European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse On video reviews top i videos body chemistry rated r. A married sex researcher Marc Singer has an affair with an associate Lisa Pescia who then harasses him and his family. Gee what was that Glenn close Michael Douglas movie fatal imitation a Malcolm l. Johnson a Hartford courant a Cross Anatomy rated pg-13. 1989. Avail Able on Touchstone Home video insinuating Moniker aside Gross Anatomy Aims to be a thoughtful Darmedy about five dissimilar med students who earn teamwork while dissecting their cadaver. That s where the cutting up comes in. Matthew Modine stars As cocky Joe the most promising of the quintet a melting Potpourri of the privileged Daphne Zun Gathe. Pregnant Alice carte the Toa dying John Scott Clough and the amphetamine abusing Todd Field. Laura played by Zuniga is drawn to the self Paramount pictures Richard Gere above is a Street cop and Andy Garcia below the a internal affairs investigator who a after him. Absorbed Wise Cracker As they snip away at their class project. At first she resists his charms but this is a movie and the script Calls for it so she gives in. Because of Joe a immaturity his relationships quickly fail. But director Tom Eberhardt of without a clue gives everything equal dramatic weight a Rush to deliver a coeds baby seems Only slightly More urgent than ordering a pizza. Push breathe and hold the anchovies. A Rit Kempley Washington Post internal affairs rated r. Two cops on opposite sides of the Law a one a corrupt opportunist one his investigator a get tangled up in another of those doppelganger melodramas where pursued and pursuer become one. Richard Gere As the sexy bad cop and Andy Garcia As his glowering Nemesis Are magnetic actors but the Story weirdly chopped up simply floats away from them and director Mike Figgis Stormy monday does t give it enough Swanky style to disguise the emptiness. A Eleanor Ringel a Cox news service we re no Angola rated pg-13. Available on Paramount Home video Only a to of the line Hollywood affair could squander As much big name Talent As is wasted in we re no Angels. Everyone associated with the film a actors Robert de Niro and Sean Penn screenwriter David Mamet director Neil Jordan cinematographer Philippe Rousselot a brings respectable credentials to the project but it s inconceivable that any of them could be Happy with the results. If we were inclined to be positive we could say at least that the stars look fit that Jordan brings some muscularity to his direction especially in the opening scenes and that Rousselot s images have an uncanny crystalline Beauty. But that s it that s ail that s the whole show. The film which bears scant resemblance to the 1955 Humphrey Bogart picture of the same name seems to wobble somewhere Between a Star frolic a an homage to frivolous Hollywood escapism a a and something with More bite something More serious something Well worthy of having David Mamet a name attached to it. But this we re no Angels Isnit funny and it in t smart a it s a dumb show almost literally in fact. So few lines have been written for these actors that you almost believe the script intentionally parodies their renowned inarticulate Ness. It s like being trapped in some method hell. Ltd Hal Hinson Washington Post video Sleeper of the week the big picture rating unknown 1989�? available on Columbia pictures Home video. This tale of aspiring filmmaker Kevin Bacon s ascent to hot hot hot property descent to yesterdays news and Back to Middle of the Road sue Cess As a music video director bites the hand of the Industry that feeds it. The Walter Mitty ish Story s familiar but the cynical telling of it and performances by Martin Short and Jennifer Jason Leigh put the big picture several splices above the Norm. A Deedee Arrington Doke a staff writer Quot video Sleeper of the week Quot like the Quot Jim a picks Quot feature la designed to help those who can t find the new videos on the rental shelves and want to know whal the older or Lesa Public Elzeda films Are about. Paramount pictures i hese were the top 10 videocassettes in . Rentals last week according to billboard magazine.1 Back to the future part ii Mca Universal 2 the fabulous Baker boys ive.3 look who stalking Ria Columbia. 4 the Little Mermaid Disney. 5 sea of love Mca-universal.6 Black rain Paramount,7 Harlem nights Paramount. 8 National lampoons Christmas vacation Warner Bros.9 dead poets society touchtone. 10 tango and Cash Warner Bros. Quot fhe lop 10 video sales were 1 the Little Mermaid Disney. 2 new kids on the Block a step by step lbs. 3 teenage mutant ninja turtles Cowa Bunga shred head family. 4 Honey i shrunk the kids Disney. 5 Harvey Mca 6 sexy lingerie i ibo. 7 lethal weapon 2 Warner-1989. 8 teenage mutant ninja turtles Case of the killer pizzas family. 9 Indiana Jones and the last crusade Paramount. 10 new kids on the Block hanging Tough live lbs. Sunday july 8,1990 to plus t c
