European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse I 4 -1 Quot i Quot a vol Nova h vow Jill p-1?-� in. A i ii f so Rocky v Stallone resurrects the italian stallion yet again in a Saga that ceased to he interesting 10years and three chapters ago. The big revelation is that Rocky has brain damage from Alt those bombs to the head. That s a revelation 6. Firebirds the not so stirring Saga of the Hotshot army pilots who Fly the ah-64 Apache gunship starring Nicolas Cage and scan Young in unintentionally hilarious performances. Misappropriated every plot element from top Cun. 7. We re no Angels Robert do Niro and Sean Penn engage in what seems like endless hours of mugging for the cameras As two cons impersonating priests to escape the Long Arm of the Law. Quot 8. Another 48 hours Walter Hill basically a schools the script to the enormously successful original right Down to the redneck bar scene and has Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte go through much the same paces As before a Only at a higher Decibel level. 9. The two Jakes Jack Nicholson a Long awaited and unit climactic sequel to Chinatown a came and went so fast that it barely registered on the stateside Cinema consciousness. Talky slow and Boring it had people wondering whether Jack might finally be losing a step in his Golden years. 10. Men at work Emilio Estevez directors Guild card should be revoked As punishment for this trash which is about Well trash. Estevez and brother Charlie Sheen Are moronic garbage men caught up in murder and toxic waste dumping. Dishonourable mention Loose cannons ghost dad Joe versus the Volcano the first Power the Rookie Grafitti Bridge Rob Ocop 2. And the Cream of the crop1. Dances with wolves Kevin Costner crams every glorious minute of this three hour epic with gorgeous vistas and telling details of life on the american Frontier circa 1864. Surely the most sympathetic film treatment Ever Given to native americans. V 2. Good fellas Martin Scorcese returns to one of his favorite subjects Urban Joti Ayham to show a slice of mob life As recounted by a real life gangster. Powerful performances from Ray Liotta de Niro and Joe i Oci. 3. Total recall s c h w l l re v n egg e r co in e s u p with an interesting if typically violent tale of the future about a Man searching for his real Mem. Ory which May or May not have been erased and reprogrammed. Super makeup and special effects. A a 4. Miami blues Alec Baldwin stars in what May Well be his breakout role As a loony who Rolls into Miami Rolls seedy cop bred Ward and then proceeds to Roll Hall the town using Ward s badge and gun. 5. When Harry met Sally Rob Reiner this Story of romantic angst among yuppies Billy cry is Al Meg Ryan Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. Ryan s famous Deli scene in which she shows How easily women can fake satisfaction in the bedroom is one of the most memorable of the year. 6. The Bear director Jacques Arnaud uses less than 1,000 words of dialogue in this sweeping nature tale of an orphaned hear cub and his trials and tribulations in the wild. 7. Parkman cult Fil in director goes mainstream a sort of a with this violent. A comic Book tale starring Liam Nesrin As a disfigured scientist out for revenge against the Crooks who tried to kill him. 8. The exorcist Iii George c. Scott takes Over from Lee j. Cobb As the Georgetown cop caught up in bloody Develry perpetrated by the Saihe Demon who gave Linda Blair indigestion and a Crick in her neck All those years ago 9. Presumed innocent Harrison Ford has never been sharper than in this screen version of Scott Turows novel which makes almost every. One in the High powered cast a suspect in the Srhir. Der of a gorgeous lawyer Greta sea Chi who was trying to sleep her Way to the lop. 10. Back to the future Iii Michael j. Fox rebounds from a moribund second chapter to fulfil All the Early Promise of this concept going 1. Back to the old West to save Christopher Lloyd and straighten out that Pesky , a a. A Quot. A. A a a. A honorable mention glory night of the living dead postcards from the Edge pretty woman Jacob s ladder the witches. L Bijur Pitnu v the years Best and not so Best included clockwise from top Meg Ryan in a when Harry me Sally a a Nick Nolte in a another 48 hours�?T1 Robert de Niro Ray Lotta and Paul Sonino in a Good fellas and Denzel Washington in a glory a Puiq Ursoi it december 30, 13g0 sunday w Pius o a a Page 5
