European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Home entertainment Mew we in re or i video rankings rentals 1 a few Good men Columbia tristan 2 Bram Stoker s Dracula Columbia tristan 3 forever Young Warner 4 unforgiven Warner 5 body of evidence Mem a 6 Jennifer 8 Paramount. 7 leap of Faith Paramount. 8 the crying game live 9 a River runs through it Columbia tristan 10 the distinguished gentleman Hollywood sales 1 pinocchio Disney 2 Beauty and the beast Disney 3 Playboy playmate of the year uni dist. Corp. 4 Disney s sing along songs Friend like me Disney 5 Playboy celebrity Centrefold Jessica Hahn uni dist. Corp. 6 Star trek i the undiscovered country Paramount a 7 Playboy 1993 video playmate review uni dist. Corp. 8 mall Stockl goo times. 9 Playboy erotic fantasies Iii uni dist. Corp. 10 101 dalmatians Disney compiled by billboard. Television the top 15 stateside to shows for july 12-18, according to the . Nielsen co. Season to Date ranking an n Lor first time showing an x for onetime Only presentation or a u for unavailable is in parentheses. 1 3 Home improvement 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x baseball All Star game lbs 15 primetime live 12 20/20 1 60 minutes lbs 20 unsolved mysteries 2 Roseanne u 48 hours lbs 7 murder she wrote lbs 10 x movie with a vengeance lbs 11 x buddies 12 u dateline 13 6 coach 14 8 Murphy Brown lbs 15 15 Seinfeld Cable 1 movie deep trouble Usa 2 murder she wrote Usa 3 trials of Ufa Tbs 4 Auto racing inn 5 baseball dodgers at mets esp 6 murder she wrote Usa 7 movie Star trek Usa 8 trials of life Tbs 9 movie burled alive Usa 10 murder she wrote Usa Spike Lee directs and stars along with Denzel Washington in the Marathon length Malcolm a video reviews Malcolm x 1992. Warner. R. When he was assassinated feb. 21,1965, Malcolm x was Given an eloquent Eulogy by actor Ossie Davis in which he called the slain Leader a your manhood our living Black manhood this was his meaning to his people. And in honouring him we Honor the Best in Spike Lee uses Davis Eulogy to Cap his three hour 21-minute epic Malcolm a Davis voiceover combined with real footage could have provided a powerful end to Leeds theatrical interpretation. Instead Lee tacks on a segment with South african Leader Nelson Mandela and a Grade schoo lesson and thrusts us into a rally on Malcolm x Boulevard in Harlem where hired extras in Malcolm x to shirts converge with arms raised. The result is that we walk away from this film with Little emotion. Certainly the dramatization of Malcolm a life should evoke rage sympathy Hope anger frustration Pride sorrow. Snippets of the film should remain burned in our minds or our hearts. But Leeds movie despite Good intentions does not inspire visceral realities. It simply is too superficial too theatrically poised without the hard Edge that could have made it a masterpiece. A better bet is Malcolm x the documentary a compelling film by Arnold Perl and Marvin Worth who produced Leeds film. Here we re Given real footage of Malcolm x with none of Leeds silly flourishes. The documentary was made in 1972 and rerelease earlier this year. Leeds film does provide outstanding performances. Denzel Washington with hair dyed a Nasty Coppery red earned an Academy award nomination for his extraordinary and sensitive portrayal of Malcolm. The first third of the movie deals with the Early years of Malcolm s life. The segment is Lively peppered with the hot jazz and rhythm and blues of the Day a jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and Singer Mikki Howard provide some of the music. It also features Lee As Malcolm Best Friend. Shorty. The second part of Malcolm coven Malcolm a prison Days when he made up for his aborted education by Reading every Book he could find and copying every word of the dictionary. The last part of the film chronicles his Days As a Muslim Leader a first his infatuation with Elijah Muhammad a1 Freeman Orris rapid Rise As a fiery and respected Leader his marriage and family life with Betty Shabazz Angela Basset this disillusionment with Elijah and the nation his pilgrimage to Mecca his philosophical changes his death. The screenplay does Little to establish and unravel a conspiracy in Malcolm s death. It suggests Fri Cia intervention without going into j. Edgar Hoover s program against Black leaders and infiltration of Black organizations. It also mentions the nation of islam a misgivings about Malcolm and his Power. But the movie could have been stronger and More specific in tracking a and clearly documenting a All of the forces working against Malcolm x. A Dolores Barclay the associated press Rich in love 1992. Warner. Pg-13. Imagine if your spouse of 27 years inexplicably left one Day leaving a terse note behind offering few clues. That a the sad situation that Warren Odom Albert Finney faces after his wife Helen jilt Clay Burg disappears. His daughter Lucille Kathryn Erbe is left to tend to her despondent dad. In Short order pops pain is put on hold by other family developments and. A new Friend of his own. Another daughter Rae Suzy Ami shows up with her new and unannounced husband Billy Mcqueen Kyle Maclachlan. Turns out she a pregnant with Billy skid. Warren meets a vivacious Hairdresser named Vera Piper Laurie. Grief takes a Holiday with Vera around As she tempts Warren with old movies on the Var and Angel food cake with strawberries on top. Suddenly the deserted Man becomes the deserted Man. Patricia Bibby a Amos and Androw 1993. New line Home video. Pg-13. Just about every stereotype in the Book gets dusted off a and More or less debunked a a in this so so comedy that starts out As a Broad Grin and ends a wan smile. Samuel l. Jackson who showed great Promise in Jungle fever but Here spends a lot of time standing around is an a author scholar and personality who moves into his new Home in an exclusive neighbourhood at night a and since he a Black he must be a burglar. That a what the next door lawyer Michael Lemera pompous Jerk tells the politically blinded police chief Dabney Colema who promptly shoots up the place trying to Nab the when he discovers his mistake he makes a Deal with a Scuzzy car thief Nicholas Cage to take Jackson hostage and then surrender thereby Clearing the chief. Jack Wilkinson up Al bit new in video stores the documentary sex amp jus Tice a the televised Anita Hill Warence Thomas sexual harassment hearings trimmed from 36 hours to 76 minutes but maintaining its sensational tone and chunks of pertinent testimony. Commentary by Gloria Steinem. Page 18 sunday july 25, 1993
