BRAT WHAPPING

But not all is lost:

Sheedy rebounds in Tri-Star’s just-released “Short Circuit” (it’s about a wayward robot, and is expected to do healthy business). Nelson just signed to star in Bob Clark’s “From the Hip” for De Laurentiis Entertainment.

Plus, ticket sales for the first weekend of “Blue City” were OK ($2.7 million) and not everybody in the universe detested the movie. Enthused the Houston Chronicle’s Bruce Westbrook, “Manning sustains a fierce momentum thanks to vivid action sequences, tight editing, a strong score by Ry Cooder and a knockout performance by Nelson.”