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Richard Gere la a psychiatrist specialising in criminal Case involving Tern Horary insanity. Also starring Kim Basinger. . Mel Gibson stars As a fighter Pilot who net hit lad love Isabelle glasses and offers himself up for a deep Fri Etc Experiment. Para Ali r. A Young race Driver Emilio is. Tit is in frit the ride of i life. Tha own in Latty Laud a handbag Po-13. Penelope Miller and Erie thai. Hama Alana St Iaal in naw Vav pm. Zealous sequel in attempt to almost exactly duplicate the original Home alone. Maak to. Only tinker Btl can help Peter remember never never land and How to Fly to. Rescue his children from Captain Hook with Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. Inn cant Llad r. Romantic thriller about a female undercover cop in Pittsburgh. Starring Anne Pari Laud. A a a Jann far a r. Andy Garcia play a Burnt out cop and Uma Thurman is the Blind Quot witness with whom he Falls in love. A  own to. Topping the roster for the Rockford peaches Geena Davis As the Star Quality Catcher Tom Hanks As their. Mangy manager Lori Petty is Davis s envious kid Niter and Mado woks a Wise cracking bad girl outfielder. J a. Laig it a null pm to. Steve Martin plays a disillusioned evangelist. It Siwl to Pawn 3 r. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover Mil it up one More time. Muff loan of an in Lackla Man pm in. A comedy. Chevy Chase plays a Wall Street analyst who loses himself and becomes invisible. After a lab . Or. Baa Kall Po-13. Tom Selleck is a fading american ballplayer who is traded to a japanese team to finish out his career. Out an a limb to. Matthew Broderick plays a financial while summoned to a logging town named Burn a by i lit if sister. Run Techla o. One of the Disney classic. Pat Samataro a r. Return to the eerie Arena where dead critic it come Back with a pc n. Glance a. Rapid Para r. Brandon Lea follows in the footwork of his dad martial arts Gend Bruce Lea. A a. A Quot rack a Aadla o. An animated film about a boy and hit favorite Story about Chanticleer e rooster. A a Aarau anal r. Whoops Goldberg plays a passionate school teacher in South Africa who takes Pride in her heritage and encourages her students to do the same. Al Flaa Po-13. Romantic comedy introduces a i a women it ring Bridget Fonda Matt Dillon and gorgeous. Kyra Sedgwick. Alf Flo White fam Alt r. Bridget Fonda is a new girl in new York with a huge rent controlled apartment on the upper West Sidi end a thy new Rookie Jennifer Jason Leigh who turn out to have a few screws Loose. Alolor act pm. Whoops Goldberg is on the Lam in a Convent. A Nakorn. Pg-13. This entertaining caper comedy it like the Best Ever episode of minion Impo Aible. Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier.  r. Aim Eastwood produces directs and stars in this Stark Western epic about. 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Giggles night and the City. Toys. A. Cast la Rock entertainment Tom cruise stars As a second gun Craton Navy lawyer it. . Daniel Kaffee in the newly released a few Good men. Chuck Vinch stall writer on m Ovik a few Good Man rated r. A a a a aaa must i aaa Worth your Elma a Passabi Antwian Inmai a coming Goon to a video outlet near you and you can wait he does t get a lot of screen time and even takes second Billing to Tom cruise but Jack Nicholson makes the most compelling military court martial participant since Humphrey Bogart a infamous capt Queen in this fiery adaptation of Aaron Sorkin s play about duty Honor and country in the insulated world of the Marine  plays col. Nathan Jessep the steel hard self righteous commander of the sprawling naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Trouble erupts when two of the men under his command dish out a severe hazing known As a a code red to a Grunt who stepped outside the Chain of command to report alleged infractions. The deed goes awry and the Man Dies. A court martial ensues. At Issue is whether the two men impressive he Ophye actor Wolfgang Bodison and sidekick James Marshall were following orders from above which May have come from theodious it. Kendrick Kiefer Sutherland or from Jessep himself. Eager to dispense of the affair with a minimum of fuss the Navy assigns a vapid Young Buck it . Daniel Kay fee Tom cruise to defend the pair. Kaffee is a wisecracking goof off who much prefers a Dusty softball Diamond. To a Musty court room. In some ways he a in need of a Little code red himself. He seems so indifferent about his career and this Case that even his two clients find it hard to respect him. And in truth Kaffee is none too eager to Rock the boat As he prepares to Glt hip against his smooth opposite number prosecutor capt. Ross Kevin. Bacon. But a affect a conscience is pricked by his unwanted partner in the Case the zealous it cmdr Joanne Galloway Demi Moor who realizes there a a cover up in the making and goads him into facing this Challenge instead of running away. Director Rob Reiner offers an inter a sting spin on the Issue of sons trying to escape the shadows of famous fathers. Kaffee is burdened by the legendary reputation of his dad a famous Navy lawyer. When the Young lieutenant puts Jessep on the stand the colonel serves As a symbolic opponent for the confrontations Kaffee never had with his own father. Reiner is the son of Carl Only one of the greatest comedians in show business. So he knows whereof he Speaks with this thread of the plot. As Jessep Nicholson devours see Nery in great chunks. He gets Tot of the Best lines As when he Launy Moore a character with a sordid tale of How sex is better with women who outrank you. But this is cruises show and after the relatively flaccid far and away he rises to Nicholson a level Here As they make riveting drama together. Cruise even gets to do a weak but enjoyable impression of the old joker Reiner coaxes Fine work from the entire cast. Moore sometimes Borders on annoying but after All her characters Mission is to nag Kaffee until he gets off his Duff and into gear. Even the normally insufferable Sutherland injects just the right note of ignorant menace into his character a Man who sees nothing particularly unusual about the questionable death of one of his troops. A a r Reiner shows remarkable restraint with the relationship Between Kaffee and Galloway which easily could have lapsed into ctich6, clearly there is subliminal fantasizing going on Between a them but they never even share so much As a screen kiss which allows them to develop a palpable tension that they use to play off each other More effectively. A Clever move by Reiner the film would have been weaker had the female Lead once again swooned at cruise s feet As soon As he flashed his famous Pearly Whites. If there s one thing missing its the trademark sense of Subtle humor that is so much in evidence in some of reinerus other films. But he a breaking new ground Here and its territory that really Isnit Ripe for laughs. This is straight up melodrama from the heart of one of the last male dominated bastions of our society coloured with Brassy spit polished strokes of red White and Blue brought to life by an impressive cast. A few Good men is an engrossing four Star film. Military audiences will love it. T sunday january 3. 1993