Author Archives: David E. Smith

Star Wars II Trailer (or not. sorry.)

bureau42.com is proud to scoop just about everyone on the net by presenting the trailer to Star Wars Episode II (which, curiously, doesn’t include the movie’s subtitle, “Attack of the Clones”). It’s in the downloadables section, in MPG format. (And here’s a direct link for the truly impatient.) Enjoy! Update, 4pm: This is, according to those who have commented, the bogus trailer. And my Web host got cranky at me eating up bandwidth like candy so he trashed the file anyway. If anyone wants to mirror it, for laugh value if nothing else, lemme know and I’ll make arrangements for you.

Random Harry Potter Movie Stuff

Because I’m too lazy to make each one a separate article… Empire Online reports that, contrary to the custom of cutting a book down to size for the film, the movie will in fact have a scene added that wasn’t originally in the book. And, for any of our readers (or their older kids) in .uk, they’re trying to cast the roles of “Young Hagrid” and Tom Riddle. Contact info if you can use it… And, I don’t know if this is news, but the first batch of toys is available at major retailers everywhere. Anyone who acquires an extra Dumbledore figure is urged to email me soonest.

Final Fantasy DVD Preview

It came and went from the theatres so fast that it may have been easy to miss. (Heck, I missed it. I feel so ashamed.) Fortunately, “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” comes to DVD a week from Tuesday (23 October). Is it worth the buy? First, read our review of the movie itself, then read IGN’s preview of the DVD and its many special features.

Matrix: The Oracle Dies

First Aaliyah, now this… maybe “The Matrix: Reloaded” just isn’t meant to be. Gloria Foster, the actress who played the enigmatic, cookie-baking Oracle in “The Matrix” died last weekend. Most of her scenes for the second movie had already been completed, according to The
Wire, but not those for the third movie.

Can the late Aaliyah still act?

At the risk of being insensitive, this petition is just kooky. They could get away with keeping Brandon Lee in “The Crow” because the film was more-or-less done, but Aaliyah had only filmed a few scenes in “The Matrix: Reloaded” before her untimely death last month. Is keeping her scenes in the movie a fitting tribute to a fine R&B singer and budding actress, or is it just something out of a bad Monty Python sketch?