Johnny Mnemonic: You can pronounce it, but can you sit through it? Data dude Keanu Reeves races to download info from his chip-implanted brain, and nobody cares.
Virtuosity: If you honestly believe the LAPD will be using virtual reality to catch bad guys by 1999, see ex-cop Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch in the Paramount film, Opens Aug. 4.
Shop Around the Corner: In 1940, Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan exchanged anonymous love letters by snail mail. In the Turner remake, lovers will woo via e-mail.
The Net: Sandra Bullock as a shy, geekoid systems analyst who gets caught up in a murder scheme via computer program? Sure, why not? Beats driving a bus. By Columbia Pictures.
Strange Days: Another ex-LAPD cop? Yep. But this time it’s beady-eyed Ralph Fiennes, the Fox thriller’s villain who pushes virtual reality like so much heroin. Due in October.
Hackers: Did someone say high-tech industrial conspiracy? Rad. So say the teens in this summer United Artists film, before Net-surfing their way into being prime crime suspects.
