1 .1 mmmmmi m-AIL- 2B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend gajine - Thursday, October 30, 2003 W w 0 w w w The Michigan Daily - WeekendIaZi Random once saw a trippy ghost in Miami A guide to who's where, what's happening and why Te We e d L s you need to be there ..Te We e d Ls By Scott Serilla Daily Arts Editor ROOMMATE OF RANDOM: Hello? TE MICHIGAN DAILY: Hi Lauren? ROR: Hang on. RANDOM: Hello? TMD: Hi, Lauren? R: Yeah. TMD: Hey Lauren ... hang on one second ... (To the rest of the Daily Arts staff) SHUT UP! I'm trying to do the random! (Back to Random.)So Lauren, you've been selected to be the Halloween edi- tion of the Random Student Interview for The Michigan Daily. Are you game? R: (Pause) OK. TMD: What are you dressing up as this year? R: Yeah, but I'm not sure as what. TMD: OK, what are the options, I'll help you pick. R: (Checks with roommate.) We don't know yet. TMD: Nothing? Really getting down to the wire here. R: Sorry. TMD: You don't have to apologize to me. Its not my Halloween that's gonna be ruined. You have to have some idea. R:... Elvis. TMD: OK, we'll keep that in the maybe pile. What was your favorite cos- tume from Halloweens past? R: Last year I was a pumpkin. TMD: Like a scary pumpkin or a nice pumpkin? R: A nice one. TMD: Was there ever something you wanted to be really badly when you were a kid but your mom wouldn't let you dress up as that? R: My mom? No, but I wanted to be Madonna. TMD: Why don't you dress up as Madonna this year? R: That's what I'm gonna do. TMD: Which is a worse costume for this year: R. Kelly or Kobe Byrant? R: R. Kelly. TMD: Cause he'd pee on people, right? R: Yep. TMD: That's no good. There's a lot of talk of sexy girl costumes but what about the guys? What can a guy dress up as to drive the ladies nuts? R: (Asks roommate and disappears) TMD: Hey no help! This about you. R: Captain Morgan and you can give out shots. TMD: Girls love alcohol and pirates. Two birds, one stone. Which is the worse treat, pennies or black licorice? R: Black licorices. TMD: Trick of choice: Eggs, toilet paper or flaming bag of poop? R: (Laughs) Eggs. They're gross. TMD: Do you like scary movies? R: No. TMD: No? Why not? R: They're scary. TMD: What's the worst scary movie for you, one that's haunted you for years and you have nightmares about? R: "Silence of the Lambs." TMD: Yeah, I hate that too. Did you ever make it all the way through? R: Never. TMD: Really, the end is the scariest part. Do you believe in ghosts? R:Yes. TMD: Yeah? Ever had a run in with one? R: Yeah at my backyard in Miami. TMD: There's ghosts in Miami? I did- n't know that. What happened? R: Umm ... I went back inside. TMD: You just ran back inside? What was the apparition doing? R: I'm not going to lie. I wasn't sober. TMD: You'd been drinking and you saw a ghost ... R: It was in a tree. TMD: Did you ever think it might have been a squirrel? R: No, never thought that. TMD: What did it look like? R: I can't describe it. It was trippy shit. TMD: Do you believe in vampires? R: No, I don't believe in vampires. TMD: Bigfoot? R: (Laughs) No. TMD: Aliens? R: No, but my friend thinks she was abducted. TMD: But you don't believe her? R: Nah. TMD: Umm ... just Floridian tree ghosts. So who would win in a fight between King Kong and Godzilla? R: Godzilla. TMD: Freddy or Jason? R: Jason. TMD: Dracula or Frankenstein? R: Frankenstein. TMD: "Monster Mash" or "Thriller?" R: Like Michael Jackson? "Thriller." TMD: Creature from the Black Lagoon or Cookie Monster. R: Cookie Monster. TMD: Ann Coulter or the Wolfman? R: What? TMD: Don't worry it about. Ah, how do you kill a zombie? R: He's ... dead. TMD: Very good, it was a trick ques- tion. How do you stop a zombie? R: You ... don't. TMD: Cut off the head. Remember, that will save your life. Anyways, have you ever been to a haunted house? R: Yeah. It was scary. They had shit jumping out of secret places. TMD: What kind of shit? R: Like people. TMD: Yeah, people can be pretty shit- ty. Who was Charlie Brown wanting for on Halloween? R: His lover? TMD: No ... R: Oh, his dog Snoopy! TMD: No, no the Great Pumpkin. Missed that one, Lauren. Minus five points. R: Oh God. TMD: OK, apple bobbing etiquette question ... R:OK. TMD: If you go down for an apple and somebody decides to pants you and then pushes you into the water, then gets everybody in your whole third grade class to turn around and point and laugh and they all start calling you "Scotty Scott No-Pants" for the next ten years ... is it OK to still be angry about that? R: Ummm ... no you should get over that. TMD: OK, I'll tell my friend. It didn't happen to me it happened to a friend, he's still bitter about it --- still cries ... OK, well thanks for your help Lauren. Happy Halloween. Weekend 2?.cc Writers: Jennie Adler, Kaema Akpan, Sravya Chirumamilla, Aliya .Chowdhri, rstin Kasak, Hussain Rahim, Niah Slevin Photo Editors: Tony Ding, Brett Mountain Photographers: Forest Casey, Ashley Harper, Laura Shlecter, David Tuman Cover Photo: Ashley Harper Arts Editors: Todd Weiser, Manaq in jEditor, Jason Roberts, Scott SerlIa, Editors Editor in Chief: Louie Meizlish Films opening Bollywood/Hollywood Somebody cott any Meg Ryan film that isn't a finally has the sense to make a decent romantic comedy. She's tormented musical about a whore. It's about us for so long with her useless damn time. At Madstone: 1:20, 5:35, sapfests, and now she wants out? 7:40. Not so fast, Me ggy. At Showcase: Noon, 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10, In the Cut People ought to boy- 12:30 AM (Fri and Sat) Films holding Thursday and a depressed hot dog vendor v only a figment of your imaginati We l, it's not anymore. Michig Theater: 5:00, 7:00, 9:00. Good Boy! Whatever happened to "Homeboys from Outer Space" and all the other halfway decent extrater- restrial film and television of yester- year? Good boy's don't make bad movies, therfore this dog is not a good boy. At Showcase: 12:15, 2:35, 4:35, 6:35, 8:30. Intolerable Cruelty George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones are two fine looking people. I mean, just one look at her curvaceous hips and appetizing, hourglass frame will uhh, sorry; ot off track there. Where was I? Oh yes, "Intolerable Cruelty" ... At Showcase: 12:55, 3:05, 5:20, 8:00, 10:05, 12:25 AM (Fri and Sat) At Madstone: 3:25. Kill Bill: Volume 1 Do you know why there's a sign above Quentin Tarantino's garage that says, "Amazing filmmaker?" Because making amazing films, especially those about ninlas, is his business. And for him, business is good. At Showcase: 12:10, 1:40, 2:35, 4:20, 4:55, 6:50, 7:20, 9:10, 9:40, 11:25, 11:55 At Madstone: 1:00, 2:00, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15. Lost in Translation It's a Bill Murray comedy salad with Asian dressing and sounds like a delicious treat. OK, that was an inane and hopeless metaphor. Go see it any- way. Seriously, you will be glad you did. At Showcase: 1:00, 7:55. Mystic River The moral of the story: Next time you decide to go pedophile hunting, try to do it on a night other than the one when your childhood friend's daughter is mur- dered. It'll save everyone a lot of hassle. Wait did I just give everything away? At Showcase: 12:50, 1:20, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:35, 10:05, 12:20 At Madstone: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45. Night of the Living Dead As the inimitable Beavis would probably say, "Zombies kick ass." This is the first major zombie movie. Logic fol- lows that this ought to kick ass, too. At Madstone: 10:30. Out of Time You have to wonder sometimes whether Denzel is really a good actor or if he just scares the piss out of people to the point where they say they lke him. Personally, I think it is the second, but that's lust me. At Showcase: 1:00, 3:20 5:30, 7:45, 10:15, 12:20 (Fri and tat) At Madstone: 1:25, 3:45, 7:25, 9:45. Radio This movie was fine when it was called "Rudy" and the makers didn't try to rack up extra sympathy points by giving the main character a mental handicap. But Ed Harris is still very cool. At Showcase: Noon, 12:30, 2:20, 2:50, 4:35, 5:05, 6:55, 7:25, 9:20, 9:50, 11:40, 12:10 a.m. (Fri and Sat) At Madstone: 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:45. Grisham stories that are all about the intrigues of law in the South but completely inaccurate depictions of the legal system itself, then, brother, you're in the right place. Or if you like Gene Hackman movies. At Showcase: 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:05, 11:35. At Madstone: 1:00, 3:35, 7:00, 9:35. Scary Movie 3 This one is a substan- tial improvement on the second "Scary Movie." It's too bad, though, that it took three movies for the makers to figure out that the Wayans brothers were ruining their movies. At Showcase: 12:15 AM, 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45,4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15, 11:45 At Madstone: 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:35. The School of Rock Jack Black is a damn fine comedian for making such a crappy plot good. All hail the Tenacious D front man. Let us sing him praise. This is not the reatest movie in the world, but a tribute. At Showcase: 12:10, 12:40, 2:40, 3:10, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45, 11:55. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre While we're at it, why don't we just remake "Halloween, "The Exorcist" and every other worthwhile horror movie of the past four decades into a worthless teeny-bop piece of crapp. Or, maybe we won't, you decide. At Showcase: 12:50, 1:20, 3:00, 3:30, 5:20, 5:50, 7:40, 8:10, 9:55, 10:25, Midnight, 12:30 AM (Fri and Sat) Under the Tuscan Sun If you think seeing the Tuscan landscape is worth eight and a quarter, then, by all means, go see this. Otherwise, spare yourself the anguish. I have heard that the real Tuscan landscape is a sight to behold, if you have the means, I highly recommend you do check it out for yourself. At Madstone: 1:05, 3:20,5:30, 7:45. Underworld It's amazing how appealing "Matrix" rip-off action sequences and heavy metal music are. It sometimes makes you think you're in the wrong business. But werewolves and vampires are still totally sweet, so the movie isn't a com- plete wash. At Showcase: 12:40 a.m. Veronica Guerin What?!? A Jerry Bruckheimer movie that's a charac- ter study? And it doesn't have a soundtrack headlined by P-Did and (insert shitty rock band here)? Nah, sounds too good to be true. Plus, director Joel Schumacher ruined the "Batman" series. Damn him. At Showcase: 10:25, 12:35. Wonderland Tonight on "E! True Hollywood Story:" Johnny Wadd Holmes had it all: a career atop the porno industry, great smack ped- dling friends, and a killer quaff - until he decided to rip off a big name drug dealer and got shanked for it. At Showcase: 12:35, 3:05, 5:25, 7:40, 10:05, 12:25. CAMPUS CINEMA Bubba Ho-Tep Anybody who can impersonate Elvis and slay the living dead is alright in my book State Theater: 7:15, 9:30. Casa de Los Babys We use only the finest babies, produced in and shipped directly from South America. MichiganTheater: 7:15, 9:15. Cuckoo Crazy love triangle between a Soviet, a Pole, and a Fin. C'mon, you know you like it. Michigan Theater: 7:00. Lost in Translation See above. State Theater: 7:00, 9:15. IF you couldn't figure it out on your own, the spotlight event this weekend is ... drum roll ... actually it is a tie. With Halloween on Friday night and the intrastate football rivalry with Michigan State on Saturday, It would be impossible to pick a winner. So, go out and enjoy your- self Friday thenenjoy the game, that's an order. THEATRE Nosferatu Black and white vampire amazement with a live organ accom- paniment! Michigan Theater: 9:00. MUSIC The Ron Brooks Trio I'm gonna go as Ronnie for Halloween. Does anyone know where I can get a giant loser costume? Bird of Paradise, 312 S. Main St., 8 p.m. $5. 662-8310. Subterraneous Records MC Battle If you thought spoken word and shitty folk guitar open mic was fun, wait til you see a bunch of white kids from West Bloomfield try to rap. Damn you "8 Mile!" Blind Pig, 208 5. First St., 9:30 p.m. $8. 996-8588. Vermiculum Apparently, this word has something to do with cancer. Yeah, that seems about right. Elbow Room, 6 S. Washington St., Ypsilanti, 10 p.m. $5. 483-6374. THEATRE Pushkin's Boris Godunov Inspired by Shakespeare's History Plays, Pushkin's only full-length play follows a climactic struggle for power in tsarist Russia. 8 p.m., Sports Coliseum, 721S. Fifth Ave, $35-$40; 734-764-2538. MISCELLANEOUS Suzanne Farrell Ballet As part of the St. Petersburg celebration and a s mposium on George Balanchine, Farrell's company performs an all- Balanchine program set to music of Piotr Tchaikovsky. 8:30 p.m., Power Center, $14-$42; 734-764-2538. Friday Pushkin's Boris Godunov Thursday. Boy's Life follows the lives of th former college buddies througt series of fast-paced, sharply etcl scenes that take place over1 course of a year. 5 p.m., Ar Theatre, free. Saturday CAMPUS CINEMA Bubba Ho-Tep See above. S Theater: (2:00), (4:15), 7:15, 9:30 The Eye See Above. Michi Theater: 11:00. MUSIC The Cheni Sisters I like I 5 persona Didn't think I gonna get a F ume oke there, did y The Ark, 316 Main St., 8 p $20. 761-145 Sari Broi Ha II o w e4 Extravagan Nothing s extravaganza a fer singer/songwri It was origin Extravagan; Didn't know it did you? Cr Wk i d o Bookstore a Tearoom, 114 Main,m8:30 Free. 665-27 EVERYDAY FINANCE 101-WHAT You NEED TO KNOW Now TO BECOME FINANCIALLY SAVVY! You've seen them on TV. You've heard them on the radio. Now see them in person! Meet Real Estate and Business Insiders David Hall, Bob Walters and Stephen Luigi Piazza on campus for discussions including: - Understanding Credit What you do today can WRECK your credit tomorrow - Renting to Buying: First time home buying tips - Advantages of Buying/Investing early You'll get valuable information to begin life after college. But if that's not enough, we're not above blatant bribery. We'll also give out .. - $500 in CASH PRIZES - FREE food - FREE gifts - Plus, FREE entertainment with the Rate Lock Band Join us Tuesday, November 4th 6:30-7:30 pm in Angell Hall Auditorium A. Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi. Everyone is welcome! CAMPUS CINEMA Bubba Ho-Tep See above. Theater: 7:15, 9:30. State Runaway Jury If you like John The Eye Hey, that's no fair. The once blind girl now gets to see ghosts. We want to, too. Michigan hseater: 11:00 Lost in Translation See above. State Theater: 7:00, 9:15. The Station Agent I bet you thought a friendship between a dwarf, a mother who lost her child, www.realestateinsiders.com Phone Numbers: Michigan Theater: 668-8397; Quality 16: 827-2837; Showcase: 973-8380; State: 761-8667. Showtimes are effective Friday through Thursday. Matinee times at State Theater are effec- tive for Saturday and Sunday only. _ a . ... . . . . . . ... a o