European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Hits loser misses from the cover. Expensive More films fall bade on pure formula and we All know that no genre a of purer formula than sequels. To counter the fact hat such movies Are reheated Gruel an increasing number of these films a led in 1992 by lethal weapon 3, Home alone 2 and bar Man returns a Are fuelled by a wave of marketing hype that sends people screaming from the room when the trailer appears on television for the 492nd time in a week. Perhaps someday it will Dawn on someone in a position to do something about it that haying a movie concept pounded into our skulls weeks before the film opens is More Likely to drive us away than make us Shell out for tickets. \ if there was a discernible trend in movie material in 1992, it was that an above average number of movies were based on real characters and events although the treatment some received was More Fie Jion than fact. Danny Devito and Lack Nicholson splashed the life of odious Union chieftain Jimmy Hoffa across the a screen. A a Quot a. Spike Lee crafted a spirited look at Malcolm x. There was Ruby starring Danny Aiello As the Man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald about whom no one made a movie at least not in 1992. Reaching farther Back. The last of the Mohi cans offered a. History lesson in colonial America s French and Indian wars. The years politically incorrect whipping boy Christopher Columbus was forced to endure not one but two vapid treatments of his life. As for what films entranced and disgusted your Humble reviewer its the usual Eclectic grab bag. Without further ado we present the stars and stripes sixth annual incredibly subjective list of the 10 Best and worst movies of the year. First the bombs. Longtime readers will be heartened to note that sly Stallone extends his own record string of appearances on this list a which is every year since the list s inception. But he faces an unexpected Challenge from Mcl Anie Griffith. Aside from sly who has done it three times she s the Only person to appear in two films on the wont list in the same year. The bad v 1.1 Topi or my mom will shoot he never teams. After the crash and Burn of his misguided farce Oscar see 1991 list Stallone inexplicably tries slapstick again in this witless Story of a cop whose excitable Mother insufferable Estelle Getty of to s the Golden Girts likes taking the Law into her own hands. 2. Mon trouble the High profile Dud of the year with Jack Nicholson and Eden Barkin looking embarrassed in a Limp talc of a Small time Security expert and a Singer seeking Protection after her apartment is trashed. It s hard to believe that no one connected with this production realized that it was a bomb in the making. 3. Wind that s what the i Levis full of Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey Star in what is meant to be a Tough tender Saga of survival and Triumph in the brutal Ultra competitive Down and dirty sport of yachting. Rocky it ainu to. 4. Or. Giggles carry Drake gentle Benny on tvs la. Law puts his career in danger with this atrocious pastiche of every horror cliche in history including its Central premise a escaped nut returns Home and starts killing goofy teen agers who should know better than to hang around run Down abandoned houses in the Woods. 5. Christopher Columbus the discovery the kind of big screen Flop that ranks with the infamous Neutron bomb Shtar. This heavy handed and Joyless retelling of the epic journey of Columbus George Corr face is occasionally lightened by unintentional humor a like seeing Tom Sellack cast ,. A Sylvester Stallone Falcho Dick with Estelle Getty and Dennis Burkley in Stop or Afy mom Witt shool. Erick Avari Pauly Shore Brendan Fraser in end no Man. Wamser Bros George Corr face Marlon Brando Rachel Ward and Tom Selleck sink with Christopher Columbus the discovery. Largo Entwit dimwit Larry Drake is no joke in or giggles. A 20th be nut of t Melanie Griffith does no to exactly glow in shining through. 20th Century Fco Ellen Barkin and Jack Nicholson can t help much in this Man trouble dog. Page 4 sunday january 3, 1993
