Jewish World Review July 18, 2002 / 9 Menachem-Av, 5762
Ian Shoales
At the movies with your friendly neighborhood curmudgeon
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THE SCORPION KING was a kind of spinoff of, and prequel to THE MUMMY; ATTACK
OF THE CLONES is a prequel to STAR WARS; UNDERCOVER BROTHER was based on an
online comic; SCOOBY DOO is based on a defunct Hanna Barbera cartoon; SPIDER
MAN on a Marvel Comics character; MEN IN BLACK 2 is a follow up to MEN IN
BLACK, also a comic; and STUART LITTLE 2 has the dapper little mouse taking
on the drug cartel that murdered his family. This time it's for keeps.
And this fall there's THE FIST AND THE FLATULENT, with Vin Diesel as the
Rock, and HARRY POTTER CHAINSAW MASSACRE with the CAT IN THE HAT as THE
HULK.
The Coen Brothers are re-doing THE MALTESE FALCON as a musical, and Akira
Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI will be OCEAN'S ELEVEN TWO MINUS FOUR,
with the Ninja Turtles, plus Huey Duey and Louie making a comeback as they
fight for their lives with the Scorpion Prince of Las Vegas, Rupert Everett.
Arnold Schwarzenegger will try once again with CREAKY TERMINATOR, about a
lovable robot in quest of an oil can and a heart, in the post-apocalyptic
wasteland the world knows as Oz.
Peter Pan goes to Jurassic Park in TINKERBELL'S REVENGE!
And Mike Myers IS Michael Meyers in HALLOWEEN NIGHT LIVE, in which your
favorite Saturday Night Live stars get murdered in a horrible fashion, with
Britney Spears as Raquel Welch.
Ben Affleck plays Matt Damon in FREDDIE PRINZE JR: WHAT HAPPENED, with the
Rock as Buffy.
Hannibal Lecter returns in BY BY BIRDIE IN SPACE, featuring a cloned Elvis
as Conrad Birdie, and Disney is remaking the LOVE BUG for an adult audience,
THE SATAN BUG, about an electric car possessed by the spirit of an undead
Egyptian Queen, voiced by Minnie Driver.
A sequel to SPIRIT is in the works, HORSEY IN THE WATER, voiced once again
by Harvey Keitel, and Quentin Tarrantino is tackling GONE WITH THE WIND.
Johnny Depp is back at it with STREET CRED, about an edgy quirky insomniac
who solves murders backwards while being stalked by Robin Williams as the
Scary Clown.
And don't miss THE SECULAR MYSTERY OF YO YO MAMA with Ice Cube as a
streetwise cop who learns to care too much. With Denzel Washington as Ice T.
All in all, it's going to be a sterling year to shell out fifty dollars for
tickets, popcorn, parking, and that medium soft drink you covet so much.
Me, I'm saving up for HELL IN A HANDCART, with Casey Affleck, Casey Damon,
Damon Affleck, and tired old Harrison Ford as the Kick Butt President. It's
a buddy picture. And it's a great time to be alive.
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JWR contributor Ian Shoales is the author of, among others, Not Wet Yet: An Anthology of Commentary. Comment by clicking here.
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© 2001, Ian Shoales
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