The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 27, 2002 Page: 4 of 6
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The University News
Arts & Entertainment
March 27, 2002 11
Coming
Events
concerts
•Local H
March 28
Trees
214.748.5009
• Chicago
March 29
Smirnoff Music Centre
214.421.1111
•TheBeta Band
March 31
The Gypsy Tea Room
214.74. GYPSY
• The Coup
April 5
Trees
214.748.5009
• Charlie Daniels
April 5
Billy Bob's Texas
817.624.7117
• The Jayhawks
April 8
Sons of Hermann Hall
214.747.4422
• The Dallas Baptist
University Chorale
present the music of
Bach, Barber, Handel,
and others
March 28
Meyerson Symphony
Center, Dallas
214.333.5285
galleries
• Bartoleme Esteban
Murillo: Paintings from
American Collections
through June 16
Kimball Art Museum
817.332.8451
theatre
• The Countess, by Gre-
gory Murphy
through April 13
Circle Theatre, Fort
Worth
817.877.3040
•Shakespeare's
Coriolanus
April 6-12
Kitchen Dog Theater
214.953.1055
New Blade dull; E.T. comes home
by FS
The first flick based on the
Blade comic book, in 1998, was
junk, but it was enjoyable junk,
with a charismatic lead perfor-
mance from Wesley Snipes as a
half-human, half-vampire out to
destroy all full blood-suckers,
and a wonderfully hammy turn
from Stephen Dorff as his nem-
esis.
The sequel is called Blade II
(wide release), a bland title that
unfortunately mirrors the level of
imagination in its plot, which
sees the hero joining with his
usual prey to hunt down a mu-
tant that devours both humans
and vampires. Unfortunately, the
twists are completely
unsurprising, and the villains are
a colorless lot (as also is Blade's
romantic interest).
There's some compensation in
the form of the stylish direction
of Guillermo Del Toro, a few
nicely-staged martial-arts fights
and some good effects (the vam-
pires expire well: first they ex-
plode like sparklers, and then
their exposed skeletons disinte-
grate). There's also a nifty mo-
ment when we see an eye blink-
ing in a severed head. But these
strengths can't make up for a dull
script.
Good intentions abound in
Taliesin Jones (Angelika Film
Center), a sweet-natured tale
about a Welsh lad from a broken
family who takes an interest in
faith healing—with mixed re-
sults.
The result is a warm-hearted
parable about the strength of
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT
Elliott (Henry Thomas), his brother, and friends ride as fast as they can
to get E.T. back to the forest in the re-release of the sci-fi classic, E.T.
faith, even though curiously the
religious element of that faith is
slighted; and there are some
strong supporting performances.
But ultimately the film seems
more like a simplistic sermon
than a serious examination of
adolescent angst. It wouldn't be
out of place on Sunday morning
television.
What Time Is It There?
(Angelika Film Center) is a very
odd Taiwanese-French picture—
a heavy study of loneliness with
strong comic elements. It cen-
ters on three people—a woman
whose husband has recently died,
her son, and a young woman
whom he meets by chance and
becomes obsessed with although
she goes off to Paris—and details
how their fates seem connected
although they're very much sepa-
rated both physically and emo-
tionally.
The picture is sometimes un-
bearably leisurely, with ex-
Premiere Video
con tin ued from pg. 11
Hankamer said she has been an employee of Premiere Video
for 12 years.
"I enjoy this job because everyone who comes in here loves
movies and loves to talk about movies," she said. "Rarely do
we ever have an angry customer."
Because of its excellent service and selection, Premiere Video
has been named "Best Video Store" by the Dallas Observer
five consecutive years.
With a belief in the artistic value of films, Premiere Video
sponsored last year's Deep Ellum Film Festival and the Medal-
lion Independent Film Festival.
"We believe in supporting the art of film, so we do whatever
we can to help with film festivals around Dallas," Hankamer
said.
Hankamer attributes the popularity of independent and for-
eign movies to the new art house theaters around Dallas.
"Dallas is really evolving as far as films go," she said. "Mag-
nolia and Angelika theaters are providing moviegoers with a
better selection of films than ever before."
Hankamer said she is glad people are beginning to show
more interest in foreign and independent films.
"Right now is a great time for independent film distribu-
tors," she said. "People seem to be discovering there are more
movies out there than just the popular releases."
tremely long takes, and some of
its whimsy comes off as posi-
tively curdled. But it has mo-
ments of inspired deadpan hu-
mor, and at least it's not boring.
The best films around, though,
are older ones. Charles
Laughton's brilliant 1955 The
Night of the Hunter, with Rob-
ert Mitchum in his finest perfor-
mance as an evil preacher, con-
tinues at the Magnolia through
tomorrow.
And for the child in us all,
there's Steven Spielberg's E.T.
The Extraterrestrial (wide re-
lease), which is being reissued for
its twentieth anniversary with an
enhanced soundtrack, a smidgen
of new footage, some modest
digital upgrading, and even a few
visual changes (the guns have
been carefully removed from the
hands of federal officers and re-
placed by walkie-talkies).
The result isn't much altered,
to tell the truth, but who cares
when the original was so en-
chanting?
E.T. remains a classic, an al-
most perfectly-realized fairy-tale
that will touch even the hardest
heart.
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Blade (Wesley Snipes), a half-human, half-vampire, takes out a couple of
weapon-toting fiends in Guillermo Del Toro's Blade II.
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