(continued)
[Newsweek, May 11, 1998]
  ~Bulworth~ -- Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle;
direted by Beatty.  Everybody has probably thought at one time or another
that most politicians are more than a little nuts... this time we get
to see it.  Senator Bulworth (Beatty) puts out a contract on his own
life, so his daughter can collect the insurance... but then he falls for
a young black beauty (Berry... and she definitely is) and decides he wants
to live...  Not just another "hey, he's going to win the election and
move back in with his wife" movie.  But, Beatty is almost expected to be
different from the usual Hollywood crowd.  I'm expecting some strong
political statements from this one, as well as some "hints for life" from
Beatty.
  ~Out Of Sight~ -- George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez; directed by Steven
Soderbergh.  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard, ~Out Of Sight~ stars
Clooney as an escaped bank robber, with U.S. Marshal Lopez hot on his
tail... not surprisingly, they fall for each other.  Newsweek says that
this could be the big breakout film for Clooney.  Damned if I know...
  ~The Truman Show~ -- Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney; directed by
Peter Weir.  Truman Burbank (Carrey) is a TV star, and he doesn't even
know it -- he's on camera 24 hours a day.  The tiny island he lives on
is actually a giant soundstage, and everybody he knows - including his
wife - are actually actors... what will happen when he finds out?
        This thing sounds a little surreal...  Carrey has stated that
Paramount is advertising it properly; they're not calling it "another
Ace Ventura", as a certain somebody else did with ~The Cable Guy~.
  ~Doctor Dolittle~ -- Eddie Murphy; directed by Betty Thomas.  Once again
Murphy is planning on a hit with a kid's remake, this one with the voices
of Garry Shandling, Albert Brooks, Dennis Franz, and Chris Rock.
        Given Murphy's history, you'd expect him to do more to animals
than just talk to them... but on the other hand, he seems to be steering
his career towards a more "child friendly" environment -- considering what
happened with ~Beverly Hills Cop III~, that's probably not a bad idea...
  ~Madeline~ -- Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones; directed
by Daisy Mayer.  From the children's series of books, all about a
mischevious French schoolgirl.
        I remember reading these things in high school, in French class...
gonna be a little weird seeing McDormand as a nun.  ;)
  ~Your Friends & Neighbors~ -- Jason Patric, Catherine Keener, Ben
Stiller; directed by Neil LaBute.  Much like his last film (~In The
Company Of Men~, which I've never even heard of), this is another black
comedy from LaBute.  Apparently a comedy - not of errors - of sex and
miscegenation.
  ~A Perfect Murder~ -- Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow; directed by
Andrew Davis.  A remake of Hitchcock's ~Dial M For Murder~, transplanted
to New York.  I definitely don't expect much from this... though Douglas
seems to have a decent director this time, unlike ~Falling Down~.
  ~Lethal Weapon 4~ -- Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo,
Chris Rock; directed by Richard Donner.  Apparently there's a scene in
which Gibson, Russo, Pesci and Rock fall into a giant vat of cheese,
and end up running around chased by rats... that would seem to be it in
a nutshell.  (Okay, so I think Rock is a waste of space...)
  ~6 Days / 7 Nights~ -- Harrison Ford, Anne Heche; directed by Ivan
Reitman.  A scruffy cargo pilot and a pushy magazine editor, stranded on
a desert island.  From what I understand, Ford is supposed to be delivering
Heche to her boyfriend, or some such... which will be the main point of
tension in the film, probably.  According to the Newsweek article, Heche
and Ford got on like oil and water... which Ford thinks lends creedence
to the film.
  ~The Last Days Of Disco~ -- Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsdale; directed
by Whit Stillman.  A day in the life of two college graduates, and their
"boogie nights".  Disco seems to be making a comeback in the U.S. - in
movies.  Also out this summer, ~54~, starring Selma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and 
Mike Myers, all about Studio 54...
        Nostalgia, nostalgia, nostalgia...
  ~Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas~ -- Johhny Depp, Benicio del Toro;
directed by Terry Gilliam.  Depp as Hunter S. Thompson, inventor of
"gonzo" journalism, on a drug-soaked journey to the City of Sin.
According to the article, Gilliam (~Brazil~, "Monty Python") slapped
the script together in 10 days... something which he (Gilliam) says
lends to the oddness of the movie.
                         David "Nightwolf" Masters
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