European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse On videos a reviews videos the abyss rated pg-13. Like the titanic the abyss seemed unsinkable until it went Down. Along with a budget that would choke a Beluga this deluxe undersea thriller had director Jim Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd the seemingly infallible creators of action adventures such As the terminator and aliens. Then they met their water Lulu in this veritable seafood Platter of thrills. This unwieldy adventure throws everything at its heroic divers a marital discord russian missile crises Leaky valves we Iii typhoons psychos. And then there Are the ethereal nits non terrestrial intelligence which this movie needs like a Rowboat needs tires. De Harris stars As Bud Brigman the Rig Foreman whose Mellow style grates on deep cores a project Engineer a Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio As his almost sex wife Lindsey. With about 40 percent of the movie shot underwater it is persuasively wet but not very deep. A Rita Kempley a associated press drugstore Cowboy rated r. An electrifying movie without one misstep or one conventional moment that makes us voyeurs in the world of 1970s Quot dope fiends Quot As Junkie Matt Dillon likes to Call them. Since its a pretty limited world airless and crushingly dumb in which the impulse is simply to move from High to High the wonder is that a movie this Alert this razor funny and this compulsively watchable can be made about it without betraying its blitzed out characters. Somehow in Only his second feature director co writer Gus Van Sant has managed it. A los Angeles times an innocent Man rated r. What s the Story every convict tells i m this time its True. Tom Selleck stars As Jimmie Rainwood an Ordinary Guy who services aircraft whose Ordinary life becomes a horror show when two corrupt cops Frame him for drug dealing in order to cover up their mistake. He of course pleads not guilty at his trial is convicted and shipped off to the big House where he meets the usual Herd of prison animals. Directed by Peter Yates who did so Well years ago with bullitt an innocent Man is a Good idea and plays just Fine As far As it goes. But its missing a toughness an Edge a the drama and tension that could make it a far More compelling movie. The problem a unfortunately might be Selleck. Although he 1 gives a Fine performance As the wronged citizen he a simply too Nice a Guy. But what the movie lacks in excitement is made up for in its realistic prison scenes and prison Lingo. F. Murray Abraham is a Delight As the prisons respected lifer. A associated press National lampoons Christmas vacation rated pg-13. More to hum than hoho to. The Griswaldo a otherwise known As Chevy Chase Beverly d Angelo and whatever kid actors happen to be available a Are nestled All snug in their Beds this yuletide. Poppa Clark Chase is going to have a Quot fun old fashioned family Christmas Quot if it kills him. And it just might Given this series penchant for Broad physical humor there a a lot of falling a off ladders out of attics Etc there s the traditional House full of bothersome relatives including Randy Quaid the movie s one Bright spot As Leisure suited Cousin Eddie. The film does capture one aspect of the stressed out Holiday season in the midst of All its forced festivity you May find yourself with a Dull headache. A Eleanor Ringel a Cox news service Young Einstein rated pm. This blockbuster from Down under was supposed to do for Yahoo serious and nuclear fission what Crocodile Dundee did for Paul Hogan and Sun dried insouciance. Serious s slapstick fantasy is a Dopey coming of age comedy at heart written directed produced and edited by the fluorescent haired Star. He envisions Albert Einstein As a Sweet country bumpkin who starts popping off theorems after he is decked with an Apple crate. Delectable Odile Leclezio is Marie Curie a saucy French Exchange student who helps Einstein save the world from an atomic Beer Keg. There Are flashes of cracked potential in serious a Effort but these Are As rare As the movie is Frisky. Its got Energy and velocity All right but it Hasni to got mass Appeal. A associated press a in country top was to be released this week to cafes video stores. Below a Young these were the top 10 videocassettes in . Sales for the third week of april according to billboard Magazine. 1 Honey i shrunk the kids Disney. 2 lethal weapon 2 Warner. 3 Indiana Jones and the last crusade Paramount. 4 the wizard of of the fiftieth anniversary edition Mem a. New kids on the Block hanging Tough live lbs. 25x5 continuing adventures of rolling stones lbs Bambi Disney. 8 teenage mutant ninja turtles Case of the killer pizzas family teenage mutant ninja turtles Cowa Bunga shred head family. 10 new kids on the Block hanging Tough lbs. top 10 video rentals were 1 Field of dreams Mca. 2 Honey i shrunk the kids Disney 3 parenthood Mca. 4 lethal weapon 2 Warner. 5 an innocent Man touchtone 6 casualties of War Ria Columbia. 7 Turner amp Hooch Touchstone 8 Indiana Jones and the last crusade Paramount. 9 dead poets society touchtone. 10 Uncle Buck Universal City studios. To plus Page 9
