European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                11 is we i k s i ii is ,1 let a a 1 1 \ k 1 \ 1 j the adn Tum of Tho Oro. It Motoo Dof Octavo rated g. Based on tiie children a books by eve Titus this animatedly pits the Sherlock Holmes Ian great mouse detective against that rodent arc fiend professor Ratigan spoken by Vincent Price obviously enjoying the Chance to spoof his villainous Rolesa Youly and Tho boat rated g. Family. This animated feature combines the original plot of the Book with a feisty capable heroine who loves libraries More than roses the beast who s funny As Well As scary a Village hunk who serves As a comic villain and a household of animated inanimate objects. A a it n Iii Hood 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. A ugly rated r. Drama. This film focuses on gangster bugs Siegel s vision of creating a gambling Mecca in the Nevada desert. Warren Beatty plays the main character. City of Joy rated pg-13. Patrick Swayze plays a doctor temporarily stranded in India who finds himself persuaded by Pauline Collins to help out at her Street clinic. Porti Oullet Tho loot rain forgot rated g. This animated film tells the Story of the animals who live in an endangered rain Forest and How their world and the web of life Are in jeopardy from the forces of civilization. Fronko Odd Johnny rated r. Drama. This is a love Story about 4 Short order Cook and a waitress in a new York City diner trying to Cope with the problems of love loneliness sex and self esteem. Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer. Orond Conyon 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. Into Tho 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 leads to real air Battles crashes capture and escape providing the hero with an overdose of reality. Stars Anthony Michael Hall Michael Pard. Juk rated r. Oliver Stone s assassination movie gathers together the zillion conspiracy theories that question the Warren commission s conclusion hat Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone shot our president. Stone makes them the Story of one dedicated truth seeker a former new Orleans . Jim Garrison Kevin Costner who in 1969 became the Only Man in . History to bring the Kennedy murder to trial. Lov 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. Also Patrick Bergin. Medicine men rated pg-13. Scan Connery is a crus tily eccentric  scientist who deep in the heart of what is left of the Amazon rain Forest has discovered a cure for cancer. Lorraine Bracco is an uptight biochemist who a come to the Jungle to Check out what he s been up to for the last three years. There a just one Little problem he can to reproduce the formula and the bulldozers arc closing in threatening to destroy All Hope of finding the Miracle mix. 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 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 Prince Al tides rated r. A doctor patient relationship becomes very personal in this Saga about a Man who finds the key to unlock a lifetime of bottled up guilt and pain through his psychiatrist. Nick Nolle barbra Streisand. Robin Heidi Prince Al thieves rated pg-13. The ageless legend of Robin Hood is Folven a fresh treatment As the hero of Sherwood Orest and his merry men Battle the evil sheriff of Nottingham. Kevin Costner Morgan Freeman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Alan Rickman. Shining through rated r. A romantic spy thriller set during world War ii this movie chronicles the daring adventures of a Brooklyn born Secretary working in the new York office of the Oss. Michael Douglas Melanie Griffith. Stop or my Mam will shout rated pg-13. Action comedy. Quot a Quot is for the murder mirth and mayhem Quot of Quot is Only that the jokes Are old. Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty play an ingenious combo As an land Slob and his charmingly meddlesome Newark mom. Stroll i talk rated pm. A sunny Southern Gal Dolly Parton goes to Chicago and becomes an unexpected hit As a radio shrink. That makes her fair game for a Nosy reporter James Woods who wants the scoop on this on air  an Uia Mii circuit rated pol father of the Bride my girl pure Luck Star trek i the undiscovered country. Rated pm isl blame it on the Bellboy Doc Hollywood Fried Green tomatoes kufis regarding Henry Robin Hood. Prince of thieves toy soldiers. Ratio re article 99, Bac draft Billy Bathgate the Fisher King free Jack Gate ii homicide juice the last boy scout the Lawnmower Man one Good cop the silence of the lambs sleepwalkers White men can t jump. Tom Selleck right and Don Ameche play a beleaguered son and his too helpful father in the comedy folks 20th Century Fox Chuck Vinch stall write Ron m \ 11 folks rated pg-13 must see Worth your time passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait Tom Selleck a movie career which has never risen above abject mediocrity at Best takes a nose dive into the dumpster with this misguided mess which will Appeal to Only those warped individuals who think senility suicide and a Man losing a testicle make for gut busting comedy. I Hope there wont be too Many of you. Selleck plays Jon Aldrich a Chicago securities broker who has it All a great Job flashy car High Rise Condo Beautiful wife Wendy Crewson and two Nice kids. His life is upscale in every sense of the word. Then one Day he gets a Call from Florida and finds out that his Mother Anne Jackson is in the Hospital for a kidney Stone operation. Jon has been estranged from his parents for the better part of a decade for reasons that Are never clearly explained a lot of this film is unexplained. But he dutifully flies South to be with her and this is where his life slowly begins to come apart. For starters he finds that his father Harry Don Ameche is going senile. Jon mistakenly lets dad get behind the wheel of his monster Cadillac in which he proceeds to demolish half the trailer Park where he lives. By the end of the Day Harry has also managed to Burn Down his own trailer after leaving a pot boiling on the stove. At first Jon tries to foist his parents off on his incredibly Bitchy sister Arlene Christine Ebersole Gold digging divorce with two teen aged monsters for sons who lives nearby in Florida. But when she refuses to even answer her door Jon has no Choice but to take his folks Home to Chicago to live with him. From there his downward spiral accelerates. His securities firm is caught in a sting by the Fri and although he is innocent he finds his assets Frozen and his car and furniture repossessed until the racketeering charges against his firm can be resolved. His wife and kids pack up and leave. And his father is causing All manner of mayhem by wandering off at the most Inopportune moments. Jon spends most of the rest of the film trying to figure out what went wrong and How to put his crumbling life Back together. Writer Robert Klane and director Ted Sotcheff whose collaborated on weekend at Beme a Flash the same Brand of mean spirited humor Here As in that film. Their idea of wit is to have the senile Harry Greet his son every five minutes As if it were the first time they a seen each other in years. They put Selleck a character through the wringer having him suffer a crushed leg broken fingers burst eardrum ruptured eyeball amputated toe and the loss of a testicle after a Nasty encounter with a flagpole. Through it All Selleck shows a remarkable Lack of flair for slapstick bounding through every scene like a goofy Puppy about to wet the carpet. The movie regresses from Plain stupidity to outright morbidity when Jon and his sister try to help their parents kill themselves so they can collect the insurance Money a scheme that keeps failing when Harry somehow avoids death at every turn. Klane and Sotcheff want to say something about the real Issue of what children must do when their parents can no longer care for themselves but they Bury it under All the Sicko plot twists. Every time i think in be seen the most painfully unfunny would be comedy Hollywood can dish up something like this comes along to show that there Are far greater Depths to be plumbed. The Only Bright spot Here is Ameche an old school pro who makes Selleck look like the television Piker that he is. He a the sole reason folks gets one Star instead of a big fat Zero. Page 12 a sunday May 17, 1992