The Column Without a Name!
October 15, 1998

"It haunts your dreams, the bastard son of a thousand journalists.  With long knives for fingers, it stalks co-eds at random and takes them to its boiler room home.  No matter how times the column is killed, it will always be back in the sequel..."

Shot of boiler room--POV shot--you turn a corner only to face--a natty sweater, a rumpled hat and THE COLUMN WITH NO NAME!!!!

The reward for naming this column could be a whole herd of unsold Bram Stoker's Dracula key chains, perfect for making ridiculous chain mail armor for Halloween.  Seriously folks, we are looking for a new name for this column. Please submit your suggestions to Deadpool directly. If we pick your title, you'll be rewarded. With what?!? Well... we're not quite sure yet...

The Tarzan Conspiracy Theory???

Here are the facts:

A theater owner I know sent me a rumor concerning Disney. Rumor has it that Tarzan is done and they would send it HEAD TO HEAD with Prince of Egypt.

At first I was doubtful of this rumor. But recently a few things have made this rumor stand out:

-Mighty Joe Young which was suppose to counter-program POE has was surprisingly moved to December 25th.

-The mysterious test screening of Tarzan last month along with the news that Phil Collins has finished the soundtrack and was polishing the soundtrack for release in other languages (Spanish, French etc...)

-A common belief was that if Disney would release Tarzan in December they would probably shoot themselves in the foot with two Disney animated features coming out during the same month (A Bug's Life being the other picture).

Hmmm... is Disney gonna release Tarzan in December? Possibly, they have no movie slated to be release between Thanksgiving (Enemy of the state) and Christmas Day (Mighty Joe Young)... Bottom line that's not normal. Hopefully more details in the near future.

The Best of the New TV Season

The King of Queens
By far the funniest new sitcom on the air. A sort of Honeymooners for the 90's. You might ask yourself what does this kid, me, know about The Honeymooners? Well I've been a big fan of early television programs for many years. I still consider the 60's as TV's golden age. Anyway stand-up comedian Kevin James is a good imitation of Ralph Kramden. While his wife, played by drop-dead gorgeous Leah Remini, is a wisecracking Alice. As for the supporting cast, Jerry Stiller simply steals every scene that he's in.  Also, James' loser friends are hilarious.

Felicity
I've only seen the pilot and I already predict this show will become a teen cult hit. Already been herald as an Ally McBeal for the late teen years, it's actually more of a My So-called Life goes to college type of show. Amazing writing and a cool NYC style shown on the small screen. Teri Russell is a great leading lady and the supporting cast looks interesting. Bonus points for having Janeane Garofalo's voice on the show.

That 70's Show
Finally, a show set in the ultra cool 70's. I expected a Happy Days-like sitcom which wouldn't be that funny. Boy, was I wrong or what? 70's is rolling on the floor funny with an amazing cast. The brain child of the Turners, who created 3rd Rock From The Sun, which shows that they are the hottest comedic creators on the small screen. Very much reminiscent of their big screen movies, Wayne's World and The Brady Bunch Movie, That 70's Show  is both a satirical and realistic look at the 70's. Topher Grace is a great lead actor, can't wait to see that guy on the big screen. Laura Prepon is the next Alicia Witt and the rest of the supporting cast is incredible. The show which has been renewed for the rest of the year could be the sleeper hit of the season. If Fox would move Ally McBeal to 7pm on Sunday, they could possibly win the night with the X-Files at 9pm.

Jesse
The best new debut by a Thursday Sitcom in a LONG TIME. After making the lousy Veronica's Closet, the Friends trio Crane/Kauffman/Bright created a funny/touching sitcom that has great potential. Christina Applegate beautifully plays the anti-Kelly Bundy, a single mom named Jesse. The supporting cast lead by Antonio Banderas-wannabe Bruno Campos has great potential. George Dzunda, a Bruckheimer regular (from Dangerous Minds, Crimson Tide) who plays Jesse's dad, finally gets a chance to show his great comedic side. NBC should sign him to do his own sitcom.

Q & A

Good question Jonathan, I've received the same feedback quite a few times this week. First of all I didn't see L.A. in theaters. I waited for the video release, and I know, I know that was stupid of me. I did like the movie once I saw it. Crowe and DeVito were great and the storyline was incredible. Still it wasn't top 10 material for me. Maybe when I'll look back at my list a few years down the road, I'll go "What the heck was I thinking?" Till then L.A. is tied with Face/Off at #10.

Good Morning Mr Reader,

Your mission should you choose to accept it is: review the fall movie trailers and send your critiques to DeadPool for a future column about the trailers the fall/winter of '98. Which trailers in particular are we talking about here?  Meet Joe Black, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Psycho, Prince of Egypt, A Bug's Life, Stepmom, The Siege and Star Trek: Insurrection, for starters!
 

Stay Tuned...

That's All Folks...

Jean-François Allaire (aka 'Deadpool')
deadpool@colba.net
Contributing Content Writer
Coming Attractions


Jean-François Allaire is an aspiring young writer at the age of 19. Writer by night, stalker by day, you'll find him roaming the streets of Montreal in search for info on local film productions. J-F is one of our major contributing writers to Coming Attractions. Always pushing to do more, he will now do this column on a regular basis. He wants everyone to know that if you work behind the scenes on a film production and you're just another name in the credits (or no credit given), and you feel that nobody cares, well guess again... Feel free to send him your funny, strange, and heart-warming set stories. Hell... he may even interview you!

Have a Scoop/Information about a New Film Project? Copyrights and trademarks for the film and related entertainment properties mentioned herein are held by their respective owners and are used with permission or solely for the promotional purposes of said properties.
All other text and images copyright © 1995-98 Corona Productions.
Last updated: Thursday, 29-Oct-1998 22:09:11 PST.
webmaster@corona.bc.ca