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October 27, 2003
Issue 340
Vol. 9, No. 43

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 According to Michael Cassutt, sci-fi screenwriters who want to turn their hands to other genres often find themselves trapped in "A Cold, Dry Season."


INTERVIEW

 Now that she's done battling the undead as Faith on Buffy, Eliza Dushku befriends the dead for a change on Tru Calling, while David Zucker puts Anna Faris and Regina Hall through their comedic paces in Scary Movie 3.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Hayden Christensen embraces the darkness of Star Wars: Episode III, Famke Janssen plays Hide and Seek, David Boreanaz discards his angel's wings as the villain in The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Renny Harlin revamps Paul Schrader's Exorcist: The Beginning, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Anna Faris laughs and screams in Scary Movie 3, Ann Suzuki fights the future in Returner, Eliza Dushku lives day after day in Tru Calling, Christopher Shye channels John Travolta in Phenomenon II, and Keith David looks back at the movies' greatest monsters in Creature Features.
OFF THE SHELF
 Michael Moorcock revisits his Eternal Champion in The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius, while Karin Lowachee parties with a space prince in Burndive.
GAMES
 Luke Skywalker trains the next generation of padawans in the first-person shooter Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy for the PC.
CLASSICS
 A spacefaring gambler might lose more than his life savings—he could lose his life as well—in Deathworld, the first installment of Harry Harrison's trilogy.
COOL STUFF
 One of the most desirable items in the Trek universe, the original series phaser, is made real with the fun features of the Trek Tek Phaser Pistol.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The self-mocking ham behind Capt. James T. Kirk serves up a mix of fan activity, celebrity news and Star Trek kitsch on The Official William Shatner Web Site.
LETTERS
 Readers beg for Charisma Carpenter to be brought over to Angel, look forward to a future Doctor Who, marvel at Elizabeth Moon, and much more.

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