European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A Page 16 a these were the. Top 10 videocassettes in us rentals last week according Magazine. A a 1 ghost Paramount a 2 presumed innocent Warner 3 Pacific Heights lbs Fox 4 marked for death lbs Fox 5 Memphis Belle Warner .6 Flat liners Ria Columbia a 7 who at heart Media 8 Arachnophobia Hollywood 9 narrow margin live 10 Millers crossing lbs Fox a the following Are the lop 10 television shows in America according to the latest available figures irom the . Nielsen co. The year to Dale ranking or an Quot i Quot Lor first time showing is in parentheses. 1 x movie a cry in the wild 2 3 Roseanne 3 1 cheers . 4 13 unsolved mysteries 5 19 la. Law 6 8 Murphy Brown lbs 7 10 designing women lbs 8 x movie a in the line of duty manhunt in the Dakotas Quot 9 4 a different world 10 34 knots Landing lbs a a a a a a a a. A a. A. A a a. A a a a a a a a. Telstar pictures Elijah Wood left and Aidan Quinn part of the family in a Avalon a out on video this week. Avalon rated pm. 1990, Ria Columbia pictures Home video closed captioned Barry levinsons Avalon is a Rich Graceful work of lulling sentiment. Its a love Story but in this Case the love object is the past and in the larger sense the american past As reflected in the eyes of the people who came Here and encountered the country in its innocence As the realization of their dreams of Freedom and Enterprise Avalon is made with a masters Conli dance. The picture begins on the fourth of july in 1914 with the arrival of Sam Krichinsky Michael Kraus Sand the scene is abundantly Una Pologe tidally nostalgic so is the rest of the picture. But nostalgia is built into the characters. Avalon the Baltimore neighbourhood where Sam and his Brothers first lived,.is the forever Amber Symbol of that perfection /. A few years alter same a arrival he brings Over his wife Eva but the bulk of 1 lie film takes place during the Boom after world War ii when their son Jules is grown and married and has a son of his own. The films Point of View is split Between Sam who a played brilliantly us an older Man by Armin Mueller Stahl and his grandson Michael Elijah Wood. But Levinson also presents a colourful ensemble of nephews aunts and uncles Mueller Stah has a touch of dashing old world poetry in him. He gives the movie its soulful plaint Criess. And he a just As effective in his scenes with Eva who is played by Joan Plowright in a manner that suggests what Margaret Dumont might have been like if she d turned cantankerous by Dotty. Hal Hinson the Washington Post Havana rated r. Loyot Mca Universal Home video. Closed captioned Havana wants to be Casablanca in the Caribbean. Instead its Robert Redford a a Bay of pigs a a great groaning Golly Moses of a fiasco that partners a dash less Redford with a dampened Lena Olin. Red Fords weather beaten visage scoured As the. Moonscape vies lamely with the cacophony of a. Havana itself a City divided Between the glitter of the mafias casinos and the Concrete common sense hideouts of Castro a resistance. Redford plays Jack a Carefree Gambler who comes to Havana in the final hours of the Batista regime for one last Hig stakes game. Before All the players can gather however Jack has fallen for Roberta Olina swede married to cuban revolutionary Arturo purposes of plot Arturo is quickly captured and the lovers believe killed by Batista a police. Attracted by her fierce belief in social Justice Jack gives up his dream of one last game and bets his stakes on the lady and her cause. There a Little doubt that Jack and Roberta Are. The Rick and use of this filter cd scenario but Rick and use had Paris while Jack and Roberta have a Crummy one bedroom with a Bare bulb and a bullfight poster. Their affair is not so much Noble As numbing. Actually nobody gets fired up in this seventh collaboration Between director Sydney Pollack who Hadnot been behind the camera since 1985, and Redford who Hadnot been in front of one since 1986. The lesson get into practice before remaking a classic. And until then Here a not looking at you kids. Rita Kempley the Washington Post the last wave rated pm. 1977, Rhino Richard Chamberlain gives his Best big screen performance As a lawyer defending five australian aborigines accused of murder. Chamberlain starts having dreams and nightmares that reenact the murder and foretell the trials outcome. Made in 1977, the last wave was one of the first films by Peter Kcjr director of dead poets society. It remains one of his finest. Max Mcqueen. Cox news service predator 2 rated r. 1990, lbs Fox. Closed captioned the title character wanders the streets of a futuristic los Angeles mauling and flaying any hoodlum he comes across. Danny Glover Ruben Blades and Maria Conchita Alonso the police types dispatched to Stop him in an action film mostly mindless and mean spirited. Janet Maslin a the new York times Sonny boy rated a 1990. Media a moving melodrama about child abuse. Fourth Story rated r. 1990, Media do Rimathe detective yarn with a lukewarm Mark Harmon. A. A the new York times sunday May 19,1991
