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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Pendulum Horror movie fans ‘Cursed’ with Wes Craven’s newest creation Horrihu -J ^ ,„^^r,artins and a basic plot seem to be the only frightening things in‘Cursed’ nble special effects, weak S cancelled for a quality also ran through make any kind of blip on the ■xGWgvvgr ^ Cursed,” the new werewolf ni by Wes Craven, is one of ^ose odd films that had such isastrous production behind- ^ scenes that it has become interesting than the ovie. The film not only had to re-shot entirely, but the indi- ual sections had to be as well. ^ is hard to believe consid- 1^*1^ werewolf i;i^_ S^dly, this is not a film Brazil” that had leg- production battles but out to be a great film. “Cursed” is lame, bor- tirf occasionally uninten- ftinny. ba.^^ the story is fairly 1C. The movie starts with a ^uisite famous person being The viewers might this type of involving Drew the Tar supenor show our “big while. These strange reactions also Barrymore in “Scream.” This ^ trouble between her and her star” is ^ car boyfriend Jack (Joshua Jackson), forced off the road by a changes get worse the driven by ElUe (~ shrhit twft^^S that ^the^only way to Ellie’s car swerved wh some kind of an animal whiein^^ car with her brother Jimmy ( pvoVid- Eisenberg). Ellie Jin^X The only down in the woods to P „niv like endary turned hut end up being problem is but ena up 5 suspects, and if anyone is surprised by who the head were wolf turns out to be then they obviously haven’t seen many mys- before. Everything is killed, ■^^riiember Sequence that there are only overturned car, but end up reu.g - scratched by a werewolf, which has eaten Elizabeth. Soon after, strange things began to happen to the two of them becomes stronger teleeraohed way in advance. which allows him p,*lem with the movie though is the fact that it isn’t scary or thrilling or exciting or really anything. I’m not sure how this movie can be described as a horror film because there isn’t a lot of horror in it. Most of the taken up by characters talk- Jimmy more confident to fight the requisite school bul y and win the girl of his dreams^ Think “Teen Wolf’ but c ang basketball lo . Meanwhile, Ellie begins reacting r old «s ' nle how she works for film is :^he C«ig Kilbum Show” The mg^^ movie IS noiiL;cu-v, meaningfully about relation- only problem with that is that and whatnot. This type of “Scream.” For a horror film, Sydney was a very three-dimen- sional character. Here though we have characters that are not only barely developed, but are as dull as dishwater. Before this film was released it was described in some interviews as a character driven horror film. That was a major mistake. Character driven horror films are great, but not when your characters are these. Then comes the acting which is another major problem with this movie. Everybody seems completely lost at sea. Christina Ricci, who is normally so tmst- worthy in films, struggles here giving a very awkward perform ance. It’s even worse when she tries to connect with the dull Joshua Jackson. Neither of them have any chemistry at all. As fiir as Eisenberg goes, he doesn’t really screen much like the rest of the cast. ’One can only think that this is the last nail in screenwriter’s Kevin Williamson’s coffin. He wrote the excellent ^‘Scream” but has floun dered in film since. “Cursed” cer tainly does'nothing to help his reputa tion. Also, if one was wondering whether the werewolf effects were decent that is a resounding no. There are only two types in here. The really bad CGI werewolf and the werewolf costume that looks lame to put it bluntly. One can clearly see the werewolf costume in the parking lot sccne early in the film. Why they would want to fully show something that silly that early who knows. In the end, noth ing can really save this film. They had a good idea. It just went very wrong. Contact Blake Hinton at pendiihun@elon.edn or 278-7247. This week’s features... AMERICAN Eagle OUTFITTERS Live Your Life~ 336-524-8111 fye For your entertainment- Music, DVD/VHS, etc.- 336-584-5933 The place to rediscover shoppi^S-^' l^i^^^skopsandrestaurmts s. Ml .rw« Huflman Mill M* & ^ In Th0citGrs Be Cool (PG-13) John Travolta, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Harvey Keitel, Andre 3000, Steven Tyler The Pacifier (PG) Vin Diesel Lauren Graham, Brittany Snow, Carol Kane, Brad Garrett The Jacket (R) Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kris Kristofferson, Brad Renfro, Daniel Craig, Kelly Lynch Dear Frankie (PG-13) Limited Release Emily Mortimer, Gerald Butler, Sharon Small, Jack McBlhonc, Mary Riggans, Sean Brown The Best of Youth (R) Limited Release Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifun
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