonecrusher”
Smith in 1999.
The Cell (August 18)
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince
Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mari
anne Jean-Baptiste
A serial killer slowly drowns his
victims in a glass chamber called
The Cell. The FBI apprehends him,
which causes a seizure and he slips
into a coma. The FBI then scram
bles to find The Cell where his last
victim has just forty hours to live.
Using an experimental brain tech
nique, an FBI agent enters the
mind of the killer to find The Cell.
JW: A dark plot and intriguing vi
sual elements could make this the
surprise of the summer. May even
be the next “Silence of the Lambs. ”
The Crew (August 25)
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Burt
Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour
Cassel
A long-shot comedy about four
elderly former gangsters who hatch
a seemingly simple scheme to save
their South Beach, Miami, retire
ment residence, but end up entan
gled with a paranoid drug lord.
JW: Somebody stick a fork in
Burt Reynolds.
The Replacements (August 25)
Starring Gene Hackman, Keanu
Reeves, Jon Farveau
An NFL coach recruits replace
ment players during a strike season.
JW: The same goon who starred
as “Ted” in “Bill and Ted's Excel
lent Adventure” is now an NFL
quarterback? Ugh.
Boyfriend seems a little too close to sister
Dear Harlan,
My problem starts with my
boyfriend’s sister. She tells him
she hates me even though we’ve
never met. He continually brings
her up in every conversation, and
he spends every waking moment
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with her. He takes her out every
where. When I asked him to go to
prom with me, he said he was
busy doing something with his
sister. All his friends know her,
but he has never introduced me to
any of them. Now he’s saying that
he intends to move into an apart
ment with her so she won’t be
lonely. He also intends to move
when she starts college in Califor
nia. This only started happening
when we started dating seriously.
She said she needed him. Now,
they’re bringing up'the idea of her
coming on dates with us.
How can I get this to stop?
— Frustrated in Tucson
Dear Frustrated,
And he insisted on bringing his
sister as a date to the Academy
Awards...
You can have your mom marry
his dad and be his new sister, you
can stop dating this guy or you
can find some answers and de
cide what works for you. But it all
sounds pretty weird.
Maybe his sister felt you were
taking her brother away, and she
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became suddenly needy. Maybe
his sister is fighting some kind of
illness and it’s a family secret.
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some kind
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tionship
and you’re
being
pushed
away. You
deserve an
explanation
and you
have every
right to
leave this
relation
ship if you’re not satisfied.
Until he explains the situation,
you’re going to remain frustrated
in Tucson, New York City, or any
city (including those in the deep
South known for incest jokes).
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Harlan
Dear Harlan,
I’m a 17-year-old high school
junior getting through the last
weeks of school before summer
vacation. My problem has to do
with a girl. I’ve had a crush on this
girl for a really long time, but nev
er really had the nerve to even ap
proach her in the most basic way,
like even having a simple conver
sation.
Finally, after a month or so of to
tal fixation, I finally called her and
flat-out told her how I felt, think
ing that, at the very least, it might
get the whole thing out of my sys
tem and I would be able to move
on. She seemed fine with it,
turned me down politely, and
went on her way. Now, she’s going
to Germany on an exchange pro
gram and won’t be back for a year.
The whole experience has real
ly left me feeling bad about myself
and the life I’ve had up to this
point. I’ve always led sort of an an
tisocial life, mainly because my
friends acted the same way, but
now I find myself wishing that
things could have been different.
I’ve always been the shy, skinny,
awkward kid with acne that did all
the work, sat in the back and never
really reached out beyond his im
mediate friends, who were never
very much help anyway. I just can’t
shake the feeling that my entire life
will be like this, nothing will
change, and I’ll never really be com
fortable with myself. If the first 17
years of my life are indicative of the
next 60 or so, things could get very
bad very fast.
Are these feelings normal? I’m re
ally uneasy about counseling,
which my parents and a friend keep
suggesting. What is going on?
— No-Man’s Land
Dear No-Man,
You’re have the rest of your life
to gain weight (easy), lose the
acne (fairly easy) and gain some
self-confidence (not always easy).
You’re a hero for being so hon
est with this woman. While she
might have rejected your first of
fer know that it won’t always be
this way. Now, when you come
back for your 10-year high school
reunion you can always try to ask
her out again... but this time ask
her in German.
Relax, you’ve just started to
live. You’re not even an adult.
Your mind and body are both still
physically growing. You’re a
work in progress. You’re still get
ting to know yourself. Be patient
and know that this is all totally
normal.
Set goals, get active and do the
things you need to do to be your
personal best. Decide who you
want to be and how you want to
see yourself and take the steps
needed to get there. It takes work,
but you can make it.
If you need counseling, talk to
a counselor at school. It’s normal.
The only difference is that a
counselor is an objective listener
who can help you help yourself
find answers. If there is help
available, seek it out. It’s confi
dential and it’s a great way to un
load what’s on your mind.
As a formerly overweight and
under-appreciated teenager I can
assure you the best years are yet
to come. I never thought high
school was the best time of my
life. I still think the best years are
ahead of me. The more you get to
know yourself, the better it gets.
Take this time to get to know
yourself and start living the best
years of your life tomorrow.
Harlan is not a licensed psychologist,
therapist or physician, but he is a li
censed driver.Write Harlan via e-mail at
harlan@helpmeharlan.com or online
at: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters
submitted become the property of the
column.