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Back to back columns, imagine that. Don't be surprised that we'll even have 2 more columns next week! All thanks to the war, which leaves me plenty of time to write at work. Thank you sweet tourism industry! Expect my thoughts on Phone Booth on Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime, I leave you readers with a short update on projects shooting in my hometown and Miss Jones' take on My Baby's Mama.

I finally manage to write a script review. I hope you enjoy my take on Lords of Dogtown. I'll have another column on Friday. Make sure you catch it!

This is a little behind schedule perhaps, but here they are, the top picks in film for 2002. I'm making a big return for the month of March. You should definitely not miss it...

February is probably the busiest month of the year for me. I'm barely surviving work and I'll try to write a few more columns this week. Saw Daredevil and it was exactly as I imagined it. The best comic-book adaptation since Tim Burton's Batman. The X2 trailer was spectacular. Today, I have Ms Jones' unpublished script review of Dark Blue. The movie opens this week. Have a great Monday!

Finally, today we unveal the worst of 2002 as selected by myself and my TNMC buddies John Shea, Dr. Strangelove and Miss Jones. I hope you enjoy reading about all the bad movies released this past year. We'll follow next week with my top 10 best films of 2002.

Howdy folks, I'm here to review a script for a live-action adaptation of the cartoon The Jetsons. The script is by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood) and is dated 1996. Live-action adaptations of popular cartoons have had a fairly checkered track record so far. The two Flintstones films were fairly uninspiring, Scooby Doo impressed no one and Josie and the Pussycats was a major bust. That lack of success certainly doesn't mean that Hollywood has given up on the notion though. In today's movie making climate, the key is selling something that large audiences are comfortable with. That means a lot of sequels and frequently adapting existing popular works like books, comics or TV shows. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Warner Bros. has been tinkering with the idea of making a live-action movie of The Jetsons. For those unfamiliar with the cartoon, The Jetsons was set in the future when humans live in cities built high in the atmosphere. The humor frequently revolved around silly gadgets that accomplished basic tasks we do by hand.

"A dangling from the cliffhanger is what this movie will be. No X-game action stunts necessary here. The quirky plot and its' interestingly positioned characters suffice just nicely. It's shrouded in mystery right from the beginning, and the ending titillates no less. The diabolical, but tranquil mood immediately clues you in to the madness soon to come; but, you just didn't know from what direction. And when the sun finally sets, all hell breaks loose.

The German Lieutenant
by
Stanley Kubrick
&
Richard Adams
script reviewed by
Frederick J. Chiaventone