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Aug 6-12, 2003

Aug 6-12, 2003 / Vol. 19 / No. 32

Movie: Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday Studio: Walt Disney Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/freakyfriday/index.html Release Date: 2003-08-06 Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky Director: Mark S. Waters Screenwriter: Heather Hach WorkNameSort: Freaky Friday Our Rating: 0.00 Remake of the 1976 Disney comedy sees a teen trading bodies with middle-aged mama Jamie Lee Curtis. (Not reviewed.)

Orlando Weekly Staff

Movie: S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. Studio: Columbia Pictures Website: http://www.swatthemovie.com/ Release Date: 2003-08-08 Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, Olivier Martinez, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J Director: Clark Johnson Screenwriter: David Ayer, David McKenna, Ron Mita, Jim McClain WorkNameSort: S.W.A.T. Our Rating: 0.00 In this actioner based on the 1970s TV series, Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell and LL…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Movie: S.W.A.T.

Our Rating: 0.00 In this actioner based on the 1970s TV series, Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell and LL Cool J don supercop togs to stop an incarcerated drug kingpin from scoring an early (but unauthorized) release. (Not reviewed.)

Orlando Weekly Staff

Movie: Washington Heights

Washington Heights Length: 1 hour, 22 minutes Studio: MAC Releasing Website: http://www.washingtonheightsthemovie.com/ Release Date: 2003-08-08 Cast: Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Andrea Navedo, Bobby Cannavale, Danny Hoch Director: Alfredo de Villa Screenwriter: Alfredo de Villa, Nat Moss Music Score: Leigh Roberts WorkNameSort: Washington Heights Our Rating: 0.00 A young Dominican who aspires to become a cartoonist…

Orlando Weekly Staff

La Dolce Manes

Serious journalism aside — tucked somewhere near “Gigli,” “Boy Meets Boy” and my scrotum — I am painfully, dutifully and ridiculously in love with Michael Musto. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, the hair will: A sort of Kid ‘n Play wedge of curls resting atop a talking, bespectacled head of infinite wisdom for…

Billy Manes

Dog Playing Poker

TOWN CRIER Aug. 7, 2003 ROLLIN’ AROUND MY NOGGIN’ By Zachary F. NewhallEditor-in-chief Greetings, dear friends. Ordinarily, I’d start this column by expressing my heartfelt gratitude that the passing of another month has found us all safe, healthy and well. But that’s simply not possible, given the grave business I have to discuss with you.…

Steve Schneider

Bithlo: Now a real Orange County sewer?

Five years ago, a sharply divided Orange County Commission voted to oversize water and sewer lines running to a development on State Road 419. It was a big deal to environmentalists, who complained that commissioners were opening the door to unfettered growth in the sensitive lands east of the Big Econlockhatchee River, the county’s urban-service…

Jeffrey C. Billman

High water everywhere

If you passed her on the street, you’d never suspect Sue Eberle is a vociferous tree-hugger. She’s too maternal, too upper-middle class, the kind of woman who brings you brownies to say thanks. She lives in too nice a house, a four-bedroom home overlooking the Little Econlockhatchee River in Oviedo that’s valued at $344,000. She…

Jeffrey C. Billman

The morality police

Cops involved in the routine raid of Cleo’s adult nightclub a few days before Christmas 2001, have probably long since forgotten the events of that Sunday evening. As is custom with such operations, the officers stormed the medium-sized club, which is decorated in Egyptian décor, and immediately took over the DJ booth. They cut the…

William Dean Hinton

Inexquisite corpse

In June, Reuters profiled Jerri Lyons, 55, of Sebastopol, Calif., who conducts seminars on the legalities and etiquette of do-it-yourself funerals, which are supposedly becoming more popular as alternatives to $5,000 funeral home services. According to one Lyons client, personally bathing and dressing a deceased friend made the loss easier to accept. Tip: Ice must…

Chuck Shepherd

Sugar shack revisited

With the recent deaths of Barry White and Sam Phillips, a hard truth has become that much clearer: No matter what you do in your life, when you die, your accomplishments will be summed up in a fragmented sentence, fleshed out by a cliché. Then the next news cycle sweeps you into the dustbin of…

Jason Ferguson

Full frontal

When James Brown roared unforgettably, “This is a man’s world,” his words bit at the heels of reality. But the godfather of soul was quick to mitigate his assertion with reason, “But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” It’s undeniable that the majority of 2003 was pumped with more overemphasized…

Felicia Pride

Rockin’ the punchline

There’s often nothing sadder than a rock musician who tries to be funny. The result can be painfully unbearable, like trying to eat more than Vince Neil or playing PlayStation with your toes. Want proof? Let’s start with joke white-soul act Har Mar Superstar, who seriously needs a beatdown. Har Mar’s chubby ass tries to…

Andy Wang

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