European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Harrison Ford races Tor Freedom in the fugitive. Liam Nicson plays Oskar Schindler trying to keep this child from an is guard in Schindler s list Universal from the cover. More than $6 a pop. So the final tally is All the More surprising. For reasons Only a psychoanalyst could fathom viewers dutifully trooped to Heaters often enough to make this one of Hollywood a Best years Ever. In fact the preordained Success of the High profile Holiday releases Wilt probably put total receipts Over the magic $5 billion Mark. It makes you wonder whether audiences Are simply lowering their expectations. In truth however there were a fair number of satisfying offerings among the Dregs. While Arnold crashed and burned other slumping stalwarts made Fine comebacks. No resurgence was More surprising than that of sly Stallone whose Ca War was headed for the dumper on the heels of such tripe As  will shoot he provided a. Pair of solid summer bookends with stiff Hanger and demolition Man. It was also heartening to see a flock of decidedly literary films make it onto the big screen a roster that included the secret Garden the Joy Luck club age of innocence remains of the Day and the piano. None was a blockbuster a no one expected any of them to be a but collectively they offered reassurance that at least a few people in the movie business still value films As Art forms and not just moneymaking machines. Gut As always the year also had More bombs than a military munitions factory. With that in mind lets segue into the seventh annual stars and stripes incredibly subjective list of the 10 Best and worst movies of the year. Longtime fans of this column All three of you will notice that Stallone avoided a record seventh straight appearance in the a a worst category. But word i that he May make ran ibo in so he a already pencilled in for next years stink bomb list the Best a 1. Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg the Best director never to win an Oscar spins an a an old fashioned monster movies a that is the hands Down hit of the year. Short on characterization although Jeff Goldblum docs great work in a Small Par but the special effects a i.e., the dinosaurs a were mind boggling. V 2. Dava Kevin Kline turned in Oscar Caliper work in this amusing Washington tale of an everyman a dead ringer for the president who is asked to stand in when the chief executive has a stroke while. A. A a Universal Laura darn Jeff Goldblum and Bob fuck search foe escaped dinosaurs in 1993�?Ts Winner Jurassic Park. In the arms of his mistress. 3.Schindler at Spielberg scored again with a moving holocaust epic the searing Story of a businessman Tiam Iceson in a Bravura performance who sheltered 1,300 jewish workers in his factory in Poland under the nazi reign of terror. 4. The ago of innocence this Type of period piece drama is going the Way of the dinosaurs but director Martin Scorcese put his considerable heart and soul into this carefully nuanced study of clashes within an upper crust new York City family in the 1870s. Fine work from stars Michelle Pfeiffer and. Daniel Day Lewis. 5. Demolition Man sly Stallone returned with a bang to the genre that made him famous teaming with red hot Wesley Snipes in a futuristic cops and robbers tale that had quite a few trenchant things to say about the dangers of extreme political Correct a Ness. A a. A 6. The fugitive a fast paced adaptation of the popular 1960s to series that showcased Harrison Ford at the top of his game As or Richard Kimble a doctor on the rain who must track Down his wife a killer the mysterious one armed Man. 7. Addams family values Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston Shine As the Heads of this famously weird clan but its pint sized Christina Ricci who steals the show As Deadpan daughter wednesday. A plethora of Clever sight gags and witty lines Best appreciated by those who have a warped sense of humor. 8. Fearless Jeff Bridges gives a stunning performance As the survivor of a plane crash who suddenly believes himself to be Invulnerable much to the annoyance of wife Isabella Rossellini a penetrating treatise on the Way we Deal with our mortality. 9. In the line of fire Clint Eastwood continued the late career Effort to reinvent himself that began with unforgiven As he portrays a world weary secret service agent trying to keep Sociopath John Malkovich from assassinating the president. 10. Rising Sun Sean Connery and Wesley a Snipes perhaps the smoothest actors of their respective generations mix Well together in this High pow ered murder mystery involving a japanese business  mention groundhog Day super Mario bros., Cliffhanger car for a  worst 1. The Beverly Hillbillies one of the most painfully wretched movies Ever. The Rush to Recycle a a. Sunday january 2. 1994