SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- The year's first space disaster flick, "Supernova," will blast into the stratosphere this week. Along with the sci-fi thriller, this week's openers include the family drama "My Dog Skip," Ice Cube's "Next Friday" and the baseball documentary "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg." Here's a look at the new films hitting theaters - and the films already around going into new release patterns: WEDNESDAY: "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" (Cowboy Booking) -- Portrait of the legendary Bronx-born Jewish baseball player who came close to breaking Babe Ruth's home-run record. Tall, handsome, and uncommonly good-natured, Greenberg was a secular Jew from Bronx who became "the baseball Moses," an icon for everyone from Walter Matthau to Alan Dershowitz. (Limited release) "My Dog Skip" (Warners) -- Based on the autobi
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2000 -- It's always a bad omen when Alan Smithee directs a movie. But what about one directed by Thomas Lee? As every student of show-biz minutiae knows, "Smithee" is the pseudonym Hollywood typically uses when a filmmaker wants his or her real name removed from the final credits. "Thomas Lee," on the other hand, is a newcomer. Lee makes his first appearance as an Alan Smithee type on MGM's "Supernova," a $70 million sci-fi disaster flick starring James Spader and Angela Bassett as outer-space medical rescue workers. In reality, Lee is veteran filmmaker Walter Hill ("48 Hours"). Hill, whose last film under his own name was 1996's "Last Man Standing," was booted from the project in February 1999. Today, Lee's/Hill's orphaned film hits theaters - and the question is: Is "Supernova" about to implode? "Generally