FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 The Fall Guys.- At first, I thought it was just me, that I was out of some Hollywood loop mer, where bad movies were the hot thing and I wasn’t cool enough to understand the art istry behind films like Big Momma’s House or the cinematic genius of Hollow Man. But it turns out I only saw two movies this summer because the block buster season seriously lacked ei ther one of these elements. Okay, so a lot of movies lack genius, but common sense would be nice. So as the mark of the end of summer comes and goes (and takes those hideous attempts at Filmmaking with it), a whole new season of films swoops in to make amends (hopefully). Oman legends: Final Cut In the tine tradition of Urban Legends and / Know What You Did Last Sum mer comes Final Cut. Three student filmmakers at Alpine University com pete for the coveted Hitchcock Award in hopes of launching their profes sional careers. When Amy focuses her thesis film on those sinister sto ries, fatal "accidents" star befalling crew members and it is up to Amy to catch the killer. Due Date: Septem ber 22 Glifflgnt No, it's not the director's cut of Coy ote Ugly. Actually, this is a film about Diana, played by newcomer Michelle Rodriguez, who takes up boxing as a way to cope with her past and live life by her own rules. As co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dra matic Film at the 2000 Sundance Fes tival, Girl/iglit may just hav e the ca pacity to offer a new strength for women in film. Due Date: Septem ber 29 lie BUI Day In Roger Spottiswoode's near future, cloning is not only possible, it is a normal way of producing cattle, fish and even the family pet. However, cloning humans is still illegal, so when family man Adam Gibson, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, comes home to find another version of himself, it’s obvious something is not quite right. Plucked from his life and his family, Gibson is in terrible danger of assassins who are desper ate to protect their secret. Due Date: December 8 Movies Highlander: Endgame 9/1 Whipped The Watcher 9/8 Arts & Ent All iha Pratty Marses is a coming of age story about Texas teenager John Grady, played by Oscar winner Matt Damon. Upon the sale of the ranch where he grew up, Grady and pal Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas, better known as "the little kid in E.T.") ride into the sunset, and into Mexico where they are hired to break horses at a wealthy hacienda. There, Grady falls for the ranch owner's daughter Alejandra, played by Penelope Cruz, and the two surrender to an ill-fated love affair that results in murder. Due Date: Late Fall ASt AWay starring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt, is an endeavor for the human spirit while focusing on what happens w hen no one is there to vote you off the island. Chuck Noland (Hanks), a FedEx systems engineer, is a fast-paced professional who lives by the clock and leaves little time for his longtime girlfriend, played by Hunt. But when his life is dramatically altered after a plane crash, the descent into a new kind ol humanity begins as he attempts to survive on a remote island. Due Date: December 22 Men of Honor is based on the true life story of Carl Brashcar (portrayed ters Billy Sunday (played by Robert De Niro), a Navy legend, both lor skill and troublemaking. Sunday is convinced of Brashear’s spirit and tempts the system by helping the first African-American Navy Diver overcome a crippling injury and a racist bureaucracy. Due Date: November 10 Video Boys Don’t Cry Drive Me Crazy Simpson’s Halloween 9/5 Superstar Autumn films set out to replace a summer even superheroes couldn't save by Deanna Symoski by Oscar Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.), the son of a Kentucky sharecropper with no more than a sev enth-grade education and the dream of a career as a Navy Diver. As a young, black third-class sailor, Brashear spends most of his time writing letters to get into the Navy Dive School Program. Finally, he is admitted and encoun- Rele Music No New Releases ertamment Charlie's Angels It sounds like MI:2 but with chicks...we’ll see. For now, all we know is that there are three private investigators, lots of gadgets (what the press packet called "high-tech tools") and a man named Charlie. Based on the ‘7os sitcom, the update stars Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore and Bill Murray. Oh yeah, and there’s some sort of plot about a kidnapped billionaire and his secrets. Due Date: November 3 Thailand As tensions rise in Vietnam, the men of A-Company, Second Platoon, await the inevitable orders of active duty. Each faces the prospect in his own way: for the writer, battle will be in spiration; for the fighter, this is fate. But when one rogue soldier defies his position in Tigerland, the last training exercise before Vietnam, the true in nocence of boys thrown into battle becomes abundantly clear. Due Date: October 6 Vertical limit A tale full of emotion and adventure. Vertical Limit stars Chris O'Donnell as a young climber who must endure the torture of natural elements as he embarks on a rescue mission up K-2, the world’s second highest peak. When his sister and her summit team become trapped on the mountain, it is up to O’Donnell to get to them before time and the will to survive run out. Due Date: December 8 Bedazzled When a gorgeous woman (ells you she’ll grant you seven wishes, look lor the catch. In the new comedy star ring Brendan Fraser as Elliot Richards and Elizabeth Hurley as the Devil, temptation is every where, and wishes need to be specific. Elliot is a clumsy, but good-natured technical-support advisor who sells his soul for a chance with Alison, a female co-worker. In the process, however, he is trans formed into everything from a Co lombian drug lord to "the most sensi tive man in the world.” Elliot soon learns the truth of the old adage: be careful what you wish for. Due Date: October 20. **Keep in mind that all release dates are subject to change.** DVD Any Given Sunday 9/1 Edward Scissorhands 9/5 Men In Black 9/5 Omen Collection 9/5 I—i1 —i Sic’ Em 0k FidoJL by Deanna Symoski Parental Advisory: Are some musicians fit for raising kids? (and some other riginally, this editorial was supposed to he about soi I I thing completely different. I was coma to write 1 1'<■ n X J F.minem's custody battle and how image shouldn't play mle . his ability to raise his child. I meant to defend the tapper because, hey. I J >m know' w hat he does in the privacy of his own home, and I ccriainK don't se how he treats his young daughter first hand. I had this whole argument set uj and then I conducted some research that forced me to listen to The SUuMus Mathers LIT and something changed. I knew songs like "The Real Slim Shads and I could even deal with "The Way I Am." hut "Kim" was so ero-.sl\ di turbing that I got to thinking about what I thought. .And here's w hat i i un u At this age. it's cool to defend anything that pushes the envelope an gets muler the skin of a conservative public. We are still somew hat w iappe in the leenaue cloak of rebellion for rebellion's sake. If our parents hate it. that's good enough for us. Hut some- where in that, the idea of decency got lost and we. perhaps inadver t e n t I y , opened the flood- gates to a society so complacent with gratuitous, and ex ceedingly heinous violence and sex, that the mere idea of proposing a standard makes you look like that whiny kid in the neighborhood who used to run home e\er\ lime he eo dirt> . The l ight for freedom of speech has turned to making us point h\ .ho \ ing the most inappropriate and disgusting material it can muster rich! m on laees. And because you agree w ith freedom of speech and loathe the idea . > censorship just as much its I do, you consume the stench of the media A pr< >d nets and then spend your free time defending it. But the truth is. I couldn't write that first editorial because I don't real!, know il l believed what I was writing, and I couldn’t fully get behind gi\ me . violent, misogynistic thug his child just because I would please all Ins Into b . saying so. Actually, I think Bin’s total environment is an unfit place I. ■> , child. And while we're at it, I also think that part of the reason mm ies l.nks so miserably this summer is because the fart joke is getting old. ( 'reutiv m. > being stunted by movie, music and television execs who are looking tor mu cess by jumping on the bandwagon of bad taste. Rehashing the same tea formula did nothing for the summer except to help consumers realize the' would rather see heroes in Gladiator Mid The Perfect Storm than idiots m M, Myself and Irene. The question here is a timeless one. and you probable heaui voui p u ents say it a few times along, the way: "if [insert friend's name here] iumpci l off a bridge, would you jump, too?" The idea is to think for voursetl ami the pressure of just going along with something t most basic principles just because all your friends listen to it or watch it t read it. Morality, a word I was reluctant to use earlier lor feat the mere Mein ol it would make you stop reading, shouldn't have to lose its place m pep culture. Instead, it should be okay to draw a line between acceptable and unacceptable-it doesn’t make you that kid in the neighborhood, it makes you an educated adult with the maturity to make that kind of statement. what you think. Each week, send an e-mail to Behrcolls@aol.com and answer the following question. Title the subject line “fido yes” or "fido no” and if you want to make comments feel free to include an actual message. The results will appear in this box the things 1 think) . we. gates to a society so compla- cent with gratuitous, and c.\ ceedingly heinous violence and sex, that the mere idea of proposing a standard makes you look like that whiny kid in hood. r , here’s whe >u come in re going to 1 >f you won’t ; the chance eek. 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