Frankenstein News

Carl has survived Death Race 2, and now must survive new ownership of the Death Race franchise.

Long-time readers of this column know that I just don't get Tim Burton. The director has always made depressingly dark movies and his more recent efforts have been aimed, alarmingly, at children.

Throw that scrabble board away and get a laptop - writing seems to be your game.You've had your 10th Editor's Choice article approved! I have to confess that I'm much more concerned about accidentally passing gas in a crowded lift, than by the odourless greenhouse gas which seem to trouble former US vice president, Gory Al.

Honeysuckle Weeks, Charity Wakefield and Alec Newman will star in Melanie Marnich 's These Shining Lives, set to kick off the first season at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park.

Okay, so maybe there's something to be said for not raising the dead. History seems to show that nothing good ever comes from it.

They're sported by many a gent at the Sun Journal. There's even an inside office joke about cop reporter/man of mystery Mark LaFlamme and sweater vests, the exact details of which escape Bag Lady at the moment.

Plans are coalescing for a red-carpet film history weekend in Moraga May 10-12. That's when a classic film weekend will launch a Classic Film Hall of Fame at the Rheem Theatre, 350 Park St., Moraga - including personal appearances by Mickey Rooney and Cloris Leachman .