European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse � ill Avn he Milt to i Milf Etc. By Iii i i sales 1 Aladdin disney2 free Willy Warner 3 Playboy celebrity Centrefold Dian Parkin soft Playboy 4 the bodyguard Warner 5 Dennis the menace Warner 6 the muppet Christmas Carol Disney 7 homeward bound the incredible journey Disney. 8 Playboy 1 994 video playmate Calendar Playboy 9 Home alone 2 Fox 1 0 Beauty and the beast Disney 11 Plano Tchlo Disney 12 Miracle on 34th Street Fox 13 Tom and Jerry the movie family Home entertainment 14 Michael Jackson dangerous the Short films epic music 15 an affair to remember Fox 16 thelast of the Mohi cans Fox 17 How the Grinch stole Christmas Mem a 18 Ren & skimpy have yourself a Stinky Little Christmas Nickelodeon 19 Ren & skimpy the classics Nickelodeon 20 once upon a Forest Fox i. Rentals 1 Cliffhanger Columbia tristan 2 rising Sun Fox 3. Sleepless in Seattle Columbia tristan4 the firm Paramount 5 Silver Paramount 6 made in America Warner 7 indecent proposal Paramount 8 dragon the Bruce Lee Story Mca Universal 9 Dave Warner 10 guilty As sin Touchstone 11 free Willy Warner 12 life with Mikey Touchstone 13 Dennis the menace Warner 14 15 posse poly ram 18 groundhog Day Columbia tristan 17 scent of a woman Mca Universal 18 born yesterday Hollywood 19 super Mario Bros. Hollywood 20 Point of no return Warner compiled by billboard. Null to rankings Pitsas or 1 Home improvement 2 Seinfeld abc3 60 minutes lbs 4 Roseann 5 Farsi Ernic. 6 coach 7 Grace under fire 8 murder she wrote lbs 9 movie snowbound lbs 10 homicide life on the Street Compi Iod by the , Nielsen co.". New in Cinema Tyrin Turner Larnz Tate and rapper my eight take in a picnic in the Park in menace u society. Video reviews by Peter m. Nichols the new York times menace ii society 1993. New line. R. The graphic killing of a korean grocer and his wife by a Young Black Man sets the tone for the Hughes Broth ers riveting tout1 of teen age life in the Watts District of los Angeles though slice of life realism some times turns to sensationalistic Gore there is an especially Strong sense of How plentiful firearms television and video game violence and a Macho ethic mix with boredom and hopelessness to create combustible situations. Robin Hood men in tights 1993. Fox. Pm 13. In its Send up of every Robin Hood movie Ever made Mel Brooks s Breezy spoof scores its most direct hit on the Clammy political correctness of Kevin Costner s Robin Hood Prince of thieves. Unfortunately steeped As it is in the horrendous taste and up front rudeness one has come to know and love in the better Brooks films this one struggles with Doz ens of bad gags that should have been fixed or thrown out. The director also has the bad habit of reprising bits from his Young Frankenstein and other movies thereby focusing attention on the weaknesses of Jufen in tights t heart and souls 1993. Mca Universal. Pm 13. Here basically is the Story four passengers Are killed in a bus crash but their souls enter the body of the Newborn baby of a woman who was also on the bus. Later when the baby has grown into a Yuppie portrayed by Robert Downey jr., the four spirits emerge to express themselves. Charles Grodin is a shy loner who wants to sing Kyra Sedgwick is a love Lorn waitress Alfre a Woodard a Loving Mother and Ted Sizemore a Jovial Greaser. In a Story Sodden with sentiment Only Downey shines through. The Golden coach 1952. I Terama. No rating. In Jean Renoir s film Anna Magnani is the Star per former in a Commedia Dell arte troupe touring Peru in the Early 1700s. The Golden coach belongs to the Spanish Viceroy. Over emoting As a supposedly rav Ishing Beauty who juggles three lovers at once while holding All of society in Thrall Magnani has a hard time disguising her raucous instincts. Wooden plot Ting and dialogue Are no help either. Packaging steamy movies occasionally come in three versions a unrated and nc-17but now one version of a steamy movie comes in three packages. For red shoe diaries another woman s lip stick Republic Home video put the film an unrated sex fantasy in three different boxes. For cover Art we used to pick one image and aim at a narrow audience said Glenn Ross a vice presi Dent of Republic pictures. Now we can Appeal to several dealers choose whichever cover Art suits their customers. A Box with a couple entwined is intended for males. Another Box aimed at women conveys the image of having sex but omits some of the body parts. A third Box designed for grocers and Othern Ovideo merchants pictures just the lovers Heads. Grocery stores Don t want stuff exposed on shelves where kids walk by Ross said. Latin american films latin american Cinema has t come into its own in this country said Mitos Stehlik co director of facets International a Chicago dealer and distributor. Americans know very to enable its clientele to at least see Many of these titles listed in one place facets has issued its Spanish and latin american video catalogue de scribing hundreds of films and other features. Information 800 331-6197 Page 18 sunday january 16, 1994
