European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse - Iriana amp want is 11. Is ass ddn rated g. A thousand and one delights especially Rohin Williams voice consent Lertg adult a cautionary tale of the Nasty things that can happen when adults Are tempted to stray from the marital straight and narrow. Starring Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Crossing to bldg a Danny Mort and Tim have to make a decision in life which will Lead them Down one path or another the Cross inv the Bridge in life dig Gat own a James Woods Louis Gossett tries to Rescue Digg town from the corrupt. Clutches of Bruce Derry. For Svor Young r. Mel Gibson stars As a fighter Pilot who loses his lady love and offers himself up for a deep freeze Experiment. 1492i Conquest of per do pm 3. The image of Christopher Columbus voyage is de sited vividly. Starring Gerard Depardieu. R. Olg to r. Escaped nut returns Home and starts killing goofy teen agers who should know better than to bang around run Down aban. Tinned houses in the Woods. Stars Larry Drake. Old motor r. In the world of underground a boxing a Young Man is forced into the ring to exonerate his father s name and Clear his debts a starring James Marshall and Brian Dennehy. Long sorry Glon Ross r. Though its High powered cast includes Jack Lemmon at Pacino Alee Baldwin and de Harris the real Star of this tale of Slick real estate salesmen is David Mamet s electric script. A Hare pg-13, a spirited film about All heroes great and Small a Low life Dustin Hoffman becomes an accidental hero when he helps Rescue the passengers of a downed Jet. A honeymoon in dogs pm in. Nicolas Cage plays a commitment shy private Eye who loses his Fiat cd Sarah Jessica Parker in a poker tame to James Caan innocent blood a an undercover cop in Pittsburgh. Stars Anne Pari Laud. The last of the Modican r. In the 1750s, an Indian raised frontiersman Daniel Day Lewis is caught up in the bloody mayhem of the French and Indian wars. A league of their own pm. Topping the roster for the Rockford peaches Gena Davis As the Star qualify Catcher Tom Hanks As their Manly manager Lori Petty As Davis envious kid sister and Madonna As a Wise cracking bad girl outfielder. Loop of Faith pg-13. Steve Marlin stars Ai a phony Faith who brings his revival tent to a Kansas town. With Deborah Winger the mighty ducks pm. About a kiddie hockey team and its reluctant coach Emilio Estevez. Or. Baseball pg-13. Tom Selick is a fading american ballplayer who is traded to the japanese team to finish out his career. Night and Tho City r. New York talc of a nobody who wants to be somebody and uses the sport of boxing to try to make his dreams come True. Robert do Niro and Jessica Lange. Pat Samataro 2 r. Return to the eerie Arena where dead Fri liars come Back. Of Mica it Man pg-13. Gary since and John Malkovich turn in outstanding performances As two men trying to make a Basic living while dreaming of buying a place of their own. Tha Public cya r. In l j-12, a tabloid photographer s infatuation with a new York nightclub owner leads to involvement in gang land warfare. Stars Joe Pesci and Barbara la Urshey. Pur country pm. Country Star George Strait plays country Star Dusty Wyatt. Side of the smoke am Light show that s taken Over his act. Dusty Heads or the Hills to rediscover his roots and recharge his achy Bracky heart. Radio fryor pg-13. Two Young Brothers Are instinctively protective Ozone another after their mom remarries and they Are faced with the harsh an abusive Stepfather. Sharing fear and fantasy they discover the magical world of childhood belief in which animals. Sneak and monsters live in the bedroom closet. School to pg-13. A Star quarterback is secretly recruited to play for an elite new England prep school. His secret is exposed when a class male becomes jealous of his Success on and off the Field. Starring Fraser. So Riglo Whf to Tomilo Al. Bridget Fonda is a new girl in new York with a huge rent controlled apartment tin Rhc a pct West Side and a shy new Rookie Jennifer Jason Leigh who turns out la have a few screws Loose. South control it. A i of Angeles Man is drawn into the gangs and winds up in prison a Only to find out his son is heading for the same trouble that rapped him. Glenn Plummer and Carl lushly. A under 5lege it. A resentful second in command Gary Tluskey helps an Excia nut Case Tommy 1 be Jones and his terrorists take Over the battleship Missouri. Umlor Given r. C Tiiu Eastwood produces directs and stars in this Staik Western epic about two gunslingers who come out of retirement to round up a few bad Guys for the Reward Money. White men is no to jump it. Woody far Rel son is a con Tan who teams up with Wesley Snipes o try to make a few Bucks by running a Basic shall scam in los Angeles. Wind in a v a cocky racing skipper hired by a Newport magnate to be his helmsman in the America s Tup sailing facts laces turmoil and con flip t w ill in., longstanding sailing partner and companion. Will Jan Nilor Grey. Alto on Tho cafes circuit rated pcs hit on a i Init. A a a rated pg-13 t Ron City of Joy toss. Rated i alien husbands and wises to Moi v. 20th Century Fon Marcello Mastroianno has been admiring Shirley Maclane for 23 years and now gels his Chance in used people Chuck Vinch Slaff write Ron movies used people rated pg-13 it must sees Worth your time. A passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait this film wants desperately to be the yiddish version of afo ofis inc going so far As to shamelessly crib the Moon Motif in a couple of scenes. But aside from featuring a targe dysfunctional family As the framework for its overlong Story used people comes up Short in every other comparison with heartwarming comedy. Lets face it a when it comes to heat and passion Shirley Maclaine and Marcello Mas Troianni Are not going to come out ahead of Cher and Nicolas Cage possibly the films most egregious sin is us failure to develop any semblance of the whimsical sense of Romance that made Moonstruck a Joy to watch. Aging charmer Mastroianni does give it his All As Joe Meledandri who presents himself As a potential suitor to Pearl her. Man Maclaine As she is sitting Shiva it for tier recently deceased husband of 37 years. The question that soon creeps into your mind As this inert Story unfolds is Why Joe would want to become in voted at All with Pearl a harsh resentful emotionally shuttered woman. And she a Only one of three generations of Weirdo females in this family. The essential philosophy of her Mother a wasted Jessica Tandy is in her View on kids a better you should get chickens. If you get hungry at least you can cat then there Are her daughters Norma Marcia Gay Harden and Bibby Kathy Bate both divorced single mothers with enough problems to keep a therapist in the Black for a decade. Norma is an unhinged Bank Teller who feels alive Only when she is impersonating famous movie characters she thinks nothing of coming to breakfast made up As Marilyn Monroe in the seven year itch. The apparent Root cause of her problems is the death of her infant son four years before Ai though this tragedy is never fully explained. Her nuttiness is beginning to rub off on her other son the prepubescent Swee pea As in the character in the Popeye cartoons played by Matthew Branton. He thinks the spirit of his dead Grandfather has made him Invulnerable and keeps thrusting himself into life threatening situations trying to prove it. Bibby meanwhile is a frumpy waitress with a deep sealed insecurity problem who holds a lifelong grudge against her Mother because she believes Pearl has always favored Norma. Its hard not to agree with her. In one scene Pearl tells Bibby a when you got a Hunchback Why spend Money on a nose Job a but in truth Pearl likes to spread her vitriol Over a wider target. Area. A no wonder your kid is so screwed up a she tells Norma. A a he a not sure if y our re his Mother or Zsa Zsa this mess of a family comes Joe a casual acquaintance of pearls late husband who claims to have fallen instantly in love with her while watching them dance together through the window of their apartment some 23 years before. The Story is set in 1969, which was a pretty Good year for miracles what with the mets winning the world series and men walking on the Moon. But it stretches the Bounds of ail imagination to think that such a Lively passionate Man could be so devoted to wooing such a bitter Brittle woman. The movie does occasionally come to life and a fair share of these moments Are provided by Harden. A scene in which Norma re enacts the hotel room seduction sequence from the graduate with the smarmy husband of Joe a daughter is one of the film s High Points. But most of the High powered Talent is wasted. Todd grafts dour script and director be Eban Kidron a plodding style make for Tough sledding from an audience Point of View. Maclaine has developed a late Ca reer fetish for playing annoying and disagreeable characters. She fills these roles with All her considerable acting abilities a one lengthy and riveting scene Between her and Bales show Why both Are in the Oscar leagues a but that does no to change the result. The characters still come off As annoying and Bottom line on this film that too Many of the primary players Are whiny unsympathetic women afflicted with various a involving neuroses. I done to need to cough up Money for a movie ticket to get that experience. I can endure it for free every year just by going Home for the people gets one 12 a sunday january 31, 1933
