European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Hus we Lik s films ii i i \ the i Fth on at my de tether rated o. The first animated feature by the Crew that went on to make the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the beast great mouse defective pit the Sherlock Holm Rian title character against that rodent arc fiend professor Ratigan. Bey n Iii heed rated r. Drama. In the ghetto life is concentrated on survival. This movie takes you into such a neighbourhood to focus on Young people who want to Rise above the crime and violence. Ice cube Cuba Gooding or. Fra ack 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 Jaeger is a futuristic Bounty Hunter and Anthony of Hopkins is the other Hall of a mind body switch intended for the hero. Orand Canyon rated r. This drama describes life and death among the haves and the have not. A Friendship in los Angeles tries to Span the Gap Between the slums and the wealthy part of the City Danny Glover Kevin Kline. Inta tha Bun rated r. When a cocky movie actor gets himself invited onto a military base to get firsthand experience with Jet pilots he gels More than he can handle. Hot dog flying leads to real air Battles crashes capture and escape providing the hero with an overdose of reality. Stars Anthony Michael halt Michael part. Juk rated r. Oliver stones assassination movie gathers together the zillion conspiracy theories that question the Warren commission s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone shot our president. Stone makes them the Story of one dedicated truth seeker a former new Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison Kevin Costner. Kurt rated pg-13. Christian Slater plays George cuffs a rebel with a Cool War Uroic a 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 Baa Guys including the one who killed his brother. Also Milla Jovovich. Low crimes rated r. Sean Young is a District attorney from Atlanta obsessed with prosecuting a smooth Young Man who impersonates a professional photographer to lure attractive Young women into posing for him. Patrick Bergin. Medicine Man rated pg-13. Scan Connery is a crus tily eccentric but Brilliant scientist who deep in the heart of what is left of the Amazon rain Forest has discovered a cure for cancer. Lorraine braces is an uptight biochemist who s come to the Jungle to Check out what he a been up to for the last three years. There s just one Little problem he can to reproduce the formula and Ine bulldozers arc closing in threatening to destroy Alt Hope of finding the Miracle mix. Mobo tors rated r. A look at famous mobsters Luciano Meyer Lansky bugs Siegel and Frank costello on their Way to becoming legends during the period of 1917 through 19311. Christian Slater Putrick Dempsey. My Cou Aln Vunny rated r. Joe pc Sci is a new York lawyer who defends his Cousin Ralph Macchio and Friend against a murder rap in club Nam. Also Marisa Tomci. My Al re rated pm. In this co Cdv Emma about relationships Macaulay Culkin leaves Home to hang around precocious 11-year-old Anna Chlumsky. Other people s Money rated r. Comedy. A ruthless tycoon whose business is Wheeling and dealing for other people s Money meets his match when he Trie to acquire a family owned business. Danny Devito Penelope Ann Miller. The plunder i Stair 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 pro Clyl of Tib rated r. A doctor a lint relationship becomes very personal in Inis Saga about a Man who finds the cry to unlock a lifetime of bottled up guilt and pain through his psychiatrist. Nick Nolte Barbara sire Sanj. A Hon Homdt Nam to Thelmi rated i pg-13. The ageless legend of Robin Hood is Iven a fresh treatment at the hero of Sherwood Orest and his merry men Battle the evil sheriff of Nottingham. Kevin Coaler Morgan Freeman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Alan Rickman a Hon inf the a the rated r. A romantic spy thriller set during world War 11, this movie chronicles the daring adventures of a Brooklyn born Secretary working in the new York office of the Oss. Michael Douglas Melanie Griffith. T for a Vii til undo or a country rated pm. The Enterprise s original cast continues the tradition of television s Star trek straight talk rated pm. A sunny southerner Dolly Parion goes to Chicago and becomes an unexpected hit Ai a radio shrink. That makes her fair game for a Nosy reporter James Woods who wants the scoop on this on air phenom Whit my can to jump rated r in this adventure comedy Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson Plav pickup basketball hustlers on the Loose in l a hone Perez co Slais As a Topar or obsessed Girlfriend kit nth a Abb circuit ratio of Beauty and the beast mated pal father of the Bride. Pure Luck. Rocketeer. Ratio po1st blame it on the Bellboy Doc Hollywood folks of cd Green tomatoes memoirs of an invisible Man regarding Henry toy soldiers. Ratio my Billy Bathgate. City Slicker the Fisher King homicide juice the last boy scout the Lawnmower Man. Rush the silence of the lambs. Sleepwalkers terminator 7. Judgment Dav Joth Cantu in Fox Zack Center and his magic friends try to help Mother nature in the animated film Fern Gully. The last rain Forest. Chuck Vinc stall writer 1 _ 1 1 it met \ ii s i Fern Gully. The Lett rain Forest rated q a a a must see Worth your time passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait if you re worried hat your kids May not be environmentally knowledgeable enough to Rale As politically Correct you could do worse than take the tykes to this animated feature with an environmental twist. As might be expected in a message film that must keep the message from being too Complex for the Core audience the Jim Cox script is uneven. The Story s principal flaw is that it makes the rain forests Archenemy nonhuman a mixture of ambient sludge named hex us voice of Tim Curry the real culprit is us and our insatiable demand for Wood and paper. Of so maybe you have to draw pollution As a scary monster to make it understandable to the kids. Its an animated feature after All. And even As it stands much of the films dialogue will zip right Over younger viewers Heads. There Are a lot of references to things like a the delicate strands of the web of Fern Gully is a beatific Refuge of dappled sunlight babbling streams Majestic Trees and a tribe of 3-Inch-High fairies who Are at one with their Paradise after having Defeated hex us once before. He a imprisoned in a gnarled old tree that All the forests denizens shun. One of the fairies is a Blue one named Crysta voice of Samantha Mathis who is Content to Buzz around the Forest soaking up rays and communing with nature. But one Day she happens to Fly into the forbidden zone a above the canopy Quot of the Forest s mighty Trees and notices there s a whole world out in the beyond. Soon the Forest creatures notice a vague rumbling from far off. As it gets closer they see it s a huge tree mulch or capable of chewing up the Forest into so Many bark chips. The massive machine is piloted by three human buddies led by the cute Zack. The adventure starts As they re moving along wiping out huge tracts. Her curiosity piqued Crysta has come to the Edge of the Forest to observe the humans. But when Zack is almost pole axed by a falling tree Crysta spins a slightly imperfect spell that shrinks him to her size. Meanwhile Zackus two buddies have chopped Down the tree housing hex us and he a growing stronger by feeding off the leaking sludge and noxious fumes the machine is emitting. Its up to Zack Crysta and buddies a notably Batty Koda voice of Robin Williams genetically altered Bat a to band together to whip hex us again and save the Forest. Zack makes the environmental a list. With Crysta browbeating him he really has no Choice. When he carves their initials into a tree with a Penknife for example she Sall Over him like a Banshee shouting a a done to do that. Can to you feel its pain Quot Disney it Isnit. The film is padded with More scenes of cavorting in the Forest to forgettable melodies than Are necessary. But it also has its positives. The visuals Are inventive and colourful rapper tone Loc does an interesting turn As the voice of a ravenous iguana Williams is a riot and its a trouble free Way to at least make your kids aware that there is this huge thing they live in called the environment. Hey it has to have More redeeming social value than letting them watch Tom and Jerry mindlessly Bash each other into Infinity. Fern Gully gets three stars. Page 12 a sunday Way 10, 1992
