Star whores by MATTHEW HAYS George Lucas is fightin' mad about all the revelations that have surfaced on the Net about his much-hyped Star Wars prequel. Apparently, the Force has been with the geeks, who have dug up virtually every line of dialogue and every nuance of the film (some of the revelations were not accurate, among them the rather surreal gossip tidbit that Charlton Heston was going to play Yoda in the new film). Lucas and his company intend to sue the pants off any of those who are actually making money off their sites, but not those who are simply innocent (i.e. non-profiteering) fans. Lucas might actually get a kick out of one short video (posted at www.glenridge.org/macbeth/). Several students at Glenridge High School in New Jersey decided to meld their Star Wars worship with their English lit studies. The result is Star Wars: Macbeth, a zany riff on both classic texts, with several students playing Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and various other Star Wars types, while reciting dialogue from the Shakespeare play. The performances are spirited, if rather uneven (these are, after all, high school students), while the most impressive aspect is clearly the special effects. The students face off with lightsabers and eventually take off in the Millennium Falcon--from the school gymnasium! (The short is also buoyed by John Williams' bombastic score.) "We got permission from the principal and the custodians to film inside the building, under the condition we wouldn't break anything with our fake lightsabers," explains the behind-the-scenes text on the site. It's this, the filmmakers' no-budget Little Rascals-style approach to their work, that makes it a refreshing antidote to all the endless hype surrounding Star Wars. A bedsheet becomes a cape, Darth Vader et al are continually backgrounded by lockers, etc. Less than a month after the original live-action Superman, Kirk Alyn, died on March 14 of natural causes at 88, the latest incarnation of the superhero, Dean Cain, arrived in Montreal to begin shooting a TV show for local production house Allegro. Cain, who played Superman in the series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, brought a certain supermodel veneer to the character, a point of contention among certain DC Comics fans who found him a bit too polished. Look for Cain on the streets--and in the sky--around town. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Aska Films is having a retrospective honoring one of Quebec's most talented directors, Claude Gagnon, beginning this Tuesday, April 6 until April 15 at the Cinémathèque québécoise. Included in the series will be The Kid Brother and The Pianist. See repertory listings for showtimes. The Asian Film and Video Art Society, Ciné-Asie, is presenting several more screenings at the Cinémathèque québécoise. Next Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m., Wong Kar-Wai's Fallen Angels will screen. The film is a bizarre, gripping look at the Hong Kong underworld. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle's outstanding work demands to be seen on the big screen. Ciné-Fiesta, the annual festival of Latino films, is having a fundraiser this Friday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at Tacomania (3469 Parc). Surprise film shorts will be shown and the fest's lineup will be announced. $4. Olé! COMMENTS: matt_hays@babylon.montreal.qc.ca