ltrik cap Sevit - SitecrilLY Fs - COLD CREEK MANOR "Cold Creek Manor" is like pulling a tired, musty old pair of Nike's out of the closet and spray painting them to look fresh and new, In the end, they're still the same old pair of Nike's, complete with had stitching, busted heals, and gum stains on the toes. You've just given them a new look in an attempt to conceal their short comings. That's "Cold Creek Manor" in three lines, a tired, played-out idea given a revamping by a fresh and talented filmmaker. This is what was probably said when the writer of - Cold Creek" pitched the idea to the studio executive: Writer: - Think about it. It's your basic family thriller, a lunatic befriends a naïve family-he has everything on his mind but friendship. The family does not realize he's a loony because they're wave; that is until the father wises up and discovers the loony's ulterior motives, but the family isn't as wise as the father. so they think the father Superboxxx Above: Big Boi HORRIbLE , I H E A s TEAL HEAR di , vvoß DOS u 4 Rob Ably Bu pENdOUS ** ' ) ~, SEE 3000 and Big I3oi sure know how to continue with a hang. Their new album:; Love. Below," and "Speakerhoxx - are separate individual albums (forte perlOrmer but sold together. ndreA album, "t he Love Relow expresses new artistic creativity with a f‘..-(‘ soulful Nonp 11.1\ is the ke) woo I here. Many of . the songs are sort of ta , ,tele. , , and Li netesy r ariiv raunchy. I uuickiv changed the soßgs to find myself at the cut of the (1:1 nnstne of whether or not nt) personal opinions Were ,get ting In the )‘.l‘. t let one of n guk friends listen to the album while t cringed during "Spreaii." lie hoithed his head \kink! Inv lace turned bright. red dining the spo ken Nord track. "Where .Are My Panties'?" He smiled and laughed. There is no douill that Andre is talented. he has arntiiiru! vocal talent. I just do not think I'd put the CD in no headphones to jam to. The hest [rack on this, album u a duet with Nora!) Jone, - "rake 011 Y our Cool," anti the introduction to the album has it heautiful. ckksical approach Otherwise 1 would like to erase all memories of it. The second album. - Speakelho.‘x. satisfies the listener on the very first track "(them) Musick - ,s of the.only songs that Andre and Big Boi work tocether on and the cherish} reminds you over "Bombs Over Baghdad" or "Players Ball. - At this point. I was relieved that I made it through Disc 1. sticks to the basics on this album and the songs are pretty a‘erage, but refreshing. I did, in fact, find myself REVIEW owing my shoulders and dancing in my seat. Nothing real d ly sparked or moved me. but 1 did enjoy the beats. v 1 Outkast experience left me pondering. Guys, enjoy ART IST/GROup yourselves. Ladies, my apologies, is the loony until he proves that he isn't. Now that everyone knows who the real loony is, they kill him." Studio Executive: "Okay. I see. It's 'Cape Fear' meets `Single White Female' with a little splash of 'Arlington Road'? Right"? Writer: "Exactly! I figure we could set it in the coun try in a big spooky house, add a few name actors who we haven't seen in a while..." Studio Executive: - Likc Dennis Quaid as the father?" Writer: "Right! Maybe even Sharon Stone as the Mother, or Stephen Dorff as the loony! Yea! I loved him in that vampire movie! He'd be great. Anyway, like 1 was saving, we could then attach some weird "indie" director that needs a paycheck...." Writer and Studio Executive: " Like a Mike Figgis!" Writer: "Right! He could give it a glossy paint job and know one will ever know the difference." DEEZ REIREM WPSH The Reactor Radio Club aJr4Ol. 113k1;111kr-A- Studio Executive: "Sounds like a go picture to me!" I do not mean to sound cynical, because the film is not a "train wreck" by any means. I have seen worse, a lot worse. The screenplay is just sOOO conventional. I applaud Mike Figgis for attempting to direct this film school garbage. The man has made some amazing films in the past, like "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Timecode." It seems to me that he did everything in his power to create a good movie. There are some really good psy chological moments, some great uses of wide angle lens es, a fitting performance by Quaid, even some really awesome stuff using digital camcorders. But all of that combined with a poor script does not make "Cold Creek Manor" a good film. It is like turning finger paints into the Mona Lisa. It is impossible. The Love Below Above:Andre Album TITLE; "SpEAkERbOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW" LAbEI LA FACE RECORdS RELEASE DATE:: SEpTEMbER 23,2003 GENRE: RAp ANd Hip Hop OVERALL RATING: • ** * By MATT MOSLEY Film Reviewo MICHELLE O'MALLEy OUT kAST
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