Movie: Below
Our Rating: 3.00 David Twohy (Pitch Black) collaborated with Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) on this tale of supernatural doings aboard a World War II submarine. Well made, but nothing for Rod Serling fans to write home about.
Wilco rocks
Movie: I am Trying to Break Your Heart
Spanks for everything
Movie: Secretary
Movie: Formula 51
Our Rating: 0.00 An amateur chemist (Samuel L. Jackson) who specializes in illicit narcotics finds himself in mortal danger while on a marketing jaunt to Great Britain.
Movie: The Ring
Our Rating: 3.50 A Seattle journalist tries to save her family from the effects of a sinister videotape that kills all who watch it. Based on a Japanese franchise, this subtle, dreamlike spooker is mainstream horro’s answer to art film.
Movie: Below
Below Studio: Dimension Films Website: http://www.belowthemovie.com/ Release Date: 2002-10-18 Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Holt McCallany Director: David Twohy Screenwriter: Lucas Sussman, Darren Aronofsky, David Twohy WorkNameSort: Below Our Rating: 3.00 David Twohy (Pitch Black) collaborated with Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) on this tale of supernatural doings aboard a…
Spanks for everything
Movie: Secretary
Movie: Formula 51
Formula 51 Studio: Screen Gems Website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/formula51/ Release Date: 2002-10-18 Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf Director: Ronny Yu Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou WorkNameSort: Formula 51 Our Rating: 0.00 An amateur chemist (Samuel L. Jackson) who specializes in illicit narcotics finds himself in mortal danger while on a marketing jaunt…
Movie: The Ring
The Ring Studio: DreamWorks Pictures Release Date: 2002-10-18 Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Shannon Cochran Director: Gore Verbinski Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger, Scott Frank WorkNameSort: The Ring Our Rating: 3.50 A Seattle journalist tries to save her family from the effects of a sinister videotape that kills all who watch it. Based…
UCF lefties unite
A group of left-wing students almost pulled off the impossible last month: They pushed through a bill authorizing $20,000 for the socialist filmmaker Michael Moore to speak at a political rally Oct. 22. Incidentally, that’s the same day gubernatorial candidates Bill McBride and Jeb Bush will square off in the university’s Pegasus Ballroom. Moore was…
Tradition, tradition!
To understand what the Central Florida Jewish Film Festival is, you have to know what it’s not. It’s not a showcase of Holocaust-themed movies — at least, not entirely. It’s not a forum for discussion of the Middle East conflict — well, not 100 percent of the time, anyway. What it is, simply, is a…
Home schooling
If there was ever any confusion about how the winners of the Orlando Music Awards are chosen, there certainly shouldn’t be any after the Oct. 12 event. Despite all the awards-show trappings — a garrulous host, a professionally produced stage presentation, inside jokes and lots of drunk nominees — the party was clearly driven by…
Eating out of house and home
“Home cooking” might mean “made in the restaurant” to many folks, but there’s a new wave of personal chefs in Orlando that might just make you stay home at night. Barbara Walker runs Front Door Food (407-760-3608), and her twice-monthly meal plan includes shopping, cooking in your kitchen and cleaning up afterward. The food goes…
Life after death
England’s Mentorn production company announced in September that it was finalizing a deal with Channel 4 TV in London for a series in which a terminally ill man would volunteer for what Mentorn called the “ultimate makeover” Ã the postmortem reconstruction of his body in “plastination,” to demonstrate how changes could have improved the quality…
Damned journalists
On Oct. 8, Orlando Weekly received an anonymous postcard from another dissatisfied customer. What follows are the exact allegations contained in that missive, paired here with the facts behind the fury. The anonymous correspondent’s charges of “greed” drew a vigorous defense from Orlando Weekly spokesman Alex P. Keaton. “Greed is good,” the hard-working PR flack…
I want my MTV VJ
“I’ve got no dish. It’s all good. Everybody I met was fabulous.” So says former MTV VJ Alan Hunter as I lean uncomfortably into his persona and likewise his person. Truth be known, I’ve nursed my Alan Hunter crush for 20 years now, and I’m positively fermenting with trivia. I don’t envy him having to…
Lou’s next move
Thank God Lou Pearlman is laughing, otherwise things could get ugly. “I can’t say how he’ll do in space, but he was a terrific flight engineer in my movie,” Pearlman says, via cell phone, of ‘N Sync’s Lance Bass. The self-congratulatory reference is to Pearlman’s 2001 direct-to-video film, “Longshot,” which also features ‘N Sync member…
A hanging offense
The 1983 slaying of 50-year-old Del Baker was destined to be a witch-hunt. During an apparent robbery of Baker’s Auburndale beauty school, an assailant slashed his throat and shot him in the head. Police had few leads except the questionable testimony of several low-level criminals trying to save themselves. Police initially arrested John Berrier, a…
