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We’ve been moving for several years towards a state of affairs where studios, wary of risking big money by backing an unproven property, instead greenlight sequel after sequel to their few profitable action franchises. Last year’s summer slate was the worst example yet of this trend, featuring sequels to The Matrix, Charlie’s Angels, X-Men, Terminator, Bad Boys, The Fast and the Furious and Tomb Raider—a bunch of exercises in money-burning, most of them roundly reviled by critics and many lapsing from the public consciousness even before...
...With its latest effort in Tennessee, LES seems especially anxious to avoid a reprise of those controversies. In an unusual move, LES has asked for a greenlight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without the usual public comment on various environmental, safety and security issues. But groups like the Sierra Club and the National Resources Defense Council contend that this will simply, "reduce the . . . licensing procedure to a flimsy rubber stamp." LES plans to file its 3,000 page license application with the federal government by January 30, to be followed by a review process that could take at least...
...Emmy) and you find some of the real treats. "Survivor" will square off against TLC's "Trading Spaces" in a "special" category for reality programming. Another reality category (Outstanding Nonfiction Program (Reality)) shows how brilliant and diverse the much-maligned genre has become: "American High," "Frontier House," "Project Greenlight," "The Osbournes," "Taxicab Confessions" and "Trauma: Life in the ER." The midseason comedy gem "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" got a writing nomination while "Six Feet Under," weirdly, got none. And it turns out we critics got it all wrong: NBC's funny-for-the-wrong-reasons chefcom "Emeril...
...System Is Nuts. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and producer Chris Moore had the cute idea of a contest among amateur filmmakers, with the winner to direct a $1 million movie to be released by Miramax. Project Greenlight (HBO, Sundays, 9:30 p.m.) is the autopsy of a film from start to finish. It's also reality TV at its most instructively sadistic: first you play Survivor, and after you win, they kill you--slowly...
...SUNDAY NIGHT Some of its efforts were mixed (Band of Brothers) or complete misses (The Mind of the Married Man). But with strong additions Six Feet Under and Project Greenlight, returning stalwarts Oz, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Emmy-winning Sex and the City and an utterly transcendent third season of The Sopranos, the cable network laid claim to the true must-see--albeit must-pay-to-see--night...