European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse What s it about four stars enemies a Lov Story rated a a Well tailored romantic comedy funny poignant and Complex about immigrants in postwar United states and a Man with three wives. Herman Broder Ron sifter is a troubled Man haunted by the holocaust eking out a living As a writer and Salesman and trying to straighten out a jumbled Home stars House party rated a More than a breath of fresh air it s a get it Fown blast the rap duo kid n play stars As two suburban teens who plan Quot the super def slowdown Jam of the year Quot translation play s parents Are out of town so let a party. The picture is everything teen movies should be vulgar silly foul mouthed lots of giggly wiggly sex stuff and More than enough loud music for the requisite soundtrack Tim Ransom in a vital signs. 20lh Century of picks of the week album. But it s also smart funny responsible and absolutely infectious. One Star vital signs rated r. Director Marisa Silver is trying her own version the abyss rated pg-13. A Gigantic sea monster o a film about marriage death nuclear War and alien life forms can be described in these words . Underwater. A. Athfay rated pm. Richard Dreyfuss is a daredevil fire jumper who goes Down trying to save his fellow Pilot John Goodman. But he returns to Earth As a guardian Angel to bumbling would be flier Brad Johnson Only to watch his student fall in love with his former Girlfriend Holly Hunter. Somewhat lacklustre in spots bul still has enough Good moments to rate three stars. Bach to the future part 111 rated pm. Producer Steven Spielberg and director Robert Zemeckis Send their highly original concept out with a bang in the final chapter of the time travelling adventures of Michael j. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. This Lima they re Back in the old West still trying to Iron out that Pesky space-1 Imo continuum. A hands Down four Star Winner. Bird on a Wilra rated pm. Mel Gibson and Goldie hawn should be ashamed of ripping Olf their ians with this paper thin film which has them on the Lam from a Parr of renegade government agents. Dawn pouts screams and mumbles while Gibson flashes his buns yet again in what is essentially one Long Boring Chase scene one Star and that s being charitable Blind fury rated r. Based on a successful japanese series about a Blind Samurai this americanization requires Rutger Hauer to Wear a Mixad stare and perform sword tricks and physical comedy. Philip Noyce dead Calm directs. Blu steel rated r. Jamie Lee Curtis is a new York cop who is romanced by a psychopath who is responsible for her Low standing m the department. Ron Silver is Tho Lover Killor. Born on the fourth of july rated r a firecracker of a film shooting Oil Sparks in every scans and lobbed right into our taps by Ihil master of emotional explosives director Oliver Stone. It s based on the memoirs of disabled Vietnam vet Ron Kotrc and Tom cruise is tremendous playing Kovic s Transfer motion Horn a Gung to All american boy into an impassioned anti War protester leading a a ppm cavalry from his wheelchair an incredible Lite. Cadillac Man rated r. Robin Williams does his always cedi ble Best but a Carvi quite Rescue itus Story of a compulsive car Salesman and Womanizer who ends up in the Middle of a of a med school paper Chase focusing on five third year med students with a cast that includes Diane Lane Adrian Pasdar Jimmy Smits and Tim Ransom. Hostage situation engineered toy Tim Robbins who thinks his wife a Secretary at the Dealership is having an affair a disappointing two stars casual to of War rated r. Sean Penn is extremely Fine As a comradery foul mouthed Naif in Brian de Palma s Earnest troubling film Aboul rape and murder in Vietnam crazy Paola rated r a frazzled and exec Dudley Moore comes up with a bold new vision truth in advertising. Naturally. Hot a partner Paul Reiser has him committed. When the ads Are published by mistake they re a huge hit. So Moore and his newfound pals at toe Hospital including Lovely Daryl Hannah Start turning out More and copy and making More hits. This life about lovable loonies though is too Pukey cute to be really Good. Cry baby rated pg-13. John Waters Camp musical spool of toe 50s is occasionally Breezy and fun but the material Waters is making fun of a misunderstood juvenile delinquents Juke Box jamborees 50s sitcoms etc., wears awfully thin after a while. Johnny Depp stars with a cast that includes Traci lords Mink stole and Patty Hearst. Dad rated pm. Dad is a movie about growing older Aboul love and family life and Joy. An original fresh film with splendid writing and acting a movie to see and think about. It stars Ted Danson Jack Lemmon and Olympia Dukakis Ernest go to Jolt rated pm. Thick headed Hick Ernest p Worrell Jim Varney is a janitor at a Bank and a dead ringer for a nefarious crime lord currently dog time in the nearby Maxi mum Security prison. While on jury duty Ernest vis to the jail and the look alike s buddies manage a switch hey Vern look who s headed for the electric Chairl fir Bird rated pg-13 Nicolas Cage stars As an ah-64 Apache Pilot in this top gun clone for the army. Fellow Pilot Sean Young is his love interest and their scenes together Are unintentionally hilarious when the film is in the air. It s fun. Bul when i tries to land it crashes and Burns two stars the Flat fewer rated r. Lou Diamond Phillips is out of his league in this cliche Ridden mishmash of every Low real occult movie you be Ever seen. He s supposedly a homicide detective tracking a Demon Jeff Kober who can take Over other bodies too dumb for anything More than half a Star Story ruled r Henzl Washington my Morgan f iceman ure both turn la m this Superb civil War my though the ongoing if Fleedy of Rao sin is a major i Ienus in s is. First end Foi Emosi a Soldier s move it go three a Best supporting actor Ain i in washing ton. A the a Tim act Tat ruled r this is a near future night Mare set m a totalitarian Sor iffy where the Power elite s fetish for Fertility has created a class of walking wombs known As. Handmaids. The move with Foyn Dunaway Robert Duval and Natasha Ric Marti son. Is often savagely funny and chillingly re Lle Twe of a Hiie current Atti lures Tsann to their illogical extreme a -. A hard to kill rated r this is just a Good Basic kick butt r action trek Steven Seagal stars As the amaze . N cop who can take a ticking and keep on ticking a even Alt i 1 seven years in a coma when storm wakes up he s got Long hair a Hoard Perl dict mus to tone and a yen or revenge Kelly be greek Sragal s real to wife is a Beautiful nurse who s on Liis Side and. As soon As he s Hack to Speed in his arms the hum for he october rated pm there s an amiable smartness to 1 i is underwater thriller its film maker know that a Little technology goes a very Long Way and if they Hope to keep an audience s Allent Jorr they d have to do it with Story not hardware it has a test rate cast including scan Connery Alec Baldwin. Seal i Glenn and Sam Neiland its cautiously upbeat global me s i age leaves a satisfy my glow Jovann the Volcano rated pm Joe Lorn hunks has a Lousy Job a Lousy love life and he s just Learned an incurable. Disease enc Lloyd Bridges who hires him to Pimp into a Volcano on a South seas Island lava fodder in return for Mineral rights Meg Ryan plays three different roles Joe s co Worket and Bridge s two daughters this wonderful cast gives us everything Yon could want in a movie except an ending Kin a again rated r a Tow budget Crafty Lillic pastiche of the private Eye thrillers of the 40s unit �?~50s. Set in the deserts in and around la vegas and Reno with a plot that ties Logel Hor a hapless Shamus vol Wilmera sneaky Emma Fualalo Joanne Whilley Kmercer and her psycho Juver Michael Madsen lord of lha Fli rated r it May Mijck the hallucinogenic poetry of refer Brooks 19ft3 classic hut this updated remake is a most admirable adaptation of sit William Golding s still stun Ning novel Golding a British schoolboys arc now american Mill tary school cadets and they talk us owl such things As miss Piggy and Alf bul otherwise the film follows the same tragic Quot Bays will be beasts Quot trajectory stranded on n Pacific Isle the castaways abandon their social system and Rovert to savagery Miami Blu rated r. Current screen hunk Alec Baldwin goes wild m this riotous Story of a murderous psycho careening around Miami with Jennifer Jason Leigh As a College kid and part time Hooker complicating his life and seedy cop Frod Ward dogging his heels Worth a solid three and a half stars a Rob Ocop 2 rated r. Rotor we flu returns As the armoured cop of the future in this Pate Knockoff of the entertaining original. This Trio he s after psychopath Tom Noonan who is out to Corner the Market Lor a new drug called nuke the most Addic five substance in history. Mindless carnage that can t Rise above two stars so of Lov rated r As a now York cop alter a Kilk a. At Pacino gets involved with Ellen Barkin the prime suspect in the Case m a film that ids Wisott in a Comer irom which in can t tie . Toll rated pm 13 the 1937 classic tear Jerker has been updated but net enough Stella Bette mid Era Brassy bar Lender gets pregnant by a Weil Olf mod student Stephen col tins refusing his marriage proposal and his Money she valiantly raises her daughter trim Alvarado on her own then in a fit of maternal martyrdom she hands her Over to a better tile i a dad and his new wite Marsha Mason the movie is so irredeemably awful that you keep expecting Iho slur to turn to the camera and Wirnik Quot Jusi kidding to r#4u rated r Arnold Schwarzenegger is Back and More violent than Ever bul he makes up for it Wilh an intriguing futuristic Story of a Man searching for his True identity after discover Reg Tus memory has been erased and replaced Wall to Wall action and great Spe oaf effects add up to Throe solid stars Wurt Orchid rated r Mickey Rourke Jacqueline biased and newcomer Carre Otis Star m a food dog and Dull wilted tale of a sexually manipulative Weirdo and the two women he tries to manipulate we expo i those kinds of Weirdo roles irom Rourke but Bis amp of must be desperate to get Myu Jed m a Zero Star waste like itus. These Short reviews Are of films currently on the cafes theater circuit and in Amer can video stores in Europe and Are compiled from reports by staff movie reviewer Chuck Vinch and wire services. We expect to present this Page once a month for you to save and consult when you want to know Quot what s it a lengthier movie review appears weekly on Page 111 and additional reviews of videos can be found on Page 9. Locations and times for movies on the cafes circuit in Europe can be found on pages 10 and 11sunday, july 22, 1990 to plus a Pace 3
