If you like Saturday Night Live, you'll love "Superstar." Lorne Michael's SNL's very own Mary Katherine Gallagher comes to the big screen determined to achieve her goal in life – a great big, hold-your-breath Hollywood kiss.
Gallagher is played by her creator, Molly Shannon, and assisted by Will Ferrell, also from SNL.
The Irish Catholic Gallagher hears about a dance contest sponsored by a national magazine, and she sees her chance to make her dream come true. The grand prize is a trip to Hollywood and a chance to be an extra in a movie, a Hollywood movie. Oh wow and hot dog! Need we say more?
The film is directed by Bruce McCulloch and produced by Lorne Michaels.
It is rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language (and plain, ordinary silliness).
The movie starts at Sunny Isle on Thursday.

If you like Saturday Night Live, you'll love "Superstar." Lorne Michael's SNL's very own Mary Katherine Gallagher comes to the big screen determined to achieve her goal in life – a great big, hold-your-breath Hollywood kiss.
Gallagher is played by her creator, Molly Shannon, and assisted by Will Ferrell, also from SNL.
The Irish Catholic Gallagher hears about a dance contest sponsored by a national magazine, and she sees her chance to make her dream come true. The grand prize is a trip to Hollywood and a chance to be an extra in a movie, a Hollywood movie. Oh wow and hot dog! Need we say more?
The film is directed by Bruce McCulloch and produced by Lorne Michaels.
It is rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language (and plain, ordinary silliness).
The movie starts at Market Square East on Thursday.

Perhaps writer, director David Koepp says it best: "When I first looked at the story, I was swept away. It's a classic ghost story with a twist – the darkly superntural meets up with the incredibly ordinary."
Richard Matheson's 1958 story comes to life in "Stir of Echoes" starring that veteran of violence, Kevin Bacon, as a simple, blue-collar husband and father, Tom Witzky, living a quiet Chicago life with his wife, Kathryn Erbe, and son. Quiet that is, until he attends a party where his sister-in-law, as a light diversion, hypnotizes him. And life is never simple again for Tom.
His encounter with hypnotism brings him a subconscious power he didn't know he possessed, (and now wishes he didn't.) He begins having horrific visions, terrible headaches and develops a fear that his family is in danger.
He discovers a real-life secret having to do with his family, and he becomes compelled to seek the source of all his his visions, and to make things right with the secret he has discovered. All pretty heavy stuff for a simple, family man.
It is rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
The film starts Thursday at Cinema One.

Perhaps writer, director David Koepp says it best: "When I first looked at the story, I was swept away. It's a classic ghost story with a twist – the darkly superntural meets up with the incredibly ordinary."
Richard Matheson's 1958 story comes to life in "Stir of Echoes" starring that veteran of violence, Kevin Bacon, as a simple, blue-collar husband and father, Tom Witzky, living a quiet Chicago life with his wife, Kathryn Erbe, and son. Quiet that is, until he attends a party where his sister-in-law, as a light diversion, hypnotizes him. And life is never simple again for Tom.
His encounter with hypnotism brings him a subconscious power he didn't know he possessed, (and now wishes he didn't.) He begins having horrific visions, terrible headaches and develops a fear that his family is in danger.
He discovers a real-life secret having to do with his family, and he becomes compelled to seek the source of all his his visions, and to make things right with the secret he has discovered. All pretty heavy stuff for a simple, family man.
It is rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
The film starts Thursday at Diamond Cinema.

Old Blue Eyes here isn't the Chairman of the Board. This time it's Hugh Grant playing Mickey Blue Eyes, a debonair Englishman (aren't they all?), who falls head over heels for the wrong girl.
Mickey runs an upscale auction house in New York City, and is blissfully in love with his girlfriend of three months, Gina, played by Jeanne Tripplehorn.
But trouble arises when he finally works up his courage and proposes to Gina, and she turns him down flat. She says she does love him, but she can't marry him. No reason given.
So Mickey pursues Gina to her father Frank's restaurant in Little Italy where he meets her family. Frank, James Caan, welcomes his potential son-in-law with open arms and Mickey is delighted. At first, that is. He soon begins to realize that welcome to the family really means welcome to "The Family." No wonder Gina didn't want him involved.
In order to win his lovely Gina's hand, Mickey becomes involved in a mission to thwart The Mob, but, as luck would have it, he soon becomes an inadvertent accessory to murder, on top of which he finds himself masquerading in certain circles as Kansas City wiseguy Mickey Blue Eyes.
The movie is produced by Grant's girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley. Hurley and Grant went over the script, which originally had Mickey as an uptight American and changed him to the charming Englishman, certainly more Grant.
The movie is rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some violence and sensuality.
Playing at Sunny Isle.

Old Blue Eyes here isn't the Chairman of the Board. This time it's Hugh Grant playing Mickey Blue Eyes, a debonair Englishman (aren't they all?), who falls head over heels for the wrong girl.
Mickey runs an upscale auction house in New York City, and is blissfully in love with his girlfriend of three months, Gina, played by Jeanne Tripplehorn.
But trouble arises when he finally works up his courage and proposes to Gina, and she turns him down flat. She says she does love him, but she can't marry him. No reason given.
So Mickey pursues Gina to her father Frank's restaurant in Little Italy where he meets her family. Frank, James Caan, welcomes his potential son-in-law with open arms and Mickey is delighted. At first, that is. He soon begins to realize that welcome to the family really means welcome to "The Family." No wonder Gina didn't want him involved.
In order to win his lovely Gina's hand, Mickey becomes involved in a mission to thwart The Mob, but, as luck would have it, he soon becomes an inadvertent accessory to murder, on top of which he finds himself masquerading in certain circles as Kansas City wiseguy Mickey Blue Eyes.
The movie is produced by Grant's girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley. Hurley and Grant went over the script, which originally had Mickey as an uptight American and changed him to the charming Englishman, certainly more Grant.
The movie is rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some violence and sensuality.
It starts Thursday at Market Square East.

Unbelievable? No! Unreal? No!! Surprising? No!!! Business as usual? Unfortunately, yes!!!!
Dear Source:
It was with a great deal of dismay, that I read of the withdrawal of Michael Bornn's name for nomination to the post of Tourism commissioner. Did I read correctly that the governor said he didn't think he could work with Mr. Bornn? Doesn't the greater good of the territory rest on this decision?
I'm sorry, but when the ship is sinking, your personal feelings should be put aside and the bigger picture should be seen by the captain. Is the governor afraid to be shown up? Certainly ego does not play into this dreadful decision. (ya right!!)
The governor will be begging the United States for more money soon, I'm sure. Doesn't this practice get old?
History repeats itself more in the Virgin Islands than anywhere I've ever seen. When are people going to wake up?
This is really a simple issue if one steps back from the fray and thinks about it. People want to come to the Virgin Island to spend their money. If they are treated in any way other than very well, they will not come back, and neither will any of their friends (ever hear of "word of mouth"?). Treat them well and they will come back.
If they don't go to the Virgin Islands, they will use your airports to go to other more pleasing destinations like Tortola, Virgin Gorda etc…
Make them want to come. Show some appreciation instead of taking this concept for granted.
This cycle can't go on forever. Right now, if someone asks me where they should go in the Caribbean, I tell them to go to the BVI. They ask me why I don't recommend the place I lived for 15 years, and I tell them the simple truth. The place seems to be falling apart. Sorry……….
Eric K. Roeske

The word is out. The Water and Power Authority's governing board has been instructed by Government House at its meeting on Friday, October 29th, to enter into a $300,000 contract with Price Waterhouse (PW) to evaluate on behalf of the Southern Energy Inc.'s proposal to purchase WAPA.
What's wrong with this? Everything!!
First, Price Waterhouse had a $500,000 contract with the Public Finance Authority to study SEI's offer to the Schneider administration. PW was to be paid an additional $125,000 if the sale ever went through. So in no way could PW ever be considered an objective evaluator.
Second, there are other parties out there wishing to buy WAPA. They have not been given the time of day when seeking to contact Government House.
The point is, if the government is going to sell WAPA, there are other buyers out there who may be very willing to pay a higher price.
What's wrong with giving every potential buyer a level playing field, and letting the people of the virgin Islands scrutinize such an important transaction as it develops.
Who suggested to the Government using Price Waterhouse? Could be SEI.
We'll probably never know.
Here we go again.
Hans Loeffler, CPA
St. Thomas

Territorial Court Judge Alphonso Andrews decided Thursday to consolidate preliminary and permanent injunction arguments in the lawsuit against the Beal Aerospace-V.I. government land swap in an effort to speed up the proceedings.
The consolidated hearing will continue Tuesday morning and could take another three or four days to complete, Andrews said. The defense will have the weekend to take depositions of about a dozen witnesses listed by Ned Jacobs, attorney for plaintiff Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen. Included on the list is Department of Planning and Natural Resources Commissioner Dean Plaskett.
Although the attorneys for the V.I. government and Caribbean Space Technologies, an affiliate of Texas-based Beal Aerospace Technologies that would own the land at Great Pond Bay, argued that they weren’t prepared to argue the merits of a permanent injunction hearing, Andrews cleared his calendar for next week to begin arguments.
Before the judge granted CST attorney Daryl Dodson’s motion to receive a list of the plaintiff’s witnesses and time to depose them, Dodson called the proceeding up to that point "trial by ambush."
On Oct. 8, Andrews granted Hansen and 19 other St. Croix residents’ request for a temporary restraining order against the land swap, which was approved by the V.I. Legislature three days earlier. Andrews ruled that Gov. Charles Turnbull violated the public trust when he sent the land exchange agreement to the Senate for approval.
The Legislature approved the land swap so that Texas-based Beal could acquire 14.5 acres of land, once the home of the Camp Arawak youth camp, for a portion of a parking lot. The lot will accompany Beal’s proposed $57-million world headquarters and rocket assembly plant near Great Pond Bay. In exchange for the Camp Arawak land, the government would receive acreage owned by Beal in Estates Whim and Grange Hill.
The plaintiffs contend that the Camp Arawak land was deeded to the people of the territory in 1974 to be developed into a park and therefore cannot be traded away.
In a seven-hour hearing on Wednesday, Andrews allowed CST lawyers to intervene in the lawsuit on the side of the government. Andrews also denied a motion to dismiss the case.
Meanwhile, testimony from Wednesday continued with the plaintiff’s witness, St. Croix ecologist Olasee Davis, on the stand.

The 30 days a District Court judge gave Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen to prove whether the local or federal government owns the property on which the Christiansted National Historic Site sits runs out on Nov. 1.
With that in mind, Hansen’s legal counsel, attorney Amelia Joseph, asked Gov. Charles Turnbull in a letter Thursday to join Hansen’s suit. As of Thursday evening it was unclear what the administration’s plans are.
At the end of September Hansen was granted a temporary restraining order in District Court against the National Park Service’s plan to turn a 12-space parking lot in downtown Christiansted into a park.
The Park Service wants to turn the asphalt area between the Scale House and the wall that surrounds the Post Office into a 4,200-square-foot lawn with an information kiosk, benches and palm trees.
Hansen claims that the property that the Park Service manages, which includes Fort Christiansvaern, the Scale House, Customs House and Steeple Building, is owned by the V.I. government. The Park Service disputes the claim.
A few days after granting the restraining order last month, District Court Judge Raymond Finch reversed his decision, noting that only the governor can take legal action on behalf of the V.I. government. Finch questioned whether Hansen, acting as a private citizen, had standing in the case.
Finch gave Hansen and Joseph 30 days to prove ownership and convince Turnbull to join the suit. If he doesn’t, the case will be dismissed.
On Thursday, Joseph said she had historical documents that show that when Denmark transferred ownership of the Virgin Islands to the U.S. government much of the property in question went to the municipal government.
"There is a deed that indicates this property belongs to the local government," Joseph said in a radio interview Thursday where she urged the governor to sign his name to the lawsuit. "There is a chance now to make a decision once and for all who owns this property."
The new park project would complete the Park Service’s controversial move of April 1998 that turned the 70-space King’s Wharf lot into a grassy park. That project spurred similar protests from former Gov. Roy Schneider, who also claimed the V.I. government owned the property. He later backed off those claims.
Both Hansen and Schneider argued that downtown businesses would be hurt by the lack of parking. Christiansted National Historic Site Superintendent Joel Tutein, however, argued that most of the parking at the King’s Wharf lot was being used by employees and business owners.