European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Short Taki s rated o. A thousand delights Espe Dally Robin Williams voice. Aaa a Allva r. Eat your Popcorn Early for this one. When a plane goes Down in the Remote snowy Andes those on Board including a Rugby team from Uruguay have to eat the dead to remain alive. Start Ethan Hawke and Vincent Spano. Canaan Lenv a Walt r. 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. A la i can Grasl a. The image of Christopher Columbus voyage is de it acted vividly. Starring Girard Depardieu. A f. Olg Flaa r. Escaped nut returns Home and starts killing goofy teen agers who should know better than to hang around abandoned houses in the Woods. Stars . Laws Larry Drake a item Anta april r. In the 1920s, four very different women leave dreary drizzly London and rent an italian Villa on the Mediterranean. Ola Alator r. In the world of underground boning a Young Man is forced into the ring to exonerate his father s name and dear his debts. Starring James Marshall and Brian Dennehy. Ola Garry Plait Rama r. Though its High powered cast includes Jack Lemmon at Pacino Alec Baldwin and de Harris the real Star of this tale of Slick real estate salesmen is David Mamet s electric script. A a Hart 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. Aaa honeymoon in of of pg-13. Nicolas Cage plays a commitment shy private Eye who loses his Fiancee Sarah Jessica Parker in a poker game. Aaa. Husband and a Loo r. This cynical ensemble drama centers on two troubled Middle aged couples. After being married for 10 years they realize the passion is gone. Stars Woody Aljen and Mia Farrow. Tho loot of Trio Mohi cans r. In the 1750s, an Indian raised frontiersman Daniel Day. Lewis is caught up in the bloody mayhem of the French and Indian wars when he Falls for the Beautiful daughter Madeleine Stowe of a British colonel. A a a a Loague of Thor own to. Topping the roster for the Rockford peaches Geena Davis As the Catcher Tom Hanks As their manager Lori Petty As Davis envious kid sister and Madonna As a Wise cracking outfielder. A a a a Lovo potion to. P pg-13. Join in the Romp As our nerds tale Donovan and Sandra Bullock Are transformed into sex objects. Tho mighty Pucka pm. When a selfish Yuppie Emilio Estevez is forced to coach an inner City kids hockey team its the bad news bears on ice. Aaa. Or. Saturday night r. A stand up comedian s ups and Downs Over a 50-year period. Stars Billy Crystal. Hight onto Tho City r. New York tale of a nobody who wants to be somebody and uses the. Sport of boxing to try to make his dreams come True. Robert de Niro and Jessica Lange. A a of Alco Ond Mon pg-13. Gary Sinise 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. Poo Zongor it r. Pie hard in a plane a Security expert finds himself aloft with a terrorist. Stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne. A a pot Sosna tary i r. Return to the eerie Arena where dead critters come Back. Quot Tho ass Bolo Lyo r. In 1942, a tabloid photographer s infatuation with a glamorous new York nightclub owner leads to involvement in Gangland warfare. Stars Joe pc Sci and Darbara la Urshey Tiro country pm. Country Star George Strait plays country Star Dusty Wyatt. Sick of the smoke and Light show that has taken Over his act Dusty Heads for the Hills to rediscover his Soots and recharge his achy Bracky heart. Icon of a woman r. A bitter Blind Man hires a prep school senior to take him to new York and rediscovers his humanity. Starring Al Pacino and Chris o Doncell. School too pg-13. A Star quarterback is secretly recruited to play for an elite new England prep school. Ilis secret is exposed when a class male becomes jealous of his Success on and off the Field. Starring Brendan Fraser. So Igloo pg-13. Romantic comedy introduces us to an engaging Potpourri of Young men and women out on their own for the first time. Starring Matt Dillon and Kyra Sedgwick. Aaa. Sno Okoro pm i. Five techno Whiz misfits steal a code breaking device at the Behest of the government. But which government starring Robert Redford and Sidney a a undo Tlapa r. A resentful Mccond in com Mand Gary Busty helps an cd Cla nut Case Tommy Lee Jones and his terrorists take Over the battleship Missouri. Aaa Ilyf it lilt pg-13. A Story about love family and other embarrassments. Starring Shirley Maclaine and Marcello Mastroianni. A the vanishing r. A psychological thriller about a Man who becomes obsessed with learning the Fate of his Girlfriend who has mysteriously disappeared. Stars Jeff Bridges Kiefer Sutherland and Nancy in Aafke circuit Po-f9l Captain Ron a City of Joy aaa. Wayne s Woi id a a a. I alien a a a or. Saturday night a a. A ratings by Start in tar Chuck Jna Cinema corp. Kathy Ireland wants Emilio Estevez to taste her cookies in National Lampoon s loaded weapon 1. Chuck Vinch Al a jjy/1 staff writer on Movik National Lampoon weapon 1 loaded rated r Kaaa aaa a a must see Worth your time passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can Wail no flicks deserve to be skewered with parody More than the lethal weapon films especially since the two sequels Are degenerative caricatures of the entertaining original. Just thinking about what Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers the Trio behind the air plane and naked gun concepts could have done with such an Opportunity makes me smile. However its Hack writer director Gene Quintano whose most impressive previous credits Are police Academy 3 and 4, at the Helm in National Lam Poons loaded weapon 1. That Means the overwhelming majority of the jokes and sight gags while potentially funny in concept misfire with depressing regularity when they actually play out on the screen. Emilio Estevez and Samuel Jackson Star As detectives Jack Colt and Wes Luger. Colt and Luger a get it of forget it Colt is a trigger Happy wacko who makes Luger his new straight partner nervous with his manic antics. For example after the lengthy convenience store shootout that opens the film Colt sights Down on a prostrate thug and hisses a i know what you re thinking Punk a a did he fire 174 times or Only 173?�?T a Colt and Luger must Battle a gang of Sissy drug smugglers led by general mortars William Shatner and his enigmatic Henchman Jigsaw Tim Curry. Filling out the requisite sex object role is Kathy Ireland As destiny Demeanour. A squeeze me like an a amp a .747 magnum with an extended eight Inch barrel just begging for a few squirts of Oil Quot she Coos at the supposedly studly Colt although it turns out he can Only shoot Blanks with her. Ireland has one amusing scene that spoofs the interrogation sequence from Basic instinct but its quite Clear that As an actress she makes a great sports illustrated swimsuit Model. Two of the main characters manage to get through the film without embarrassing themselves. Jackson does a Good Job of capturing the Lazy obeisance that the talented actor Danny Glover uses when he goes slumming As straight Man to Mel Gibson in the be that weapon flicks. And Jon Lowitz nails Joe Pescio a whiny and annoying Leo Goetz character. But they can to overcome the film s two giant problems. One is the lame script co written by Quintano and Don Holley. The other is Estevez whose utter Lack of acting Talent a not to mention comic timing a is so appallingly evident that his continued Success in finding work in Hollywood is one of the most puzzling mysteries of our time. Expecting this colourless wuss to Lam Poon the intensely charismatic Gibson is like casting Madonna As Catherine in a remake of Wuth Cring Heights. Hmm. Lets not give her any ideas. The Only consistent source of amuse ment to be had Here is the Eclectic Parade of guest cameos. The roster includes whoops Gold Berg Bruce Willis or. Joyce Brothers Richard Moll from tvs defunct night court with hair and a beards. Murray Abraham Estevez s brother Char lie Sheen saturday night live comedian Phil Hartman and Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox from the old to series chips both decked out in full Highway regalia. My favorite Cameo came in a scene in which Luger a histrionic Boss discovers the station House Coffee machine is on the Fritz. He yells a Scotty can you get this thing to work a up pops James Doohan chief Engineer Montgomery Scott from the original Star trek who sputters a a in a Givin you All she a got Captain. If i push any harder the whole thing s Gonna blow Quot if your tastes run to the truly sophomoric like dirty Limericks on Bath room Walls sophomoric you May actually get a few laughs out of this. As for me despite having an admittedly Bent sense of humor i had to fight to stay awake during some scenes. And to add the ultimate Ripoff for your movie Dollar the film barely tops 80 minutes in length a although in this Case that a probably a Blessing. If you be seen the two minute trailer for National lampoons loaded weapon i you be seen All the highlights. I gets a disappointing one Star. Page 12 a sunday february 14, 1993
