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Off The Record...
Reverend Horton Heat
Spend a Night in the Box
Amped-up rockabilly songs about the joys and perils of getting drunk, being
drunk and women encountered along the way. In the past 50 or so years, about
465,000 bands have tackled this tried-but-true formula and not many can claim to
have nailed it as well as the Reverend Horton Heat. Their sixth and latest
album is infectious, raucous and vital enough to floor those who don't know
Eddie Cochran from Johnnie Cochrane. Gloriously smart and stupid at the same
time, it aims straight for your guts and connects in a nice and loud, altogether
punishing kind of way. They sure don't make 'em like that, anymore, do they?
At The Movies...
Final Destination
Can you cheat death? This supernatural thriller pits student Alex Browning
(Devon Sawa) against the Grim Reaper. Just before take-off, Alex has a horrific
vision that his Paris-bound plane will crash. He and six others get off the
plane, which eerily enough explodes. The FBI is the least of his problems when
the survivors mysteriously begin to die. Can Alex decipher his omen before they
all kick the bucket? If getting a good rattle gives you a thrill, then this
should be your destination.
On DVD...
The Exorcist 3
George C. Scott turns in an excellent performance as police Lt. Kinderman, a man
who, despite the domestic comforts of his home life, feels the world outside
being torn apart by unseen forces. As he grows older, his best friends are dead
or dying, his associates are incompetent, and now a killer he thought long dead
seems to be operating once again. Warner Home Video has a spotty record, but so
far their DVDs have delivered solid visuals, and this one is no exception. It
also has a very good audio track, providing clarity to Blatty's subtle
multi-layered soundtrack.
The Buzz...
NBC has announced that Bruce
Willis will be joining the cast of Friends for three weeks in
May. Garth Ancier, the network's president of entertainment, refused to
elaborate on how the popular action star will fit in the ensemble comedy but
assured that his role would be funny, sexy and widely appealing.
Kids'WB will announce its fall 2000 schedule which will include
a new animated X-Men series. The network has ordered 13 half-hour
episodes from Film Roman and Marvel Enterprises.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ABC's hugely popular Friday night fantasy
series, may be hopping on its broom and flying to another network.
Quentin Tarantino told the Daily Mail that he'd like comedian Adam
Sandler to fill one of the roles in the World War II feature he his
currently writing.
Saturday Night Live alum Charles Rocket has signed on to play a 27th
century hero in Star Patrol, a comedy pilot being developed for Fox.
Rocket will star as Captain Omega who leads the Space Rangers in their mission
to protect all life in the galaxy.
Rapper Ice Cube will play the lead role in John Carpenter's Ghosts
of Mars. Filming on the space adventure about human colonists being possessed
by vengeful Martian ghosts begins this June.
Rapper LL Cool J, who has gotten a lot of screen time lately by appearing
in Any Given Sunday, In Too Deep and Deep Blue Sea, has
just signed a deal to appear in the upcoming remake of the 1975 science fiction
film Rollerball. LL Cool J will star with Chris Klein as
teammates in a violent, futuristic sport's team.
William Devane and Rob Estes may be playing the same character in
the TV movie The Man Who Used to Be Me. The movie, which is being
developed for the Fox Family Channel, concerns a man who is murdered but then
travels back in time to hunt for his killer. Devane is in talks to appear as
the murder victim and Estes is negotiating to play victim's younger self.
Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard are looking for a few good
Internet moviemakers. On Wednesday, the two directors announced that as part of
the Spring launch of their Pop.com website, they're searching for short
films for the site's Popfest Internet movie showcase.
A.D. Vision is releasing the first volume of Nadia, Secret of Blue Water
to the home video market. Although a dubbed version of his adventure series
from the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion has been on the American market for
a while, this is the first time that a subtitled version has been available.
Fox Kids announced that it was adding eight new shows to its 2000-2001 Saturday
morning line-up. Joining current Fox faves NASCAR Racers, Beast Machines,
Digimon: Digital Monsters, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue and
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus will be Action Man, CyberSix, Diabolik,
Dinozaurs, Escaflowne, Los Luchadores, The Ripping Friends, and Xarandor:
The Wizards' Academy. |
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