European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A i 8 a reviews heart condition rated r. High concept strikes again. Could anyone make a Good movie out of a premise where a bigoted White cop is haunted by the ghost of his Black heart donor Well if anyone can its mercurial Bob Hoskins and Smoothie Denzel Washington two scene steamers who take this Albatross of a marketing Hook and almost make it Fly. The movie bogged Down in formula also seems crammed with Talent Chloe Webb co stars. A Eleanor Ringel Cox news service always rated pm. A better title for Steven Spielberg a remake of the Soppy 1943 Spencer Tracy movie a Guy named Joe might be forever which is roughly its running time. All of us who fell under Holly Hunters spell in broadcast news and stuck to her through miss firecracker Are in for a rough time of it. Cuteness turning overripe is not a pleasant sight. Richard Dreyfuss can do no better than his dialogue or his situation a or his direction and All of that is As they say tooth rotting. A los Angeles times Roger and me rated r. Michael Moore s documentary about pm Auto Plant closings in Flint mich., is a sharply satirical look at american mores in the Reagan Era a real life Black comedy about the haves and the have not. Its been called a documentary for people who done to like documentaries and that a not far wrong. A los Angeles times the old Gringo rated r. Noted san Francisco journalist Ambrose Bierce a broken Man with a death wish crossed the mexican Border in 1913 and was never heard from again. In Carlos Fuentes richly poetic tale he imagines Bierce joining pan Cho Villa s troops during the mexican revolution and eventually getting his wish. The big scale movie version of the Fuentes work is More polemical than poetical at times ponderous occasionally nonsensical though with a certain authentic earthy Charm in its portrayal of the clash of two cultures and three very different people. Gregory Peck makes a rather vague Bierce a dignified bemused cynical observer a White maned conscience to the intrigued innocence of schoo marm Harriett Winslow Jane fond also trapped within the revolution and the haunted ill tempered general Tomas Arroya Jimmy Smit who like Bierce is doomed by his conflicting desires. A Jack e. Wilkinson a United press International the Bear rated pm. Remarkably conceived and filmed this is a Story of two bears an orphaned cub and a giant wounded grizzly who befriends him. Together they make their Way through the wilderness Over mountains through icy Rivers in a determined bid to escape two human Hunters on their Trail. The adventure is of course loaded with Charm but it has its Chilly Side. It is after All a life and death struggle and played out before the stunning bavarian Alps things can get brutal. Not just for kids it s an outdoor yarn that should intrigue nature and animal lovers of All Ages. A . A United press International when the whales came rated pm. A sentimental save the whales or else fable of Man and nature. Set on England a Bryher Island just before world War i the Story revolves about an elderly Recluse Paul Scofiel the Lone survivor from a neighbouring Island devastated by a curse when the inhabitants preyed on some beached Narwhal whales. Now the tucked creatures have run aground on Bryher and it s up to the old Man and his two Young friends through whose eyes the Story unfolds to Avert another disaster. Good fare for the whole family. A . A United press International my loft foot rated r. Daniel Day Lewis a room with a View gives a stunning Oscar winning performance in this terrific film based on the life of Christy Brown the Dublin born artist so severely crippled by cerebral palsy that the Only part of his twisted body he could control was his left foot. Forget those Standard Quot saintly disabled Quot movies Christy is a handful first handicapped second. He s a Brilliant contentious flirtatious irishman with a taste for the bottle and the occasional Brawl. Born to a crushingly poor Irish family in 1932, Christy grows up to become a renowned Painter and novelist. The movie is sentimental about the Irish not the disable but there a a Flinty directness too. The Star gives a Triumph of the will portrayal shaking off our pity with a fierce Glare and a spittle Ridden oath. Like its hero the movie is wily witty and full of itself As bracing As of slug of Irish whiskey and every bit As satisfying. A . A Cox news service now Lino Cinema videos these were the top 10 videocassettes in . Rentals for the last week of May according to billboard Magazine. 1 look who stalking Ria Columbia. 2 sea of love Mca. 3 Black rain Paramount. 4 dead poets society touchtone. 5 sex lies and videotape Ria Columbia. 6 the Little Mermaid Disney 7 National lampoons Christmas vacation Warner Bros. 8 the abyss lbs Fox. 9 next of Kin Warner. 10 Field of dreams Mca. The top 10 video sales were 1 the Little Mermaid Disney 2 teenage mutant ninja turtles Cowa Bunga shred head Ive. 3 Honey i shrunk the kids Disney 4 lethal weapon 2 Warner 5 teenage mutant ninja turtles Case of the killer pizzas family 6 Indiana Jones and the last crusade Paramount. 7 Harvey Mca. 8 sexy lingerie ii h80. 9 teenage mutant ninja turtles hot Modding. Family. 10 teenage mutant ninja turtles the shredder. Family. Denzel Washington plays a Slick attorney in a heart condition. Sunday june 10, 1990 to plus Page 9