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and Gitano is auctioned off with the rest of the stock to fight in the Plaza de Mexico bullring.
    Leo is determined to save his friend from death in the bullfighting arena and writes a letter to the President of Mexico asking for a pardon. Moved by the letter, the President grants the young boy's wish, but it is already too late: Gitano has been committed to face off with renowned matador Fermín Rivera (playing himself). Both warriors — man and beast — display bravery and brilliance in the ring, which leads to an exciting finale.
    The Brave One
has the best elements of a Disney film without the treacly sentiment. This is an uncomplicated but moving story, well told by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (using the pen name Robert Rich) that will appeal to kids and adults alike.
    BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (2001)
    â€œSo tell me sire, do they speak of the beast in Paris?”
    â€” Henri Sardis (Jean-Francois Stevenin)
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
is all over the place. It's a French Revolution/ horror/martial arts epic with style to burn, and makes up for the gaping holes in its story with sheer energy and sensory assault.
    Very loosely based on the legend of the Beast of Gevaudan, a mysterious creature that terrorized a rural area of France in 1764,
Brotherhood of the Wolf
begins its loopy journey in the closing moments of the French Revolution. To solve the mystery of the beast, who had attacked more than 60 women and children and was widely believed to be of colossal size, the king of France dispatched two investigators to the precipitous central area of France. Each member of the envoy brings special talents to uncover the mystery: Mani (Mark Dacascos), an Iroquois scout, not only has martial arts moves that would make Bruce Lee green with envy, but can also talk to trees! Expedition leader Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) comes to believe that the creature exists, though he surmises it is being manipulated by man.
    At a dinner Fronsac meets Jean-Francois (Vincent Cassel) and his sister Marianne (Emile Dequenne). They are local gentry, and a blossoming relationship between the rough-and-tumble Fronsac and the demure Marianne causes a rift with those close to the king. Matters become even more complicated when Fronsac becomes involved with Sylvia (Monica Bellucci), a beautiful prostitute with some dangerous habits. When the king's lieutenant falsely claims to have killed the murderous Beast of Gevaudan, Fronsac arranges one last hunt using Mani's shaman techniques to track the murderous monster.
    Director Christophe Gans packs every moment of
Brotherhood of the Wolf
with either bone-crunching action (imagine if John Woo had directed
Dangerous Liaisons
), crazy audio/visual effects, or busy scenes involving beautiful people. Though Gans knows how to amuse the eye, he isn't much of a storyteller; but
Brotherhood of the Wolf
is so entertaining that we'll forgive him just this once.
    BUBBA HO-TEP (2002)
    â€œMr. President, we're going to have to kick some mummy butt.”
    â€” Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell)
    Since The King took his final earthly tumble from the throne at Graceland in 1977, there have been many Elvis sightings. He's been spotted ordering a Whopper at a Burger King in Kalamazoo, Michigan; riding in a Cadillac in his hometown of Memphis; and dozens of Web sites chronicle the king of rock and roll's rather hectic schedule in the afterlife.
    Self-proclaimed champion “Mojo storyteller” Joe R. Lansdale added a new and unlikely chapter to the folklore surrounding Elvis's post-August 1977 activities in the form of a novella of speculative fiction called “Bubba Ho-Tep.” It's a wild story about an aging Elvis and an Egyptian mummy that was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 1994.
    Director Don Coscarelli discovered the story the following year. “I was in a genre bookstore down in Los Angeles. I was looking around for something fun to read,” Coscarelli told
Reel to Real
in 2002.