March 6, 2002 – A good scare — no matter how far-fetched or just plain silly — almost always finds it way to some enterprising Hollywood producer or director. "The Mothman Prophecies" filled the bill for director Mark Pellington.
What's it about? Well, there are no "prophecies" as such. There are drawings of a moth-like being that the wife (Debra Messing) of Washington Post journalist John Klein was obsessively working on just hours before her death in a car crash (she was already dying of cancer).
Klein (Richard Gere) discovers the unsettling images as he is removing wife Mary's belongings from the hospital, and the apparitions in the drawings haunt him. One night, while driving on an interview assignment from Washington, Klein finds himself in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 400 miles from his intended destination, with no idea how he got there.
He decides to blow off the interview and stay in Point Pleasant, without explaining anything to his editors. According to Chicago Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington, "Even less believable than the movie's horror story is its portrayal of the curious leniency of the Post editors to their star reporter's truancy."
Soon, Wilmington says, Klein is "swapping stories with Police Sgt. Connie Parker (Laura Linney), getting nuisance calls from strange beings, and watching local resident Gordon Smallwood (Will Patton) grow more unshaven and crazy." But it seems that Point Pleasant is rife with rumors of paranormal activity, if little else.
While there are no little men with blue ears busy making lampshades out of frozen pizzas, the movie from all reports tests one's credulity. It gets weirder and weirder but with no redeeming entertainment value, according to Wilmington.
"The Mothman Prophecies" looks like a rock-video episode of "Twilight Zone" or "The X-Files" under ether, he comments, calling it a "grim science-fiction horror movie … of humorless intensity and stylistic overkill."
Perhaps Hollywood should have meshed it with "The Queen of the Damned," the vampire-turns-rock-star horror story that also arrived at the territory's theaters this week. They could have called it "Those Damned Moths."
The two-hour long "Mothman" is rated PG-13 for terror, some sexuality and language.
It is playing at Market Square East.

March 6, 2002 – A good scare — no matter how far-fetched or just plain silly — almost always finds it way to some enterprising Hollywood producer or director. "The Mothman Prophecies" filled the bill for director Mark Pellington.
What's it about? Well, there are no "prophecies" as such. There are drawings of a moth-like being that the wife (Debra Messing) of Washington Post journalist John Klein was obsessively working on just hours before her death in a car crash (she was already dying of cancer).
Klein (Richard Gere) discovers the unsettling images as he is removing wife Mary's belongings from the hospital, and the apparitions in the drawings haunt him. One night, while driving on an interview assignment from Washington, Klein finds himself in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 400 miles from his intended destination, with no idea how he got there.
He decides to blow off the interview and stay in Point Pleasant, without explaining anything to his editors. According to Chicago Tribune movie critic Michael Wilmington, "Even less believable than the movie's horror story is its portrayal of the curious leniency of the Post editors to their star reporter's truancy."
Soon, Wilmington says, Klein is "swapping stories with Police Sgt. Connie Parker (Laura Linney), getting nuisance calls from strange beings, and watching local resident Gordon Smallwood (Will Patton) grow more unshaven and crazy." But it seems that Point Pleasant is rife with rumors of paranormal activity, if little else.
While there are no little men with blue ears busy making lampshades out of frozen pizzas, the movie from all reports tests one's credulity. It gets weirder and weirder but with no redeeming entertainment value, according to Wilmington.
"The Mothman Prophecies" looks like a rock-video episode of "Twilight Zone" or "The X-Files" under ether, he comments, calling it a "grim science-fiction horror movie … of humorless intensity and stylistic overkill."
Perhaps Hollywood should have meshed it with "The Queen of the Damned," the vampire-turns-rock-star horror story that also arrived at the territory's theaters this week. They could have called it "Those Damned Moths."
The two-hour long "Mothman" is rated PG-13 for terror, some sexuality and language.
It is playing at Market Square East on St. Thomas.

There will be a general membership meeting of the St. Thomas-St. John Hotel & Tourism Association at Renaissance Grand Beach Resort. There will be an Allied Members Mini Trade Show. If you are interested in participating contact the Association office at 774-6835.

The presentation by Governor Charles Turnbull at Kirwan Elementary School will be rescheduled from Wednesday, March 6, to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in the school's cafeteria.
The presentation, entitled "The Real J. Antonio Jarvis" is part of the Kirwan Elementary School's celebration of Black History Month.
Additionally, the public is invited to attend a program in the 30th Anniversary celebration of the school's opening. The program and Agricultural Fair will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 8. Former Michael J. Kirwan Elementary School principals; Miss Gladys Abraham, Dr. Arthurlyn Thomas and Mrs. Aloma Blake will be honored during the special tribute.

The Primary Spelling Bee will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 11, at the Joseph Sibilly Elementary School. All parents and guardians of students attending the school are cordially invited to attend.

This month's Parent Teacher Association meeting at E. Benjamin Oliver Elementary School will be held at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, in the school's cafeteria.
All parents and guardians of students attending the school are invited to attend.

All parents and guardians of students atending the Joseph Sibilly Elementary School are invited to attend a special Parent Teacher Association meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, at the school.
Special guests at the meeting will be Senator Lorraine Berry, who will make a special presentation and Kidscope Director, Mrs. Dilsa Capdeville, who will give a presentation entitled "Motivating Our Children to Succeed."

Mar. 6, 2002 – Bimbos of the world, unite — and go see "Crossroads," to bring your youthful wiles up to date.
If reviews of Britney Spears' first major movie are anything to go by, she would be well advised to lie about her age and look into going back to being a Mouseketeer. Except, or course, that her voice has made her a pop superstar. Her blonde superstar looks don't hurt, either.
In "Crossroads," Spears and a couple of girlfriends renew their old friendship after high school and decide to head off from small-town Georgia on a road trip to California. According to most critics, it is an ill-fated adventure, especially for the audience.
The three hop into a ' 73 Buick convertible with driver Ben (Anson Mount) and take off for the wild west, where Lucy (Spears) hopes to find her not lost, but "indifferent," mother, Kit (Zoe Saldana) wants to locate her lost (and apparently also indifferent) fiancé. And Mimi (Taryn Manning), who's pregnant, wants to compete in a record company's open audition. Ben is described as Mimi's "mysterious friend."
Well, you really don't want to know what happens to the three misbegotten caballeras (pretend that would be female caballeros). Things turn out far mussier than we have time here to get into.
However, if you are an aspiring bimbo somewhere between the ages of 13 and 14, by seeing the movie you can probably pick up a passel of things no self-respecting bimbo should ever, ever do.
Directed by Tamra Davis, the hour-and-a-half-long movie is rated PG for sexual content and "brief teen drinking." Not sure if that refers to what they're drinking, what they're wearing or how quickly they age in the process.
It starts Thursday at Market Square East.

Mar. 6, 2002 – Bimbos of the world, unite — and go see "Crossroads," to bring your youthful wiles up to date.
If reviews of Britney Spears' first major movie are anything to go by, she would be well advised to lie about her age and look into going back to being a Mouseketeer. Except, or course, that her voice has made her a pop superstar. Her blonde superstar looks don't hurt, either.
In "Crossroads," Spears and a couple of girlfriends renew their old friendship after high school and decide to head off from small-town Georgia on a road trip to California. According to most critics, it is an ill-fated adventure, especially for the audience.
The three hop into a ' 73 Buick convertible with driver Ben (Anson Mount) and take off for the wild west, where Lucy (Spears) hopes to find her not lost, but "indifferent," mother, Kit (Zoe Saldana) wants to locate her lost (and apparently also indifferent) fiancé. And Mimi (Taryn Manning), who's pregnant, wants to compete in a record company's open audition. Ben is described as Mimi's "mysterious friend."
Well, you really don't want to know what happens to the three misbegotten caballeras (pretend that would be female caballeros). Things turn out far mussier than we have time here to get into.
However, if you are an aspiring bimbo somewhere between the ages of 13 and 14, by seeing the movie you can probably pick up a passel of things no self-respecting bimbo should ever, ever do.
Directed by Tamra Davis, the hour-and-a-half-long movie is rated PG for sexual content and "brief teen drinking." Not sure if that refers to what they're drinking, what they're wearing or how quickly they age in the process.
It starts Thursday at Market Square East on St. Thomas.

Mar. 6, 2002 – Bimbos of the world, unite — and go see "Crossroads," to bring your youthful wiles up to date.
If reviews of Britney Spears' first major movie are anything to go by, she would be well advised to lie about her age and look into going back to being a Mouseketeer. Except, or course, that her voice has made her a pop superstar. Her blonde superstar looks don't hurt, either.
In "Crossroads," Spears and a couple of girlfriends renew their old friendship after high school and decide to head off from small-town Georgia on a road trip to California. According to most critics, it is an ill-fated adventure, especially for the audience.
The three hop into a ' 73 Buick convertible with driver Ben (Anson Mount) and take off for the wild west, where Lucy (Spears) hopes to find her not lost, but "indifferent," mother, Kit (Zoe Saldana) wants to locate her lost (and apparently also indifferent) fiancé. And Mimi (Taryn Manning), who's pregnant, wants to compete in a record company's open audition. Ben is described as Mimi's "mysterious friend."
Well, you really don't want to know what happens to the three misbegotten caballeras (pretend that would be female caballeros). Things turn out far mussier than we have time here to get into.
However, if you are an aspiring bimbo somewhere between the ages of 13 and 14, by seeing the movie you can probably pick up a passel of things no self-respecting bimbo should ever, ever do.
Directed by Tamra Davis, the hour-and-a-half-long movie is rated PG for sexual content and "brief teen drinking." Not sure if that refers to what they're drinking, what they're wearing or how quickly they age in the process.
It starts Thursday at Sunny Isle Theaters.