European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse What s it about coming to the movie circuit this month Mon Batter blues rated r. Spike Leeds latest about a talented jazz trumpet player Denzel Washington willing to sacrifice every relationship to his music is by turns seductive engaging and finally maddening. It becomes almost a guide to writer director producer Leeds strengths and weaknesses today after four feature films. He s still exercising his own visual brashness but his writing has always been his weak spot made Clear Here. Co stars Cynda Williams and join Lee. The freshman rated pm. Marlon Brando is wonderful doing a sly parody of his Vito Corleone from the godfather. Matthew Broderick is an new York University film student who gets mixed up with the mob. Uneven but some major laughs special notice distributors of the two Jakes Jack Nicholson a Chinatown sequel have agreed not to show the film in Europe until after it is shown at the Berlin film festival this Winter. The agreement came too late for cafes movie schedules which show the movie scheduled for release at numer Univa sol pict rtt Denzel Washington and Joie Lee in a a Mon better Ous cafes Heaters in mid november. Cafes will be showing fire Birds instead at All Heaters scheduled to show the two Jakes an cafes spokesman said. Arachnophobia rated pg-13. Mutant spiders run amok in a Stephen Spielberg movie Thill Calk itself a in other words it in t sure if it s u comedy or a horror movie und you won t be either. Several Good jump at you scenes though. Stars Jeff Daniels John Goodman and Harley Jane and gets two and a half stars. Back to hit future part i rated pm producer Steven sped Berg and director Robert Zemeckis Send their highly original concept out with a bang in the final chapter of the Lime to Raveling adventures of Michael j. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. This time they re Back in the old West still Hying to Iron out that Pesky space time continuum. A hands Down four Star Winner. Bird on a wire rated pg-13. Met Gibson and Goldie hawn should be ashamed of ripping off heir fun with this paper thin film which has them on the Lam from a pair of renegade government agents. Hawn pouts screams and mumbles White Gibson flushes his buns yet again in what is essentially one Long Boring Chuse scene. One Star and huts being charitable. Crazy people ruled r. A frazzled and exec Dudley Moore comes up with a Bald new vision truth in advertising. Naturally his partner Paul Reiser has him committed. When the ads Are published by mistake they re a huge hit so Moore and his newfound Puls at the Hospital including Lovely Daryl Hannah Start turning out More and copy and making More hits. This film about lovable loonies though is too Pukey cute lobe really Good. Days of Thunder rated pg-13. Whoosh Days of Thunder just streaked in fast As a race car paint Job and about As Flat. What relationships the movie has Aren t Between Tom cruise and Nicole Kidman but Between cruise and Robert Devatt putting full ornery life into another of Southern movies excitement tomes from its racing footage its massive Case of attitude comes from the producers Assurance that they can retool the formula of Tup gun. They can to. Dick Tracy rated pm. Warren Beatty a Over hyped project is so beautifully designed and photographed it May take a while before you notice the him is about As substantive As a doughnut Hole. Pop diva Madonna manages to do quite Well As breathless Mahoney but Beatty himself is the biggest disappointment playing Tracy us the Blandes character in the Bunch. Two stars. Duck tales the movie rated pm. If your last Clear memory of Scrooge Mcguck was As a quack brained zillion air in victorian spats Brace yourself. Of inca Scrooge still wears the spats and he s still Richer than Donald Trump. But he a turned into a Duck billed Harrison Ford. The movie begins slowly but gets much More entertaining especially when a magic lamps Wise cracking Genie appears. Exorcist i rated r. The Gore is surprisingly and thankfully minimal there s no pea soup either. Bui this successor to the shocking Cinema classic this time involving Geotge c. Scott against the devils own tailor made serial killer elicited outright screams from the audience at times. Three and a half stars. The hot spot rated r. Don Johnson plays Harry Maddox an inline rent car Salesman who drives into the Bleak and dying Burg of Landers Texas one hot still Day in his 1967 Studebaker Hawk. Landers Texas is one of those towns that exists Only in movies All the women Are Beautiful and starved for sex and Alt the men arc ugly and impotent Chew tobacco or have heart conditions. Harry no Slouch takes a look around and says count me to. Count yourself out though this movie is a slow moving exercise in lighting posing Altimu dining and moping. House party rated r. More than a breath of fresh air it s a get Down blast. The rap duo kid no play Star As two suburban teens who plan a the super def blow Down Jam of the translation plays parents arc out of town so lets 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 album. But it s also smart funny responsible and absolutely infectious. Nelsons the movie rated g. The film makers can t seem to decide if they re recreating the innocent humor of the Early �?T60s to show or making a with it entertainment for the Coni Empo Rary youth audience and done to do either very Well. The Only interesting animation is a two minute clip to Tiffany a song Quot you and me the rest is saturday morning kid Vid on a big screen. The Jungle Book rated g. The Disney artists took Little More than the names of Rudyard Kipling a characters but the films slapstick comedy upbeat songs and polished animation have lost none of their Appeal 23 years after its original release. Men at work rated pm. A demonstration of How far family connections can take you in Hajj Wood Emilio Estevez directed this film starring himself and brother Charlie Sheen As surfing garbage men trying to Stop a plot to dump toxic waste in the Bay. Sounds Good but this Sloppy farce will lose momentum and your interest. My Blue heaven rated pg-13. Steve Martin fans will fall prey to fits of gut busting laughter with this film about a Brooklyn mobster who just wont stay put in the witness Protection program. Rick Moranis is the hapless Fri Man with the hopeless task of keeping Martin out of new rackets. Three stars a Navy seals rated r. A lot of military jargon and hardware desperately in search of a compelling plot and interesting characters. The read life Navy seals deserve a better tribute. Night of the living dead rated r. A four Star remake of the 1968 horror classic about a farmhouse full of strangers fending off zombies. Using unknown actors once again the remake has the undernourished a movie flavor of the original but with a message this time about the monster in All of us. Presumed innocent rated r. Prosecutor Rusty Sabich Harrison Ford is assigned a Case that a too close to Home the victim Greta Scacchi is a glamorous colleague with whom the very married Rusty was having an affair. The movies Centrepiece is a crackling bit of courtroom dramatics featuring Paul Winfield As a witty show boating judge and Raul Julia As a coolly combative attorney. This is a ripping Good yarn a film that demands you pay attention and rewards you when you do. Now that a Justice. Pretty woman rated r. Updating pygmalion and sprinkling in with Cinderella dust May seem like a perfectly workable idea until you get into the nuts and bolts of pretty woman. But while the plot is Creaky a Richard Gere is a bored corporate Raider who transforms a Happy Hollywood Boulevard Hooker Julia Roberts into a lady a Roberts is just Plain adorable and her costar in an unexpectedly generous performance lets her take the spotlight. Problem child rated pm. The kid from hell the parents from Yuppie dumb Ville. The jokes from nowhere. This modern a Dennis the menace Quot Burns up his room tortures cats bashes other children with bats and writes fan letters to a serial killer. Pm parents should really think twice about that rating. Tola recall rated r. Arnold Schwarzenegger is Back and More violent than Ever but he makes up for it with an intriguing futuristic Story of a Man searching for his True identity after discovering his memory has been erased and replaced. Wall to Wall action and great special effects add up to three solid stars. Young guns h rated r. Some of our most narcissistic Young actors Are Back to strike Familier poses in a tedious film that makes the mistake of embellishing the Billy the kid legend. Stars Emilio Estevez Lou Diamond Phillips and Keifer Sutherland and gets two stars. These Short reviews Are of films currently what s it on the cafes theater circuit and in american 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 a lengthier movie review appears weekly on Page 11, 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 11.Page 4 c to plus sunday november 4,1990
