European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                This weeks films Short takes Tho air up Thoro pm. In Remote Kenya an assistant basketball coach is looking for the neat superstar. Kevin Bacon. Batman mask of Tho phantasm pm. An an mated adventure with a new villain and a glimpse into Bruce Wayne s past. Tho Boverly Hlll Billelo pm. Jim Varney Heads a. Cast that also includes Lily Tomlin and Cetoris Leach Man in this occasionally hilarious Clunky dumb movie Iza Tion of the by Lovely inane to series. 0 Blank chock pm a 9-year-old boy is mistakenly Given a signed Blank Check and fills in the amount for is million. Miguel Ferrer blink r. A woman Blind  witnesses a murder after regaining her sight through a Radical of Croton. Aidan Quinn and Madeleine Stowe a a Blu chips pg-13. Nick Nolc stars As a College basketball coach who must walk a Fine line in his recruitment of new players. Shaquille o Neal makes his acting debut. A Cabin boy pg-13. David Letterman contributes a hilarious Cameo Early on helping the movie Peak in its first is minutes. Cor 84, whore afo Vout pg-13. David Johansen and John Mcginly Are cops Gunther Woody and Frances Muldoon in a reprise of the old to series. 0 02s Tho mighty ducks pm. Once again an energetic Emilio Estevez is coaching his Peewee ice hockey team. A Tho firm r. A Oung lawyer gets caught Between his firm and the. Fri. Gene Hackman and Tom cruise. Aaa a. A. A a a a from Willy pg-13. A boy Jason James Richter with a troubled past Bonds with a killer whale. Moron Moi an amoral con Logon r. Wes Studi is fierce As the legendary Apache War chief. A a Tho of Rayray a Alec Baldwin is a hardened criminal who will do anything to get out of jail. Kim Basinger is his wife and will do anything to help him. Law a it shoot in Tho Mochino r. A serial killer is transformed into a murderous electrical Force after a Power surge. Karen Allen Chris Mulkey Wil Hor a  a a a a. A a a Boldon Dato r. Fri agent Kevin Walker finds his great love Marilyn song when he and his partner Matt Dillon Are assigned to Chinatown to arrest her father. A a a a a. A a a a. A a. Grumpy old Mon pm �?�13. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau Star in this predictable formula comedy but it s fun to Sec their chemistry. Aaa our Dong too pg-13. Nicolas Case is the special agent in charge of the secret service detail assigned to guard the widow Shirley Maclaine of a former . President. A a Houtos forty 9 r. Kid n play find themselves amid a whole new set of supporting characters. This one centers around a Bachelor party. A. Ill do anything pg-13. Part romantic comedy part skewering of Hollywood part tribute to actors and part prickly father daughter relationship. Funny and Well acted especially by Nick Nolle and Albert Brooks a Intro Petlon r. Tom Between two women Richard Gere wonders if he Trade the right decision when he comes to the intersection in his life. Sharon Stone. Iron will pm. A Young Man enters a Cross country dog sled race to save the family farm. Mackenzie Astin. Aaa a a a. Adoth and . Pg-13. A Sappy Story about two Brothers who come from a broken Home and Are shuttled Between households where they feel unwelcome. Jur Oslo Fork pg-13. Steven Spielberg s Box of fico smash. Kaaa motor Loo Guo ii pm. The inevitable sequel to the 198�bascbal hit is a so so comedy. Charlie Sheen. Tom by Ranger and others Recap their roles a a or. Doubt pro pg-13. Robin Williams disguises himself As a British Nanny and gets a Job Ai his chit Drin a a baby Sitter. A a a my Othor Tho Haro pm. The tangled Story of a 14-year-old girl who tries to appear More mature by telling the boy of her dreams that her father is actually her Lover. Gerard Depardieu and Katherine Higl. My girl 2 o. Now 13 years old Vada Anna Chlum sky travels to los Angeles to find out about her Mother s life before she died. Pan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. A. Nowod Oun 33wt Tho final insult pg-13. Retired police it Frank Drebin is drawn Back to undercover duty when he stumbles into a terrorist plot. Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley.  Doodle pro unto r. Steven Seagal directs and stars As an alaskan Oil worker who is left to die in the Arctic wilderness after threatening to go Public about unsafe drilling practices. A a Tho Foll con brio pm. A new Orleans Law student becomes embroiled in a terrifying plot extending to the highest Levels of government when she writes a Legal Brief exposing the activities of a powerful Oil magnate. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. A forefoot world r. A thoughtful quake funny and sad film about a fugitive the Young boy he lakes hostage and the Texas Ranger who leads tire Chase. Clint Eastwood and Kevin Cost not. A a Follo Dolpho pg-13. Tom Hanks Oscar winning performance As a lawyer who is filed when the firm finds out he has Al is. Denzel Washington Tho Hof r. Comedian Denis Leary is perfectly cast As a hapless jewel thief who kidnaps a bickering mar tied couple on Christmas eve and ends up being a hostage himself. Aaa  pm Anthony Hopkins is excellent in this adaptation of William Nicholson a play about the love affair Between . Lewis and Joy Gresham played by Debra Winger. Zlotor not 2i Back in Tho habit pm. Whoops Goldberg stars in a tired retread of the old formula. Tombolon r. Overlong Western about the carps and the Pampa its and the gunfight at the . Corral. Some stirring action hut mostly aggressively Unbe lick Abl. Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Aaa won of of world 2 pg-13. The adventures of Wayne and Garth continue with plans for a Rock concert called Wayn Stock. Aaa a Waro Bock nolo our Story  Dino Saun in Steven Spielberg s animated feature. The. Muddled plot and stolid pacing reduce a film that should Roar like a tyrannosaurus to one that w hampers like a Kitten. Compiled Horn wire reports. Star ratings by Chuck Vinch. A a a a a a a a a a Quot a. V. A a a a. A a bunt Volta Charmaine Craig plays an Indian who helps prospector Henry Casey played by Scott Bairstow in White Fang 2, Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies White Fang 2 myth of the White Wolf rated pm. A a a. A a Kaaa must see a a Worth your time a a passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait a boy and his dog go to annoyingly condescending lengths to save an Indian tribe in this latest adventure offering from the House of Mickey. Loaded with cliches and platitudes its essentially a Junior league dances with wolves with a politically Correct scrubbing. But what would you expect from Ken Olin who played politically Correct Yuppie Michael Steadman on tvs thirty something Olin in his big screen debut As a director and writer David Fallon actually kick things off with a promising bang. Jack the hero of the first film has gone Home from Alaska to san Francisco to help his family after the big earthquake of �?T06. His to headed Friend Henry Scott Bairstow has stayed behind with White Fang the boys dog Wolf pet to watch Over their Gold mining claim. After a tense confrontation with a drifter Henry realizes its time to get his Large stash of Gold nuggets into a Bank. So he and White Fang hop on their Small wooden raft to float downriver to the nearest town. Unfortunately the River is running High the raft hits rocks and boy and dog Are soon swimming for their lives. Henry washes ashore barely alive at the feet of a Beautiful Indian Princess named Lily Charmaine Craig. Her Haida tribe is slowly starving because the Caribou herds their main food source have not returned from the High county for two years. She has been sent by her tribes chief Moses Joseph Al Harrington to find a Wolf spirit who will supposedly bring Back the Caribou. Since the tribe believes the Wolf can change shape at will they re convinced that Henry is their deliverer. They take it As another mighty Omen when a bedraggled White Fang finally catches up with the boy. Like Kevin Costner a character in dances with wolves Henry goes a live bolstered by a growing attraction to Lily. He a soon bopping around the campfire in ritual dances with the chiefs son Peter Anthony Michael Ruivivar. But soon Henry Peter Lily and White Fang must go to find the Caribou a Mission that leads to a clash with an oily preacher Alfred Molina and his henchmen. Its a bad sign when the animals Are better actors than the humans. In one scene an injured White Fang who is actually played by five different dogs has a romantic interlude with a wild Wolf who brings him a fish and then shyly scampers away. Later they innocently cavort on a Sun dappled Hilltop. Those Are the most Heartfelt scenes in the entire film. In comparison the human interaction suffers mightily. For one thing the whole basis of the indians dilemma feels off Kilter. It Isnit that they done to have a pretty Good idea of where the Caribou Are it just seems that they a rather wait for a White Savior than go look for the herds themselves a even if that Means starving. Other grating touches include a lot of mystical Hoo a about prophetic dreams and an unnecessary and gratuitous reference to smallpox As a the White Many a  in fact the entire Middle segment of the film when Henry learns the Haida Way of life is Likely to bore younger kids out of their minds. The opening and closing action sequences save the film. In the Early River scene you re convinced White Fang is headed for that Puppy farm in the sky and the athletic Bairstow handles his action duties with convincing Grace. The gorgeous Mountain scenery of Colorado and British Columbia is also a big plus. The gang at Disney has much to atone for these Days in Light of the recent debacle of d2 the mighty ducks 2. White Fang 2 is a push in the right direction but it will take a lot More than this mildly diverting film to wipe that slate clean. It gets two stars. Page 12 sunday april 24, 1994