ENTERTAINMENTpage 19 Technique • Friday, September 22, 2000 • 19 Maximus, Maximus! The Student Center Movie Committee presents ENTERTAINMENT Russell Crowe in Gladiator Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Student Center Theater. The Technique • Friday, September 22, 2000 cost is $2 with a student ID, $3 without. No home runs or strikeouts for Fastball’s latest at-bat By Alan Back 12 cuts average out at three and (including six from guest Brian Was insane before insane was cool a half minutes each, so the three Setzer). players have to work fast—and A few bar tunes make their Artist: Fastball they do. “You’re an Ocean” way into the mix. “Morning Star” Title: The Harsh Light of Day jumps into high gear almost from starts off sounding like the back- Label: Hollywood ground noise at a deranged French Genre: Rock/Pop café until Scalzo and company Tracks: 12 drag the song into the nearest Rating: yyyy Fastball’s new beer joint. The rowdy feel con- album sticks tinues with the next track, “Time,” Two and a half years ago, the with a jangly guitar line that car- Austin trio Fastball struck gold largely to familiar ries strong echoes of the late- on the modern rock airwaves territory, not quite model Beatles or U2. with the maddeningly catchy Ignore the opening cut, “This single “The Way.” People either taking off but not Is Not My Life,” a scrambled loved the song or hated it, but it crashing and collage of loops and samples, and drew attention to the band and the string-heavy “Wind Me Up.” their 1998 album, All the Pain burning either. This second track, easily the least Money Can Buy. Tony Scalzo pop-oriented one of the bunch, (bass, vocals), Miles Zuniga teeters on the edge of becoming (guitar, vocals), and Joey overblown and slips out of gear Shuffield (drums) proved that beat one, with a barrelhouse pi- enough times to make listening they could put together a pop ano clamoring behind Zuniga’s to it a hard slog. But the disc’s song with a hook big enough to guitar and Scalzo’s wordplay. Pay last two songs—one expansive snag just about any ear they wanted. attention to “Love Is Expensive and bluesy, the other falling into By Danny Clinch / HOLLYWOOD RECORDS Not a lot has changed since and Free,” a bossa nova-laced Following up on the succes of the breakout single “The Way,” Fastball (Joey Shuffield, Miles then. The Harsh Light of Day’s cut that features plenty of strings See Fastball, page 22 Zuniga, Tony Scalzo) returns, hooks in hand, with a new album, The Harsh Light of Day. Feature Photo Drama Tech ‘Legends’ goes another round By Josh Kelley In this case, you wouldn’t want eral of the students, but surpris- Jooosh, Jooosh, Jooosh... to have the best film. Trust me, ingly, not all of the killings are it will all make sense in the end. directly in urban legend format. MPAA Rating: R With a little help from the This gives a nice break from the Starring: Joseph Lawrence, security guard of the original Ur- some of the hokey ways of kill- Jennifer Morrison ing people. Some of the legends Director: John Ottman were a little less blatant than the Studio: Columbia Pictures first film, but if you’re buying Rating: yyy Urban Legends: your ticket for the cringe factor, Final Cut is worth the “roofies leading to kidney The highly hyped Urban Leg- removal” story should be the ends: Final Cut actually lived up seeing, but don’t highlight of the film. to its name. Geared towards the expect to be reeled The movie is surprisingly sus- high school and college age penseful, creating situations such groups, the film brings to life in a second time. that at any given minute during stories you’ve heard from a friend the movie you are absolutely who has this friend, whose broth- positive that you have the masked er’s roommate’s sister’s…well, murderer figured out...until the you get the idea. ban Legends, Amy (Jennifer next scene where you promptly The setting is a film school Morrison) decides to make her change your mind and lean to where several students are work- film about some of these myths— your friend and say “I knew that By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ing on their theses. The students all of which were conveniently was coming.” Yeah right. are competing and trying to make not included in the first film. Final Cut has the kinds of the best film in order to receive The making of Amy’s movie the prestigious Hitchcock Award. coincides with the killings of sev- See Legends, page 22 ‘Woman’ is cute, feel-good fun By Casey Fiesler Cruz) is blessed with stunning needs to be on top sometimes!” Next time she’ll write a byline beauty and a gift for the art of he laments—she leaves him and cooking, but cursed with debili- escapes to San Francisco. MPAA Rating: R tating motion sickness. This ail- There, a seemingly magical Starring: Penelope Cruz, Murilo ment affects her entire life, luck surrounds her as her two Benicio because in order to control it, gifts help her steal the hearts of Director: Fina Torres complete strangers and snag her Studio: Fox Searchlight own television cooking show. A Rating: 3.5 stars fairy-tale romantic chase ensues Woman on Top is a as Toninho (constantly accom- Though its title may suggest lot of fun, and a panied by traveling troubadours) something a bit racier, the sim- tries to win her back. Though plest word to describe Woman good bet for the this movie’s plot seems contrived on Top would be…cute. In fact, romantic and and unoriginal at times (boy the film would seem surprising- meets girl, boy cheats on girl, ly similar to a Disney movie if it young at heart. girl leaves boy), there are enough weren’t for the few well-placed pleasant surprises to make it sex scenes that help this film earn somewhat unique. its R rating. This rating is really she must always be in control of Both the cast and crew are By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS a shame—and in my opinion, her movement (hence the mov- primarily Spanish or Latin Amer- Top: Kit FitzSimons and Jill Adams rehearse a tense and emotionally charged unnecessary—considering that ie’s title). She finds herself in a ican, and much of the film was scene from “The Monkey’s Paw.” Bottom: Owen Barnett shrinks from Davis it could have been a good story marriage full of passion, but feels shot on-site in Bahia, Brazil. This, Neves’s kiss in “A Little Death.” These shows will both be performed by the for teenage girl moviegoers. stifled cooking for her husband combined with the soundtrack DramaTech Theatre on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7 at 8:00 The heroine of our story, Is- Toninho’s small restaurant in of traditional Brazilian music and p.m. For tickets or other information, call DramaTech at (404) 894-2745. abella (played with delightful sin- Brazil. After catching him in bed cerity by Spanish actress Penelope with another woman—“A man See Woman, page 23 20 • Friday, September 22, 2000 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT ‘Evil Dead II’ DVD features spectacular video, fun extras By Jayson Wehrend up and give Ash the time he needs not the movie I was familiar with. I noises jump from speaker to speak- replica, 48-page booklet, and jewel How does he do it? to start fighting back. With over- was used to muddy colors, bad track- er. Thuds and explosions are recre- case for the disc. The cover art on the-top gore and a twisted sense of ing (go VHS!), and indecipherable ated neatly through the subwoofer. the tin is new and looks good, a nice Movie: Not too long ago I re- humor, Evil Dead II is not a movie black blobs. Now I was in unfamil- When the evil force chases Ash change from a plain old plastic case. viewed a movie called Army of Dark- for everyone. Only a certain type of iar territory. The image quality was through the woods the sound fills First and foremost among the ness. It followed the continuing person can actually appreciate the quite a surprise for me. I don’t think in well through all of the speakers. extras is the feature length com- adventures of a man named Ash as humor of watching a man get the original film elements looked Sound pours out at all the right mentary by star Bruce Campbell he fought the terrors of the Deadites. drenched in a couple of hundred this good when they filmed it. places supplemented by a good and director Sam Raimi, as well the But how did a simple S-Mart em- gallons of fake blood (no exaggera- I was particularly shocked when amount of bass—overall a very prom- co-writer, and special effects guy. ployee get to be the shotgun-toting, tion). I came to the realization that the ising start. These guys have a blast reminiscing chainsaw-wielding badass that we Video: Sometimes I just don’t image was better in some parts than However, there is an inherent about their movie. Sam and Bruce all know from Army? Sure, the movie my Braveheart disc—talk about an are by far the most entertaining of has a brief flashback to catch up the unsettling thought.