European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse This week s films a i i it a i i \ k f s Mai of rated r. La the Buteau Cvetic chaos of a a Hospital a surgical strike Force of doctors and nurses wages War with administrators who practice the Fine Art of article 99. An update of. Catch-22, it promises wonderful benefits but fails to deliver. Ray gotta Kiefer Sutherland. Bud again rated r. A Young woman tormented by nightmares is put under hypnosis where the describes not her own life but that of the glamorous Margaret Strauss who died in the 1940s. A tangled intrigue of reincarnation and revenge begins to emerge As More of her former life is revealed. Stars Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Derek Jacobi Robin Williams. Does Hrsto rated r. A new York Book editor enjoys a perfect life until her husband it apparently killed in a car wreck and she starts finding out about his past. Now she is in danger. Goldie hawn John heard. A most tears stupid rated to. Ernest a halloween is ruined when he releases a tree troll who has been entombed for 200 years. The wicked troll tries to cast an evil spell on Ernest a Hometown. Jim Varney Eartha Klutt father of Tel ill Tea rated pm. Steve Martin stars As the stressed out daddy trying to Cope with his daughters elaborate wedding. Chaos and commotion Are exceeded Only by endless preparations and astronomical Cotta As the fateful Day draws near. Alio Diane Keaton. Frae my rated r. A Young race Driver Emilio Estevez is snatched into the future by powerful people who have diabolical Plant for no body. Mick Jagger it a futuristic Bounty Hunter and Anthony Hopkins it the other half of a mind body switch intended for the hero. Ham Praml Sei rated to. Determined to win Back hit old Girlfriend a worthless drifter returns to his Hometown on the eve of her wedding. Sissy Sparck William l. Petersen. Highlander to the quickening rated r. Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery Are Back As those immortals who cannot die except by decapitation. This time the film has an environmentally conscious theme involving the destruction of the Ozone layer. With Michael Ironside Virginia Madsen. Wulfe rated pg-13. Christian Slater plays George cuffs a rebel with a Cool wardrobe cooler Altitude and a cop brother who ends up dead in the streets of san Francisco. Quot willed his brother s District cuffs becomes a kind of licensed citizen cop. Which basically Means lots of run ins with bad Guys including the one who killed his brother. Also Milla Janovich the last Roy scout rated r. An Excia agent turned private Eye teams up with an a football Star to track Down a killer in this action Orion cd adventure. Our Down and out heroes Are on the Trail of the men who murdered a Mutual Friend. Their investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast it threatens the very existence of pro football. Bruce Willis Daman Wayans. La Vlna Large rated r. A comedy about making it. . Carson stars As a Young Man trying to break into the world of to news in his struggle to fulfil his dreams he almost loses his own identity. Also stars Lisa Arrindell. Mobster rated r. A look at famous mobsters Lucky Luciano Meyer Lansky bugs Siegel and Frank costello on their Way to becoming legends during the period of 1917 through 1930. Christian Slater Patnock Dempsey. My Cousin Vunny rated r. Joe Pesci plays a new York lawyer who defends Bis Cousin Ralph Macchio and Friend Aja Init a murder rap in Alabama. Alio Marisa Tomei. Myo Iri rated to. In this comedy drama about relationship Macaulay Culkin leaves Home to hang around precocious 11-year-old Anna Cal Niky. Meanwhile her w Blower dad Dan Aykroyd find hit Ufa brightened by the new Gal in town Jamia Lee Curtis. The Lepe must Slot rated r. A powerful businessman involved with the Vatican staff in a web of corruption deals with a naive country priest who is elected Pope by mistake. Robbie Coltrane Herbert Lom. Race whet rated r. A psychopathic escaped convict concocts an elaborate scheme to destroy the career character and family of the Man who imprisoned him. But the intended victim it nol giving up without a fight. Denzel Washington John Lithgow. Shattered rated r. A wealthy real estate Developer suffering from amnesia after a near Faul car Accident struggles to regain his identity with the help of his conniving wife business partner and a private investigator in this thriller. Tom Beringer Bob Hoskins Greta Scacchi Joanne Whalley Kilmer Corbin a Craven. A esp Lah rated pg-13. This Wacky comedy reveals All about the lives and loves of the actors and Crew of a fictional daytime soap opera. Sally Field Kevin Kline whoops Goldberg Robert Downey Cathy Loriany. Hat trek vis the Unis Mimi country rated pm this topical symbolic space voyage continues the tradition of televisions Star trek. Director co writer Nicholas Meyer and his collaborators generate much Star struck dash and hash out of their last Hurrah a with the dissolving klingon Empire Parade Ling the modern soviet collapse. William Shatner Leonard Nimoy als Sis us up ii circuit ratio of Beauty and the beast. Ratio pal Bingo Little Man tale pure Luck the rocketeer suburban commando what about Bob ratio ro-1ii the Addams family blame it on the Bellboy Doc Hollywood dutch inner Circle ladybugs ratio Rigac draft Billy Bathgate Cape fear City slickers the commitments the Fisher King for the boys House party 2, juice the Lawn Mower Man Liui Large Rush shining through the super terminator 2 judgment Day. Fora mount mures Rodney Dangerfield plays a reluctant Volunteer soccer coach for a team of adolescent girls in Vinch staff write Ron Mon ii ladybugs rat id pg-13 must see Worth your Tim passable entertainment Comino soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait Rodney Quot no respect Quot Dangerfield has inherited Henny Youngmann a Mantle As the elder statesman of one liner comedians but he seems a bit wrung out in his latest film Effort ladybugs. The usual barrage of mildly risqu6 jokes is Here but they seem utterly Flat like soda left open for a couple of Days. As with All of Rodney a movies the Story is pure froth. He plays Chester a Salesman in a faceless corporation who is Angling for a promotion from his snobby Boss or. Mullen Tom Parks so he can afford to marry his sweetheart Bess Ilene Graff. To do this he decides to suck up to the Boss. Noticing that Mullen a trophy Case is filled with awards for the company a championship girls soccer team Chester brags about How great he was at soccer As a kid even though he does no to know the first thing about the sport. Bad move. Seems the old coach has departed and Mullen hands the Job to Chester telling him that if he can add another trophy to the Case his promotion is a sure thing. That a not the half of it. Only one girl remains on the roster from the previous winning teams and the newcomers Are the usual assortment of misfits. But Chester pulls a Rabbit out of the hat in the form of Bess teen age son Matthew Jonathan brandish soccer Star who has just been kicked off his High school team for poor grades. Although they done to get along very Well Chester somehow convinces Matthew to Don a wig and dress and become a Martha a the secret weapon that will Lead the team to Victory and Chester to his promotion. At first All goes according to plan although Matthew has a few problems such As trying to Deal with his growing affections for one of his teammates a the Bossy daughter Kimberly Vinessa Shaw. Then everything blows up in Chester a twisted face when his ruse is discovered just before the championship. Will the girls overcome their own insecurities and Rise to the occasion without their big gun in the big game will Chester win Bess Back after she discovers his shenanigans with her son will Matthew convince Kimberly that he really likes her take a wild guess. There is no acting to speak of in this film As All the other principals Are just props to set up Rodney s jokes. Samples Quot for easter he gave me chocolate bunnies made of sex lax a Chester says of Matthew. When his Secretary Julie the irritating Jackie asks if he really knows the game Chester eyes the pile of soccer gear in his Van and says a fall i know is in be got a lot of to an obnoxious opposing coach Chester says "1 want to take you to the zoo. thank me for returning and so on. You do get a few bonuses a sort of. There Are Rodney and Jackee doing a duet of Jerry Lee Lewis great balls of fire the giant Weenie and the Weenie lady done task and a Quick Cameo by los Angeles dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda As coach cannoli. In be always liked Dangerfield a sweaty pop eyed Schick but this film gave me Only a handful of intermittent laughs. You would have to be some kind of Superman to get anything More out of it than that. Ladybugs rates one 12 a sunday april. 12. 1992
