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Creepy crap

JOHN ZEISS The horror of the unseen · reviews editor KYLE LA WREN CE she is in charge. The two under her com- With Canadian director, occa- staff writer mand are males, making for a refreshing sional genius, occasional madman and unconventional construct for the three , you get two . The film doesn't resort lo ｈ ･ ｡ ｴ ｨ ｾ ｲ types of movies. There's good Never before had a movie generated taking her top off and prancing around creepy Cronenberg, like his Cannes such hype. Such was the case this sum- the woods. Kudos to Myrick and Sanchez. award-winning Crash. And there's mer when made Moreover, the mental and emotional dete- bad creepy Cronenberg, like his FILE PHOTO icons out of Daniel rioration of the three actors is both com- latest eXistenZ. (No, I'm not in fourth caresses the love child Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. pelling and frighteningly realistic. grade; that's how the title of the she had with E.T. You all know the premise -three young Many people didn't like The Blair Witch movie is spelled). Crash was so allur- filmmakers go into the woods to investi- Project because, as one movie going grunt ingly disturbing because it dealt with way to fix it is to get inside and play gate the myth of the Blair Witch, yadda put it "you don't see anything." Whether two things that happen every day: sex it with Ted. yadda yadda. The catch was that people he is talking about the hideous ghouls or and car accidents. The flaw with eXis- What's fantasy and what's reality? had a hard time suspending their disbe- the nudity, he should be ashamed of him- tenZ is that most of it takes place in a Where does the game start and the liet There were no digital effects to assure self. As should you if you feel the same virtual world where new species of characters' real life begin? After a the audience of its fabricated constructs. way. Open your mind; The Blair Witch Pro- insects live and guns are made out of while you're too grossed out to care. It looked real, it felt real. ject is the of the next genera- body parts. We're not in Kansas any- The pods the game are played on Heather Donahue plays (is) the direc- tion whether you like it or not. more, Toto. writhe around like fleshy animals. tor of the indie film within the film, and Playing Oct. 30 at McAlister Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Allegra Geller and Pikul have kinky sex. And Geller, a superstar video game design- animal parts fly everywhere. The real er. As she's testing out her new game question is why did the talented sup- (that shares the name of the film - l'.rn porting cast, including The future is history not going to degrade myself by typ- and Ian Hol1n, waste their time on ing it again), fanatics attempt to assas- crap like this? For good Halloween KYLE LA WR ENCE Gilliam (The Adventures of Baron sinate her. She flees with Ted Pikul frights look elsewhere, like the Quar- staff writer Munchauscn, Fear & Loathing In Las (Jude Law), a simpleton security guard. ter. Vegas) is a master at creating worlds Geller fears more for the life of her within his films, and 12 Monkeys is no new game then for her own. The only Playing Oct. 31 at McAlister , the Monty Python exception. There are twists and turns alumnus, brought into question the throughout and the ending is beauti- nature of reality with this sleeper hit fully tragic, with hints and hallucina- starring Bruce Willis and Madeleine tions on the part of Cole which leave Stowe. James Cole, a convicted sociopath the viewer wondering about the nature 3127 ｍ ａ Ｎ ｾ ａ Ｎ ｚ ｬ ｬ ｜ ｉ ｅ ST. in the year 2035, is supposed to gather of his scarred psyche. Excellent per- information about a virus which elim- formances from Willis and Stowe give inates 99 percent of the world's popu- the plot the credibility it deserves. But lation beginning in 1996. He is mistak- the scene stealer is Pitt, who gives the enly sent back to 1990, committed and best performance of his up and down then encounters Jeffrey Goines (Brad career. 12 Mo11keys garnered him an Pitt). The film art.t'ully hanclJes Cole's Oscar nomination for Best Supporting concern for his mission with his grow- and a Colden Globe win for the ing disbelief in what is allegedly the same category. truth. Is the world going to end, or is Cole really crazy? Playing Saturday at McAlister

Arcade words of wisdom

I get stupid, I shoot an arrow like cupid, I use a word that don't mean nothin', like loopdid. VINTA-'E ｾ ｕ ｬ ｔ ｈ ｬ ｬ Ｇ ｬ ｬ ｃ ｩ ﾷ ｾ ｔ ｾ ｍ ｅ ｓ l\IEW ｾ Ｑ Ｑ Ｑ ｜ ｌ ｅ ａ Ｍ ｎ ｓ AKTlf'"-'TS - Humpty, Digital Underground, The Humpty Dance

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