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miramax " disinvited " on - line media from press screenings of scream 3 .
they ostensibly feared that folks like me would write spoiler - filled reviews and post them prior to the film 's february 4th release date - unsound reasoning .
you see , ' net critics established enough to be on any sort of vip list are
professionals - miramax surely knows the difference between a member of the on - line film critics society ( ofcs ) and the type of fanboy who posts spy reports at ai n't it cool news .
no , the ? mini major ' was afraid we 'd let a bigger cat out of the bag than whodunit , that scream 3 is a dismal conclusion to the beloved ( by this writer , at least ) franchise .
something smells rotten in the state of california right from the get - go
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cotton weary ( liev schrieber ) , the former lover and would - be killer of maureen prescott , sidney 's mother , is juggling phone calls in his luxury car .
( once considered a danger to society , weary now hosts his own talk show , " 100 % cotton " , a clever , if dated , jab at american pop culture . )
of course , a new ghostface dials him up , and , with memories of scream 's unbearably suspenseful prologue in mind , we immediately wonder , where is the killer ?
the backseat ?
the next car ?
thrilling prospects , to be sure , but actually , ghostface is at the weary residence , waiting for cotton 's girlfriend ( kelly rutheford ) to finishing showering .
what 's missing from this sequence , and indeed scream 3 's remaining frights ( most disappointingly , the moment when an ingenue is forced to hide in a wardrobe room filled with ghostface costumes , one of which might spring to life ) , is an elaborate and attenuated payoff .
our other surviving regulars have become estranged .
sidney ( campbell ) is living a paranoid existence of electronic gates and password - protected locks , while dewey ( arquette ) acts as technical advisor on the second sequel to scream 2 's movie - within - a - movie , " stab 3 " , and gale weathers ( cox arquette ) headlines a gossipy news program .
murder reunites them , as knife - wielding ghostface stalks the set of " stab 3 " , imitating its sadistic screenplay - and his / her / their own personal draft climaxes with sidney 's death .
the appeal of ghostface 's villainy is that he /
she
/ they could be your boyfriend , your classmate , your next door neighbour . . . or a combination of people .
scream was the first of its kind : a slasher mystery , with the guessing game not only entailing who will be next , but also who is /
are the perpetrator ( s ) and
what is / are his / her / their motive .
ironic self - reflection aside
, parts one and two stand out in a crowd that includes umpteen friday the 13th and halloween flicks because there 's at last articulate human beings behind the iconic costume .
with scream 3 , the novelty of ghostface 's ever - mutating identity has worn off some , but the character remains conceptually potent .
conceptually .
the execution of ghostface 's master plan this time around is creaky , because screenwriter ehren kruger has invented a new mythology for the world of sidney prescott far afield from what we 'd come to understand in scream and scream 2 .
the movie gets in the silly habit of saying " all bets are off ! " in reference to the " rules " of a trilogy 's third act , but there 's a difference between rule breaking and cheating .
with the departure of kevin williamson , who authored the previous screams as well as a tidy outline for scream 3 ( that , for reasons incomprehensible to me , was ignored , save the notion of " stab 3 " ) , kruger needed to be reined in tighter , and by wes craven .
craven 's direction of scream 3 is lazy in most respects .
how else to explain the jay and silent bob cameo ( the slacker duo of kevin smith movies ) , akin to seeing mickey mouse pop up in mulan and more distracting than funny .
it pains me to write this , but scream 3 's comedy is generally laughless , with the exception of well - timed performances by josh pais ( as a police detective possessed of the same personality he had as a persnickety teacher in craven 's music of the heart ) , jamie kennedy ( resurrecting film geek randy for the sendoff he was denied in scream 2 ) , and parker posey ( through sheer force of will as a b - actress ) .
the visuals are much weaker in part three , as well - the occasional sweeping gesture of peter deming 's camera is a pale imitation of the stalking steadicam craven gave us twice before .
( aside : in the wake of columbine , craven toned down the violence significantly for scream 3-why the sanctimony , when scream and scream 2 are still readily available on video store shelves ? )
finally , marco beltrami 's music cues the suspense too blatantly
- do you recall the tense chase at the college radio station in scream 2 ?
it 's mostly silent .
sting notes are a whole lot more effective if they spring from nowhere ; here ,
they act as the crescendos of an incessantly nerve - jangling score .
i look at scream 3 as coming from an alternative universe , the same place that birthed the godfather part iii and superman
iii - woefully out of synch with its prequels , scream 3 is a nightmare instead of nightmarish , and will likely put the horror genre back in mothballs .
the film unintentionally follows the unspoken rule of a trilogy to a t : ?
part three must disappoint ' .
N

senseless is a prime example of what can happen when you try to push a one - joke concept a bit too far
.
director penelope spheeris is no stranger to this , having subjected audiences before to such tortures as the beverly hillbillies .
marlon wayans stars as darryl witherspoon , a college senior vying for a lucrative job at a prominent brokerage .
however , he lacks the advantages of his chief opposition , scott thorpe ( david spade , in the smarmy sort of role he can deliver in his sleep ) : an athletic record , sponsorship by a fraternity , and , most of all , a wealthy family to back him up .
in fact , darryl has to work at four jobs simply to make ends meet .
but there may be a light at the end of that tunnel .
he signs up as a human guinea pig in a neurological experiment run by the university 's dr .
wheedon ( brad dourif ) .
as a result , his senses are magnified tenfold .
using his newfound abilities , he sets himself in complete pursuit of the job ( unaware that there may be some disadvantageous side - effects to having super senses ) .
naturally , marlon wayans plays this comedy at full throttle , giving jim carrey - ish amounts of physical humor .
the problem is , aside from a few genuinely inspired bits , there 's not much that 's funny here
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the film has it 's one central gag , and pads out the rest of its length with rather obvious lowbrow humor .
there obviously was n't much thought put into the plot .
the entire job selection process is completely ridiculous .
i mean , why the emphasis on extra - curricular activities if the entire job is going to come down to a single - elimination quiz anyhow ?
and is this the only job being offered to economics majors this semester ?
to give it credit , senseless does try to create a secondary joke with darryl 's roommate , tim laflour ( matthew lillard ) .
apparently , he is supposed to be faddish , but the film never does anything with him , leaving him in a piercing phase throughout the movie .
his " intervention " scenes with darryl , however , do provide a rare , and welcome , laugh .
and then there 's the love interest which is always pathetically tacked onto comedies like this one .
in this case , the object of darryl 's amor is janice ( tamara taylor ) , a fellow student who wo n't have anything to do with darryl until he gains his super - senses .
needless to say , the romance is completely extraneous , and adds little to the film .
this is a film that desperately needed something else .
be that a good plot , more jokes ( or simply funnier ones ) , or a strong character or two , anything would have helped senseless get off the ground
.
as it is , all the manic exuberant mugging in the world ca n't help marlon wayans get this one off the ground .
N

casting " doogie howser " star neil patrick harris as mind - reading military intelligence is only one of the guilty pleasures of " starship troopers , " a hugely entertaining , mega - budgeted sci - fi yarn directed by paul verhoeven , who 's making quite a recovery from his 1995 g - string epic " showgirls .
" sure , " starship troopers " qualifies as cinematic junk food , but that 's forgivable when the junk food is this tasty .
everyone needs a high - calorie change - of - pace from fall 's onslaught of costume dramas and other assorted oscar bait , and " troopers " does the job admirably despite its flaws .
for its first hour , " starship troopers " plays like a cheeky futuristic hybrid of " saved by the bell " and " g .
i .
jane .
" in the distant years ahead , high school grad johnny rico ( casper van dien ) signs up for federal service along with his girlfriend carmen ( denise richards ) ; he gets accepted into the mobile infantry but she wants to travel to the fleet academy to become a starship pilot , so the couple is broken up .
but there 's temptation awaiting both of them
-- johnny 's is in the form of an old friend ( dina meyer ) also in the infantry and still harboring a secret crush , while carmen attracts the eye of her flirtatious instructor ( patrick muldoon ) .
personal rivalry and sexual jealousy carry over into the final 65 minutes , when an impending alien menace begins making good on its threatening presence and obliterates part of south america , killing johnny 's parents and destroying his home .
our weakening , lovesick protagonist is given new reasons to stick around the mobile infantry , and is dispatched with a group of fellow fighters to the aliens ' home planet , where he will head up a ground assault to end the threat for good .
but the enemy is far smarter , more diabolical and numerous than the good guys give them credit for , and after an initial walloping , they must re - examine their strategy .
the exposition -- played like a futuristic soap opera -- is silly , but aware of its own ridiculousness enough to merit more smiles than groans .
once we get past the campy character introductions and the numerous ( but never boring ) training sessions , " starship troopers " really kicks into high gear .
its last half is all gruesomely violent action -- a fury of severed limbs , decapitations , disembowelments , brain removal , explosions and other jolt - inducers that are really going to please the 13- and 14-year - old boys lucky enough to dodge getting carded or caught on their way into this deservedly r - rated show .
the creature design and special effects are amazing as expected , and their interaction with the human actors are a realistic , imaginative high point .
it 's nice to see intergalactic beasties that are n't too derivative of the titular menace from " alien .
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these monsters are appropriately terrifying sights , especially the arachnids , a spider - scorpion - crab combo that 's all sharp talons and even sharper legs .
they attack in packs of hundreds , and it 's a funny , scary sight to see these bugs take repeated hits and still crawl , jerk and struggle towards their intended victims in a determined , gooey mess .
it matters not that they actually have a laughable master plan in mind
( ask yourself if a species like this seems capable of carrying out such a plot ) ; these sequences of insect warfare are numerous , bloody and immensely satisfying .
the occasional dramatic moments -- one cast member 's death , the final resolution to johnny 's love triangle -- are botched , a testament to how " starship troopers " fails to create any strong , outstanding characters .
these bland ken - and - barbie archetypes serve the story adequately enough to keep any distractions at arm 's length , but restrain the film from achieving a higher ground a la " star wars , " where even the slightest aliens had definite personality .
the acting is decent ( but never spectacular ) ; most of the performers hail from aaron spelling territory -- smallish roles on " beverly hills 90210 " and/or " melrose place " -- and it occasionally shows .
van dien , for example , is limited but perfectly likeable .
in smaller parts are the afore - mentioned neil patrick harris as johnny 's best friend and jake busey ( gary 's son ) as johnny 's sidekick ; the latter excels at playing creeps ( see " the frighteners " or " contact " ) but seems off - kilter as a second banana .
" starship troopers " is based on the novel by robert heinlein , a sci - fi writer who has n't exactly seen any recent adaptation justice done to any of his books what with 1994 's howler " the puppet masters .
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but the overall familiarity to the " alien " trilogy -- and the promise of great gobs of gore -- could act as a crowd - drawer .
its own possible influence , however , might well work against it when the franchise continuation " alien :
resurrection " opens in a few weeks .
we will know then which film to crown as the best summer movie of the fall .

P