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February 22, 2005
Issue 409
Vol. 11, No. 8

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John Haider

INTERVIEW

 Director Lawrence Guterman gives birth to a new generation of gonzo comedy with the help of Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming in Son of the Mask.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 When Russell Hoban asked John Clute to Come Dance With Me, our critic found that the author had "Perfect Pitch."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Rutger Hauer hunts for the Minotaur, Stephen Sommers enters Terry Brooks' Magic Kingdom, Will Smith dons the mask of a disillusioned superhero, Christian Bale signs on for the Batman Begins video game, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Keanu Reeves seeks his salvation in Constantine, Jamie Kennedy learns that it's not easy being green in Son of the Mask, and Matt Groening guest-stars on the Space Ghost Coast to Coast volume-two DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Richard K. Morgan duels to the death in Market Forces, while Rob Gerrand collects the best dreams from Down Under in The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing.
GAMES
 The worlds of sci-fi and the spaghetti western collide as aliens hunt and are hunted in the bizarre first-person shooter of Oddworld Stranger's Wrath for the Xbox.
ANIME
 Walt Disney shines the spotlight on Japan's Studio Ghibli with special editions of The Cat Returns, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Porco Rosso.
SOUND SPACE
 Bowling for Soup, Collective Soul, Three Days Grace and others make werewolves rock on the 14 tracks of the Wes Craven's Cursed CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Hollywood Elsewhere complains about the Academy Awards and examines Constantine's cigarette addiction with thought-provoking news, reviews and essays.
LETTERS
 Readers remember Jack Chalker, demand a director's cut for It Came From Outer Space, disagree over the end of Enterprise, thank Stan Lee, and much more.

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