MOVIE
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Oct 31
No it's not a sequel, it's Sigourney
Weaver in the original "Alien" (spe
cial edition) looking all remastered,
shiny and new. Look for a hot, new
audio track in surround sound and
spanking new scenes you can't even
get on the mega-ultra-platinum-spe
cial-edition-limited DVD.
Nov. 1
"Brother Bear," the Disney animat
ed feature, has been suffering from a
bad case of the blahs recently, or more
specifically a total lack of all originality.
Early buzz on "Brother Bear" is good,
probably because the film's genesis
goes back to pre-"Lion King" days.
Breaking with Disney's typically white
bread tradition, the movie centers on a
young Native American named Kenai
(Joaquin Phoenix) who ignores his vil
lage's wish and sets out on a quest to
take his revenge on the grizzly bear
who killed his father, the village chief.
Instead, he is transformed by the spirits
of the forest into a bear.
Nov. 7
"Matrix Revolutions," 'nuff said.
Will Ferrell stars in "Elf' as Buddy, a
man who is adopted by elves and
raised at the North Pole. Problems
arise when Buddy grows to adult size
and unintentionally does some major
damage to his native elf community
due to his regular proportions. This sets
off Buddy's quest to find his biological
father in New York. A good family film
with a hilarious star can't be all bad.
Nov. 14
"Honey" is the tragic tale of Honey
(Jessica Alba), an urban, sexy, no-non
sense music video choreogr apher who
reaches a turning point when her long
time mentor threatens to blacklist her
unless she sleeps with him. Honey de
cides to change her life and opens a
dancing school in an inner city, teach
ing thugs (like the one played by Lil'
Romeo) to dance with passion.
"Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the Earth" follows Ship
Surgeon Stephen Maturin (Paul Bet
tany) and Navy Capt. Jack Aubrey
(Russell Crowe) as they set sail in the
19th century to catch the French ship
"Acheron" in exotic locations, during
the Napoleonic Wars. It has poten
tial, and seeing as how Crowe has res
urrected just about every "dead"
genre of epic film, the sea tale just
might be next.
Nov. 21
"Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat,"
starring Mike Myers in the lead role.
Myers is sure to include plenty of his
classic shtick, and this film looks like
a sure bet for the 12-and-younger
crowd, but it's unlikely it will find
much of an audience outside of the
family setting. Like its Geiselian pred
ecessor, "How the Grinch Stole
Christmas," the film employs a big
name comedian, but Jim Carrey was
barely worth a chuckle in his big
green suit. Sean I layes (Will & Grace)
stars as the voice of the reason, the
family's conscientious pet fish.
"Radio," starring Ed Harris and
Cuba Gooding Jr., looks pretty much
like your run-of-the-mill football movie
cocktail: Mix one part "Rudy" with one
part "Remember the Titans" and you
have yet another "based on a true sto
ry" sports tearjerker. The saving grace of
this film may be the acting skills of
Gooding, who plays a developmentally
challenged student, and 1 larris who
plays his compassionate yet tough
coach who fights for integration. Could
be good, could be terrible — much of
this movie's potential lies in keeping it
sentimental without resorting to syrupy
cliches, as 'Titans" deftly did.
Steven Neuman is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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