European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                This weeks films Short takes he vant Urai pal data Elva pg-13. Jim Carrey of in living color Fame makes his starring debut As a detective who specializes Iti locating lost pets.  1 a. Tahair up Tara pm. In Remote Kenya an As Distant basketball coach is kicking for the next superstar. Kevin Bacon. A a. Anolar Staka Oul pg-13. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez Star As Seattle police detectives who along with Rosie o Donnell must pose As an upscale. Family to locate a key witness in a mob trial Quot Baal Hovat 2rtd pm. The King sized Gallant St. Bernard is Back. This time he has fallen in love Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt. A a link r. A woman Blind at birth witnesses a murder after regaining her sight through a Radical operator. Aldan Quinn and Madeleine Stowe. Aaa Blus chips pg-13 Nick Nolle stars As a basketball coach. Shaquille of Neal makes his acting debut a car 84, a hrs ars visit pg-13. David Johansen and John Mcginley Are cops Gunther Woody and Frances Muldoon in a reprise of the old to series. 0 chess sri r. A couple of mismatched Navy Shore. Patrolmen escort a prisoner Erika Oleniak. Tom. Cur engr and a pliant Mcnamara. Aaa of St blah Sipics of a ssh r,.charles Bronson a now in his 70s a returns More absurdly stoic than Ever for this snoorcr.20th-anniversary sequel., d2i Tbs mighty ducks leg. Once again an energetic Emilio Estevez is coaching his pc Wec ice. Hockey team. A 8sconda pg-13, based of Recai life Story of Lane Frost and the unpredictable world of the Rodco. Luke Perry and cinthia Geary a Tbs firm a a Young lawyer gets caught Between his firm and the Fri. Gene Hack Matt and Tom cruise. Aaa s a a. For Kovs or Monsy pm. Michael j. Fox works magic for a hotel s wealthy guest. A. A. A a a a fuss Willy pg-13. A boy Jason James Richter.  troubled past Bonds with a killer whate. Osrin Limsi an Amer Lusn is Gand r. Wes Studi plays the legendary Apache War chief. A a Tbs isl Sway a Alec Baldwin is a hardened 1 criminal who. Will do anything to get out of jail. Kim Basinger is his wife. A a \. A a a 0best in Tbs mesh Luis r. A serial killer is trans. Formed Inte a murderous Force Karen Allen Chris mute by Wil Hornuff. Aav. A a Olden qts r. Fri agent Kevin Walker finds his great love Marilyn song when he and his partner malt Dillon Are assigned to Chinatown. Tbs Orsat Mouss data Elva g. Entertaining and detailed cartoon adventure of a minuscule scr Lockean Sleuth. A. Grumpy old Matt pg-13. Jack Lemmon and Wal Ter Matthau Star in this predictable . But it s fun to see their chemistry aaa ,. Quor Dong Tara pg-13. Nicolas Cage is on a 5c Cret service detail guarding the widow Shirley Mac. Lathe of a former . President. Aav is Polly Ever Attar g. Animated sequel to Snow White and the seven dwarfs. A is Sven and Curth r. A compelling View of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a peasant girl. Houss party 3 r. Kid n play find themselves a amid a whole new set of supporting characters. This a one centers around a Bachelor party. ,. I la do anything pg-13. Musical comedy about a Hollywood character actor struggling to raise his daughter Nick Nolle and Albert Brooks.  r. Torn Between , Rich Ltd Gere wonders if he made the right decision Sharon Stone. A Quot a Iran will to. A Young Man enters a Crois country. Dog tied race Mackenzie As tin. Aaa a Jurassic perk pg-13. Steven Spielberg s Box of Dee smash. Aaa a Malar pc spec ii pm. The  to the i9b0 baseball hit is a us so comedy. Charlie Sheen. Tom Beringer and others Recap their role. A mrs. Doubt arc pg-13. Robin Williams disguises himself As a British Nanny. Aav. My fat Harth Ham pm. The tangled Story or a 14-year-old Gir who tries to appear More mature by idling the boy of her dreams that her father is her a Lover. Gerard Depardieu Anil Katherine Heigl. My a let 1 g. Now 13 years old Vada Anna Chlumsky travels to los Angeles to find out about her Mother s life before she died Dan Aykroyd and a Jamie Lee Curtis.  a a Dun a lat the final insult pg-13 re. Tired cop Frank Drebon is drawn Back to undercover drily. Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley. Aaron deadly ground r. Steven Seagal directs and Quot stars As an a,4 Kay worker who is tuft to die in the Arctic wilderness after threatening to go Public about unsafe drilling practices. A ,. Tha Killean Drift pm a new or cans Law student becomes embroiled in a terrifying plot. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. A Parl act  r. A thoughtful Quirky funny. A a r a a Tase age and the Texas Range a a Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner. A aug hit and sad film about a fugitive the Young boy he takes hostage and the Texas Ranger who leads the Chase. Philadelphia pg-13. Tom Hanks Oscar winning performance As a lawyer who is fired when the firm it finds out he has aids. Denzel Washington. A faulty Blata pg-13. A College student trying to make sense out of her life is torn Between two lovers a poetic True Friend and a materialistic video executive. Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke the ret r. Comedian Denis Leary is perfectly East u a hapless jewel thief who Kidnap a bickering mat tied couple on Christmas eve and ends up being a hostage himself. Aaa. Haas Wanda pm. Anthony Hopkins is excellent in this  William Nicholson s play about the love a Falc Between . Lewis and Joy Gresham flayed by debit Winger. Kit it Baek in Tea habit pm. Whoops Goldberg stars in a tired retread a. Tea Braa Muskat Aara pm. Our swashbucklers Are on a Mission to prevent the overthrow of the King. Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. A Tomba Tona r. Overlong Western about the earps and the Clamp cats and the gunfight at the . Corral. Some stirring action but mostly aggressively unbelievable. Kurt Russell an l Val Kilmer. Aaa Wayna s world 2 pg-13. The  Wayne and Garth continue Wilh plans for a Rock a concert called Wayne Slock. Aaa compiled from wire reports. Star ratings by Chuck Vinch. A a a a a. A a. A. A a a a a a. A a a a a a a a am Century Fox Andie Macdowd and prow Barrymore in Bod Gir of which also stars maty Stuart Masterson and Madeleine Stowe Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies bad girls rated r a Kkt must sea. Quot won your time. A a a passable entertainer to coming soon to a video outlet a near you and you can wait Call me a fetishistic pig but i find the idea of pouty Drew Barrymore in leather chaps and frilly undershirt fondling a Winchester Rifle to be. Invigorating. If you do too you la like bad girls. Director Jonathan Kaplan and writers Ken Friedman and5yolande Finch cram this film with every Stock convention in the Hollywood Western manual but there a a twist to make the cliches seem less so a the shoot its Are the Sha Eliest specimens Ever to fan the Hammer on a snub nose Colt peacemaker. Joining the Zaftig Barrymore Are Andie Macdowell May Stuart Mas Turson and Madeleine Stowe in the oldest profession one of the few offering upward mobility for Frontier women. In the stultifying town of Echo City Colof the four pals Are vilified by the. A local Bible Thumpert even As they Are deified by the local Horny cowboys. Their world is shattered when Cody Stowe pumps Lead into a dude who gets exuberant with Anita Masterson. A Ameri Ca were you Ever really so Chaste. The Bella Bandit As go on the Lam running from a couple of Pinkerton detectives and Genii big mixed up in a wave of Cross Border banditry perpetrated by obligatory outlaw kid Jarrett James Russ who happens to be one of Codys old flames. The plot is further complicated when mysterious Josh Mccoy Dermot Mulroney rides into the mix to finish old business with the kids father grizzled Frank Jarrett Robert Loggia. Each of the female leads is designed to Appeal to a different fantasy Anita is a Waif like widow Eileen Macro Well is self  Cody is a steely no nonsense Den Mother and Lilly Barrymore is the Trueba girl Ahard drinking High spirited  Story does t always make sense but often that adds to its loopy Charm. As the four sit around a campfire they Hatch a nutty plan to open a Sawmill in Oregon even though none of the quartet would know a Pine two by four if somebody whacked Mem with one. Anita gets off one of the years 10 Best lines when she observes a we sold our bodies. Why can to we sell some Wood a Why indeed among the Standard Western scenes Kaplan  re enact a ultimately with mixed Success a Are the last minute Rescue from a hanging the mad. Dash of a team of runaway buckboard horses the assault on a Bandit Strong hold and the cauterize action of a wound with flaring Gunpowder. But if the Core Materia is unoriginal. Kaplan shows a sure tour h i n eap Turi no Alt the requisite angles. Late in the film he lines up the four women in profile arms outstretched and filled with shooting Irons in a classic pose. He also does a Nice Job with the action -scenes,.especially, the two climactic. Gun fights that he shoots and edits in the popular Quick Cut mtg style. The dialogue lacks bite but the women do Well with what they re Given particularly the resilient Stowe who continues to show new facets of her Tal end with each film. The male characters Are portrayed mostly As filthy Virnin although Mulroney gets a few Noble scenes and a gentle rancher James a a Legros has Asmal Parta Salovei Terest for Eileen. Kaplan Friedman and Finch avoid making moral statements about the plight of women on the american Frontier. There a virtually no attempt to an. Chor the film in historical context and. Only a Brief subplot involving Anita and a land deed tour h o n such issues.  i maker s deliver on their modest Endeavor a a straight up Western whose Selling Point is casting four babes in the Lead roles. The Novelty loses some of its Luster As the Story winds Down but Many genre fans wiil rank bad girls among their a movie faves. It gets three  12 sunday. May 8, 1994