European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Robert Deniro left and Charles Cronin team up for laughs and action in Midnight run Cher and Nicolas Cage in  Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins in big Tim Robbins As nuke Baloosh in Bull Durham by Chuck Vinch staff writer it would have been almost impossible for Hollywood to improve on its Overall Box office receipts from 1987, the Industry s dream year. Even so 1988 has to be counted As a Success. Much of the Bountiful Harvest however was due less to the sheer creative talents of the movie mavens than to their canny Market sense knowing when to reissue time tested products As sequels. Such blatantly commercial efforts As Short circuit ii Friday the 13th part Vii halloween in cocoon ii rambo Iii Crocodile Dundee ii and death wish in were some of the offerings from a list that persisted throughout a period that could become known As the decline and fall of the roman numeral. For my Money the return of Michael Myers in the halloween Saga was the Best of the sequels even if world class screamer and Fay Wray award Winner Jamie Lee Curtis is but a Distant memory in this one. Without further ado Here is the second annual stripes Magazine incredibly subjective list of the 10 Best and worst movies of the year in no special order. Not All of these films have made it to the cafes theater circuit yet although they have been released in the states first the bombs h death wish in Chuck Bronson sends a variation of Nancy Reagan s message to the youth of America just say no Way Punk blame the messenger not the message Chuck hammers it across in his inimitable heavy handed Way. Switching channels Kathleen Turner flails breathlessly Burt Reynolds Arches his eyebrows and Chris Reeve looks for a phone Booth in this sorry rendition of the Cary Grant classic his Gal Friday. Promised land a Fine cast is wasted in a Story of bored teens taking torturous by twisted paths to a Semi tragic ending that you probably won t care about. So full of strained religious symbols that you la feel like going to confession afterwards. Worthy Only for Meg Ryan s goofy affecting performance. Bright lights big City Michael j. Fox gets the All time mis casting award for trying to play a cocaine encrusted casualty of the Yuppie wars. He can t get past being a Cherub. Eddie Murphy raw Eddie goes Over the line far too often in this embittered diatribe against the female sex. He also goes into excruciating detail about what it s like to be Young Rich hip and a Mega Star if you re looking for tips on How to succeed in that career Field. For die hard fans Only. Rambo Iii the worst kind of right Wing rubbish the perfect Coda for the waning Days of the Reagan Era. Strictly for those who think Large Caliper ordnance explosions qualify As Art. 8 stripes Magazine january a 1989