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(1250 350) 725 , Mon. - Thu.(3,50) 725 By John Walker arts@barnstablepatriot.com Silent Hill hasasurrealdream-like quality to it. By dream-like I mean it is so boring it made me fall asleep three times. It has to be one of the dullest and least involving films I've seen sinceI sawDewey Decimal: The Musical. Basedonabest-sellingvideo game, whichisneveragoodthing,Silent Hill plodsalongat apamt-drying-on-a-hu- mid-day pace. The surreal quality of the cinematography gives it a night- marish quality. Unfortunately, there are absolutely no scares or tension in thisfilm. Instead,allweareleft withis bad acting, bad writingand, worst of all, a two-hours-plus running time. The story is definitely a classic example of avideogamestoryline.A mother takesher disturbed adopted daughterbacktothe townwhereshe was born. The town is abandoned dueto aninextinguishablefire inthe mines below. The mother crashes her car and when she awakens she discovers her daughter is missing. She spends the remainingtwo-plus hours traveling down maze-like cor- ridors and battling an assortment of creepy ghouls and goblins. Silent Hill is so bad it makes you wish that Hollywood would give up on big-screen adaptations of video games and go back to old-school story telling. Perhaps Checkers: The Movie or Backgammon: The Next Adventure. Lucky Number Slevin Josh Hartnett stars asdown-on- his-luck Slevin.Herecentlylosthis job,hisapartmentwascondemned and he caught his girlfriend cheat- ing on him. Trying to change his luck, he travels to New York City to visit his friend. Unfortunately his bad luck continues when he is mistaken for his friend, who owes twowarringmobbosseshugegam- bling debts. The mob bosses, "the Rabbi" (Ben Kingsley) and "the Boss,"were once partners. The two are now enemies with an uneasy alliance. When the Boss's son is murdered, he calls in the infamous assassin, Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis). Mr.Goodkat suggestsacon called the KansasCity Shuffle inwhichyou get your enemy to look to the right when you come infrom the left. The plan requires a hapless innocent to be the distraction. Enter Slevin. Thefilmpacksterrific performanc- es by such Hollywood heavyweights as Morgan Freeman, Stanley Tucci, Kingsleyand Willis.But perhaps the mostimpressiveperformancecomes fromHartnett,whogivesalight,jovial demeanortothehaplessSlevin,which isafeat consideringheisaninnocent victimcaughtinthewrongplaceand the wrongtime. The film is a thrillerand hassome violentscenes.Overallthefilm'slight and entertaining banter coupled withsometerrific performances,top directing and an interesting story full of twists make Lucky Number Slevin well worth the time and cost of the rental. Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of TheJedi Time for filmmaker and geek god George Lucas to cash in once again onthe"galaxyfar,faraway."Thistime George releases, for the first time on DVD,the originalversions asseenin theatres andthe re-issued enhanced versions. Why would anyone need to have both versions on one DVD? Simple. Many people, including myself, felt that Lucasshouldhaveleft the origi- nalsalone.Itwasatechnicalfeatthat heenhancedthe specialeffects ofthe original,but wastherereallyaneedto addscenesthat added nothingtothe story? Or wasit an example ofLucas needingto feed his own ego? One of my favorite scenesinmovie historyissetinthecantinawhereHan Solo shoots the notorious Greedos HanSoloisoneofthe coolest charac- ters incinemahistory and definitely notabove,atleastinmybook,shoot- ingfirst and asking questions later. ^MMW M^M\ Lucas, however M seemed to have ^ a problem ..^^^^^^^^B with Han ""^''^l Solo ^ ing first. So in the ¦ enhanced version I he made it so that M Greedo fires first in ^B the bar. WmAm Iamnot afan ofthecleaned-up and' enhancedversionsoftheoriginals.To methe originalversionoftheoriginal Star Warswillalwaysbethedefinitive one.Iagreewithwhoeversaidthefilm'-' - belongstothedirectoruntilthepublic, sees it and makes it theirs. What makesthiseditionsospecial isthat itwillbe availablefor alimited time only before it disappears into- the Lucas Vaults. It also features commentaryby Lucas aswell as one of the stars of the film, Carrie ^m^ Fisher. Am W . ¦ i ¦ * i Silent Hilloo ARTS NOTEBOOK... WHAT'S NEW? The New Cape Singers,that's who. Marjorie Bennett Morley will lead the recently- formed mixed voice chorus in its debut concerts Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Route 6A in Barnstable and Oct. 1at Brewster Ladies' Library, also on 6A. Sacred and secular works by Mozart, Brahms and others will be presented, and Celtic harper Thom Dutton will perform. A free-will offering will be accepted. CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 Cliffside note John O'Hara wrote most of his scandalous Butterfield 8 at the Oceanside Inn in East Sandwich in 1935, ac- cording to biographer Geoffrey Wolff. "There is no sex, no nothin'. I work in the afternoon and in the evening, and quit at one a.m.," O'Hara wrote to his editor. That jibes with Wol- cott Gibbs' observa- tion, also quoted by Wolff,that O'Hara had a "strong distaste for sunlight and preferred to stay in bed until the worst of it was over." ibles with the society. The cleats, jackets, helmets, and much more can be seen at the Daniel Davis House on Route 6A in Barnstable Village, next to Sturgis library. On Sunday, the exhibit opens officially when the gala Septemberfest gets under way. Attendees can view the exhibit, par- ticipate in a silent auction, and enjoy wine and fine foods on the terrace out back. BHS gridiron greats from eras past will be in attendance, including Ay- lmer, Jim Ellis, and Walsh, among others. Stewart feels the ex- hibit will draw a crowd because it stands out from the standard nautically themed exhibitsat the museum. "This is unique," he said. "It's a football world today. "Over the years, people get so involved with pro sports in their area. Now that [the Patriots] are champs, it makes it differ- ent. Kids look up to those players. Hopefully, a lot of them will bring their par- ents to see this exhibit." Walsh began collecting the sports memorabilia when someone gave hima red-painted football from 1934 for the Hall of Fame. "I knew that if that was out there, there had to be more out there," he said, noting that at one time there were eight such foot- balls.Now hisis the last that is left. Walshappreciates the exhibit for what it rep- resents to the town of Barnstable."Football was the second sport at BHS. Baseball was the first, but football to me is the quint- essential team sport,"he said. "It's about overcom- ing great odds. Even when the school was very small, [football] brought every- one together.Because there were very few people, they were all involved in some way." For Walsh, the exhibit is simply the precursor to what he hopes will be one of the biggest BHS football seasons in decades. While the exhibit should provide fans with background information about the pro- gram, Walshis busy trying to rejuvenate the tradition of a pre-game parade and Pep Rally the day before the big Thanksgiving Day game against Falmouth. "The exhibitis only the beginning,"he said."It's just a starting point. It's important that the kids of today don't forget who they're playingfor and who played before them." Septemberfest at the Daniel Davis House will be held Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Wine and fine foods willbe served,and a silent auction held.For tickets ($35), call 508-362-2982. The exhibit of Barnstable's football history will continue at the museum on Route 6A next to Sturgis Library. Historical society's goal... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 ond album, Heavier Things, showed signs that the guy could play, but nothing like the fourth album, acompila- tion of live songs,As Is. The average reaction: this isn't John Mayer, that's a guitar player. Mayer'smusicalityisagain featured on Continuum. This time, Mayer comes off as a seasoned veteran, al- most post '70s Clapton-like without the history of drug use and controversy, play- ing polished guitar licks in songs that are consistently smooth. Without ripples that is, or rawness, or edge; not exactly guts music for those that like scratchy backyard blues albums, but definitely clean and calculated. Well-balanced in a way, which is what has hap - pened to Mayer's musical reputation. No longer soft and weightless, Continuum shows the former poster boy has some soul, some character, some gravity that deserves some listening. Romance language... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 (John Shuman ) asks his attorney, (played by John Koolin) , in one heated scene where they are duking it out in a verbal altercation involving their religious roots, rather than concentrating on the trial at hand. It is in this petty battle that religious slurs are in abundance , embarrassed laughter a riotous background noise. You see, Shuman is on trial before an ineffectual judge (Garry Mitchell) suffering from a plethora of petty ailments that re- quire medications. These are mind-altering to the extent that he loses it in the courtroom, where anything but dignity and professionalism rule. Pitted against a troubled prosecutor (Stephen Rus- sell), the accused and his attorney must strive to prove the defendant's in- nocence but at every turn they are led off course by derisive asides, radical inconsistencies and high drama. Consistently tryingto keep the judge on the path to justice is the bai- liff (Shawn O'Neil), whose lackluster personality is deceivingly sound and steady,for he too has a secret side. In fact, there is not one sane person in this engaginglyribald comedy where no one rules and everyone runs amok, consistently sur- prising the audience with slurs of the worst kind that shamefully amuse even the most devout and upstanding citizens. As in any comedy worthy of the tag, there is one particularly kooky character, in this case Bernard (Timothy Bab- cock), an affected blond who wears his heart on his sleeve for his favorite guy,the prosecutor. It is no surprise that he too makes it to court, albeit blindly and with a punch, literally.To round out the quirks there is even a doctor (Dick Morrill), who is called upon to sedate the judge, though the scene is anything but calming. It's hard to describe the shenanigans of this offer- ing because they are so outlandish and irreverent that you just have to see it to believe it. Romance, directed by Jim Fran- gione, plays at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre through Oct. 7. For tickets,call 508-349-3011.