Mid'night'Madness The Michigan Theater is presenting 11 p.m. showings of "The Mummy" on Friday and Saturday. "The Matrix" will be showing next week, same times. cRTdS Monday July 12, 1999 Terror rules on 'Arlington Road' Legacy arrives on DVD By Jonah Victor Daily Arts Writer For a film dealing with terrorism and packed with suspense "Arlington Road" has relatively little action. Director Mark Pellington, best known for mak- ing Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video, instead pays tribute to the old fashioned mystery-thrillers of the Hitchcock Arlington era. Road Jeff Bridges, in a much more mature role after At Ann Arbor 1&2 "The Big and Shswcase Lebowski," plays widowed father Michael Faraday. No, not the a'-famous physicist, but a highly emo- tional professor who lectures on terrorism. Tim Robbins, in a deeply layered perfor- mance, plays the ideal neighbor Oliver Lang, whose family lives across the street. Joan Cusack portrays Lang's all- too-perfect wife. Faraday meets Lang when he rescues Lang's son from a fire- cracker accident. As the Faradays quickly befriend the Langs, Faraday watches his son fall under Lang's ques- tionably benevolent influence. He begins to have suspicions about Lang's shady background, which escalate into a paranoia that drives him to the edge. Both Bridges and Robbins give strong performances, and their exchange of words alone builds tension and excitement. The film has nothing new to say about paranoia, but its com- mentary on terrorism and disguised ref- erences to the Oklahoma City bombing make it relevant, albeit somewhat fanci- ful. While no masterpiece, "Arlington Road" is a well constructed suspense film of the sort not seen too often in this day and age. It proves that a movie need not have a big budget tobe amply enter- taining. ., . . : , r m By Ed Sholinsky Daily Arts Editor It seemed obvious that the Alien Legacy should be on DVD - the for- mat begged for it. Finally, all for "Alien" films get the DVD treatment. Sure, "Alien 3" and "Alien: Resurrection" never came close to living up to "Alien" and "Aliens," but this is still a collection well worth owning. Because Fox included bonuses on each of the DVDs and it's been hard to find pristine copies of "Alien" and "Aliens," the discs are especially pre- ctous. Of the lot, the bonuses on "Alien" are the best. Ridley Scott's commen- tary provides a lot of insight into not only the technical aspects of the film, but also of what went into making something that had never really been done before. The real highlight, howev- er, is the collection of deleted scenes. Not only are there almost 20 deleted scenes, but there is an introduction to each of them. detailing why they were cut out. "Aliens" - the best film in the lega- cy - is presented in special addition format, and includes more than 17 minutes of additional footage. Most of the restored material blends nicely into the film, and only the most knowledge able viewer will notice most of th additions. Though the film do have a commentary by director Jame Cameron, it does have an intervies with him about the details of making sequel. Cameron's revelation that h used only six alien costumes in the filn is only one of many interesting insight the director brings to the film. Th worst feature of this DVD is the pro duction feature of it where they shov some of the technical intricacies of th film, which are extremely dull. "Alien 3" sucks. That's all that cat said of director David Finch . ("Seven") debut film. But the DVE contains an interesting featurette on th< first three alien movies. "Alien Resurrection," while not as good as th< first two, is certainly better than thi third. Like "Alien 3" the only bona. material is a making of featurette tha you could hae seen on the Sci-F channel before the film even hit t- aters. Perhaps only a completest will wan: to own the entire Alien Legacy, but there's no denying that watching these movies together gives a more complete picture of Ripley's character and the saga as whole. For those not interested in this, each disc is sold individually. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Jeff Bridges suspects his neighbor of being a terrorist In "Arlington Road." Monstrous battles explode in 'Legaia' By Devoron Q. Sanders Daily Arts Wnter It's a dangerous time for Playstation role-playing games. "Final Fantasy VII" raised the bar immensely, and the majority of Legend of RPGs since have L egai failed to come close. There have been a few shin- y ing moments, Sony Paystaton however, and Sony's "Legend of Legaia" is one of them. In "Legaia," players enter a world where man used to co-exist peacefully with power- ful beings known as Seru. Humans can combine with Seru to gain special pow- ers such as flight or extreme strength. Unfortunately, the world is being threat- ened by a mysterious and evil mist - one that causes the Seru to run rampant, forcing themselves onto human hosts and turning them into monsters. Naturally, the goal here is to save the world. The main character, Vahn, starts off in his tiny home village of Rim Elm. From there he meets up with an orphaned girl named Noa, and a Warrior-Monk called Gala. Together these three wage war against the mist, fighting for their own separate goals as well as for humanity. The game is sur- See LEGAIA, Page 15 Courtesy of 20th cenary Fox Ripley (Sigomey Weaver) connects with her inner alien in "Allen: Resurrection." ~ Testament delivers 'The Gathering' Intense action awaits players in "Legaia." MEXICAN CAFE 333 E. Huron " Ann Arbor ANN ARBOR'S FINEST ... MEXICAN STYLE FOOD! PRINTING O~ro Er®TLOW EST PRICES!- HIGHEST QUALITY! MEXICAN RESTAURANT * ASEST VICE! Mijil2 hDOXrAu FASTEST SER VICE! r W 1002 PONTIAC TR. 994-1367 f. OPh eh to a lt'tlr ~dljt o.StI' a t tt Are you interested in working on a grant from the Aspen Institute this summer(and maybe this coming school year as well) to investigate the theory and practice ot corporate social responsibility? I you wou d like to make $101 hour, learn a great deal, and maybe even have some fun, give me a call at By Adlin Rosli Daily Arts Editor "Life is hard, but Testament is harder," said Testament's guitar player and princi- pal songwriter, Eric Peterson. Peterson's statement is no empty boast as the group has faced numerous uphill obstacles throughout its decade-plus struggle. The group has lost all of its original members, leaving only the duo of Peterson and lead singer Chuck Hilly, had to deal with all manner of legal and political flak from its former major label, Atlantic Records and ended up making no money from its last album, the duo's elf-financed aiid released 1 7 effort "Demtonic," elite to the disttibutors going bankrupt. Despite the hardships, Peterson n aged to find the inspiration to carrr "I was seriously thinking about quittin: at the end of the "Demonic" tour, bu then when I got home I put on tha record and realized I wasn't done yet; Peterson said. What resulted was the duo's recen release, "The Gathering" which title Peterson explained, refers to, "the albun being a gathering of our best musica aspects and that we managed to gt all-star lineup to back us up." With lising drum legend, Dast LomSbaEdo, on drums, Nirtuoso fretless See TESTAMENT, Page 11