European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the following Are the lop 10 television shows in America according of the Lales available figures from the A.G-. Nielsen co. The year to Date ranking is in parentheses. 1 2 3 4 5 x Academy awards Abc 1 cheers Abc 2 60 minutes lbs x Barbara Walters special Abc 3 Roseanne Abc \6 18 coach Abc 7 14 unsolved mysteries Abc 8 21 . Law Abc 8 4 a different world Abc tie 10 16 family matters Abc these were the top 10 videocassettes in . Rentals isl week according to billboard Magazine "1 Flat liners Ria Columbia 2 Arachnophobia hollywood3 air America live Home video 4 die hard 2 Cbs-fox5 Parkman Mca a Versal. 6 Navy seals Orion 7 Days of Thunder Paramount 8 the two Jakes Paramount 9 death warrant Mem a 10 problem child Mca umber Salvideo Miller s crossing rated r 1990. A child. Approaches the Corpse of a murdered thug in an Ailey. He stares at the Guy s head. He does t. Scream or retch. Instead he snatches the Guys Toupee and runs. Quot Roifer in recounting the hit Leo the Gangland Boss in this prohibition Era gangster film is somewhat shaken and says a they took his hair. Jesus that a strange. Why would they do that a a. Why a indeed because we re dealing with the irreverent director producer team of Ethan and Joel Coen who enjoy a Gaggle of gags and guts in. Their Quirky but original films blood simpler. Raising arizon Millers crossing is undoubtedly their most accessible movie. 1. The film opens with a Fedora dancing on the wind through Chilly Woods. Its role is soon apparent with Tom Reagan Gabriel Byrne. Tom works for Leo Albert Finney the aging Irish Boss who runs the City with corruption and Vio a. Lenic Tom also is sleeping with Leos Girlfriend Vernal maa Gay bikes Al in Giancci in the film schemes 1 j and gets beat up a lot in the process he a always losing his hat but it always seems to find him. And Tom s pretty face is never bruised or busted nor is his body despite repeated blows to his kidneys lbs lungs and guts _. There is much violence in Millers crossing some gratuitous some needed simply because gangster stories require a certain kiss of death. And much of the film seems like something a we be seen a foie a the godfather for example. Even so the coens a Joel directs Ethan produces and they both wrote the screenplay a have crafted a work Rich in characterizations though sometimes a Little too studied. A a a a a a a a Dolores Barclay a the associated press the tall Guy rated r 1988. Tall Guy Jeff Goldblum plays Dexter King an american actor in London whose professional life is in a serious stall he a been playing the straight Man Stooge in a comedy revue for years a and whose personal life Isnit much he Falls in love with a passionate but level headed nurse Emma Thompson and lands the Lead in a musical Var Sion of the elephant Man. A the movie which has been on the shelf since1988, is As uneven As Dexter s sudden reversals of Fortune. The love stuff is embarrassingly dated a a lost episode of love american style but the. Send of the theater scene Are hilariously shameless especially the creation of elephant. Holding it All together As Best he can Goldblum who creates an endearing combination of.,. Every actors yearning insecurities and comic frustrations. The rest of the film hangs about him like suit v a. Quot a Eleanor ring Al. A a Cox news service a. A a a a a a a a Brimstone and treacle rated r a l982 the simplest Way to describe this film is to use on word a bizarre it is. A kind of twin peaks clockwork Orange hybrid. Sting plays an eerie Young drifter who Worms his Way into the House of a or acting card poet. And his wife a their lives already in turmoil because of an Accident that left their Daug Litereo. Matose. The big question is whether the new Mcm bar of the household is the Miracle the wife prayed for there to save them from their dreary existence Oris he the Devil himself ready to cause the family even More heartache and As for the answer. Well to be honest your guess r is As Good As mine. Sting is perfect As the intense stranger and he also provided several songs for the soundtrack including a Burn for this is a us see for any True sting fan. The film also stars Denholm Elliot and Joan Plowright. A a a a a v. Kelly Quinna a staff writer the hot spot rated r 1990 not Dennis Hopper directing Job. Promises steam but you Only get a few wisps of Mist. Stars Don Johnson. A funny about love ratcd.pg-13 1990. There a not much funny about love or this movie starring Gene Wilder and Christine Lahti a. Rain killer ruled r 1990 about a los an. Gels serial killer. A a. Gabriel by Rne and Marcia Gay Harden Star in a a Miller a crossing. To Montielh Century Fox sunday. April 7. 1991
