European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1 a a this weeks films m if i s a Oyt n the Hoor rated r. Drama. In the ghetto life is concentrated on survival this movie takes you into such a neighbourhood to in cts on Young people who want id Rise above the crime and violence. Ice cube Cuba Gooding or. Dead again rated r. Thriller. A Young woman tormented by nightmares is put under hypnosis where she describes not her own life hut that of the glamorous Margaret Strauss who died in the 1940s. A angled intrigue of reincarnation and revenge begins to emerge As More of her former life is revealed. Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Derek Jacobi. Fra Jaek rated r. Action. A Young race car Driver Emilio Estevez is in for the ride of his life when he is snatched into the future by powerful people who have diabolical plans for his body. Mick Jagger is a futuristic Bounty Hunter and Anthony Hopkins is the other half of a mind body switch intended for the hero. Hard promos a rated pm. Romantic comedy. Determined to win Back his old Girlfriend a drifter returns to his Hometown on the eve of her wedding. Sissy Sparck William l. Petersen. Inta tha Sun rated r. When a cocky movie actor gets himself invited onto a military base to get firsthand experience with Jet pilots he gets about More than he can handle. Hot dog flying lends to real air Battles crashes capture and escape providing the hero with an overdose of reality. Anthony Michael Hall Michael part. Juk rated r. Oliver Stone s assassination movie covers the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in shooting president Kennedy. Zuffi rated pg-13. Christian Slater plays George cuffs a rebel with a Cool wardrobe a cooler attitude and a cop brother who ends up dead in the streets of san Francisco. Quot willed a his brother a 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. Milla Jovovich co stars. Lady Feugas rated pg-13. Comedy. Rodney Dan Garfield plays an ambitious corporate cog whose Boss guarantees him a promotion if he coaches a girls soccer team to the league championship. Since the players Are mostly a Bunch of misfits and Klut Zes danger Field s Bright  is to put in a ringer i.e., a boy in drag to make sure they win. Lova Crl maa rated r. Thriller. A female District attorney scan Young in Atlanta is obsessed with prosecuting a smooth Young Man Patrick Burgin who impersonates a professional photographer to lure attractive Young women into posing for him. Madl Dita Man rated pg-13. Romance comedy. Scan Connery plays an eccentric but Brilliant scientist who deep in the heart of the Amazon rain Forest has discovered a cure for cancer. Lorraine Bracco is an uptight biochemist who has come to the Jungle to Check out what he a been up to for the last three years. My Ceu Aln Vunny rated r. Comedy. Joe pc Sci stars As a new York lawyer who defends his Cousin Ralph Macchio and Friend against a murder rap in Alabama. Marisa Tomci co stars. My Lori rated pm. In this comedy drama about relationships Macaulay Culkin leaves Home to hang around precocious 11-Ycar-old Anna Chlumsky. Meanwhile her widower dad Dan Aykroyd finds his life brightened by a new face in town Jamie Lee Curtis. Oth a pop Lvi a Money rated r. Comedy. A ruthless tycoon whose business is Wheeling and dealing for other Peoples Money meets his match when he tries to acquire a family owned business. Danny Devito Penelope Ann Miller. The people under the stairs rated r. Horror. A teen Ager planning on burglar izing the neighbourhood haunted House ends up being terrorized by the people under the stairs. Brandon Adams. Everett Mcgill. The Pope must diet rated r. A powerful businessman involved with the Vatican staff in a web of corruption deals with a country priest who is elected Pope by mistake. Robbie Coltrane Herbert Lorn. The rocketeer rated pm. Adventure. A Young Pilot who finds a rocket pack is suddenly pursued by the mob feds nazis and its rightful owner Howard Hughes. Bill Campbell Alan Arkin Timothy Dalton. Shattered rated r. Suspense. A wealthy real estate Developer Tom Berc Ngor suffering from amnesia after a near fatal car Accident struggles to regain his identity with the help of his wife Greta sea Chi business partner Corbin Burnsen and a private investigator Bob Hoskins in this psychological thriller. Joanne Whalley Kilmr co stars. Shining through rated r. This romantic spy thriller set during world War ii chronicles the daring adventures of a Brooklyn Horn Secretary Melanie Griffith working in the new York office of the Oss. Michael Douglas co stars. Ster trek vat the undo covered country rated pm. The Enterprise s original cast continues the tradition of television s Star trek. Director and co writer Nicholas Meyer and his collaborators generate much Star struck dash and lash with the dissolving klingon Empire obviously paralleling the modern soviet turmoil. William Shat nor Leonard Nimoy straight talk rated pm. Romantic comedy a sunny southerner Dolly Parton goes to Chicago and becomes an unix Pecich hit As a radio shrink. Thai makes her fur game for a Nosy reporter James Woods who wants the scoop on this on air phenomenon. Also on the Rafca circuit ratio pal Bingo Ernest scared stupid father of the Bride pure Luck. Ratio Roul the Addams family. Doc Hollywood dutch memoirs of an invisible Man regarding Henry Wayne s world. Ratio i article 99. Bac Karafi Billy Bathgate Cape fear City slickers the Fisher King for the boys grand Canyon Highlander 2 the quickening juice the last Hoy Seoul mobsters Rush the Slemc of the 1 Ennis. Terminator 2 judgment Day White men can t jump 20th Ca Lury Fox tyra Ferrell Wesley Snipes Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez Star in the sports comedy White men can to jump. Chuck Vinch staff write Ron to u White men can to jump rated r_v2 must see Worth your Lime passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait anyone who has Ever participated in an Elbow throwing game of playground basketball knows that when you take the Ball onto the Concrete court your talk is As important As your walk a or your Dunk shot for that matter. So it is for Sidney Deane Wesley snipe King of the local courts in Venice calif., who is Content to motor Mouth his buddies to death while hustling them for pocket change a i done to mean to brag a he shouts a but in a the Best Quot until that is he meets up with goofy Billy Hoyle Woody Harre Sonan unassuming Guy in baggy shorts a ripped to shirt and a baseball Cap turned backward who shows up one Day and takes Sidney for a ride to the hoop a once in a game and once in a Winner take All shootout. Yet even As Billy struts off the court triumphant you can see a gleam appear in Sidney a Eye. For Billy Hoyle is White a rare commodity on the inner City basketball courts of los Angeles. To Sidney a mind that has the makings of the biggest Hustle of All. Now he can go to any court Challenge anyone to a two on two game and declare that he a so Good hell even let the other Guys pick his teammate. They invariably choose the seemingly befuddled Billy and another classic con Job is launched. Writer director Ron Shelton who brought a sense of earthy zen like wonder to Bull Durham his classic study of minor league baseball tries to do the same Here for playground hoops. But he Only gets it half right. When the action is on the court and the players Are jabbing pulling scratching clawing and brutally insulting each others Mother the Story fairly hums along with rhythmic vibrancy. But when the action moves off the courts the Pace crashes and bums. Shelton is simply unable to replicate the same kind of cogent philosophical framework that made Bull Durham a a movie that used baseball As a metaphor to seek the larger meanings of life a such a satisfying experience on so Many Levels. He tries for that kind of Riff again Here with free form commentary about men and women Blacks and Whites Trust and betrayal but the subplots Are simply too banal to be interesting. In essence Billy is on the Lam from routine thugs Over a debt of several thousand dollars and he a scratching out a living while trying to remain one step ahead of them and keep his Tough talking Girlfriend Gloria Rosie Perez Happy at the same time. Her thing in life meanwhile is absorbing reams of useless knowledge in the Hopes that she will one Day make it onto the television game show jeopardy although its never explained precisely Why this is such an All consuming passion for her. Harrelson who has perfected the character he plays Here on televisions Long running cheers does manage to develop a discernible chemistry with the charismatic Snipes and Shelton does a credible Job exploring the tentative growth of their Friendship a a Friendship that is sorely tested on More than one occasion. But whenever the Story turns Back to the hit men or Gloria a jeopardy quest the movie flounders to the Point where Shelton starts to repeat himself. The big Man woman moment Here when Gloria leads Billy on a confusing conversation about the concept of a dry mouthed Ness and How men a just done to understand Quot is a Pale imitation of the kind of earthy banter that Shelton fashioned for Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham. And the film is not helped by less than Stellar technical support which includes a Jerky editing style that seems to Cut some scenes off in mid stride. Viewers might be inclined to Cut Shelton some Slack if it were not so evident that he is capable of spinning a better tale than White men can t jump. The proof is that even non baseball fans could find plenty to enjoy in Bull Durham. But Only hard Core hoop sters Are Likely to take a real liking to White men can to jump. Shelton a heart is in the right place but too Many nagging negatives ultimately Combine to keep this movie from netting any More than 2vi stars. Sunday april 26. 1992