European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse V 1hv-? Ashor takes act Natur i Pat it it Lvi pg-13, Jim Carrey of in living color Fame if alias his starring debut As a detective who specializes it it locating in pets. Angl r. A single woman has to Teal with complicated relationships and criticism from her family and friends while learning responsibility for Hei Seif and her baby it Cria Davis and Stephen Rea. By girl r. Four women of the old West become gunfighters to win Back their Money their rights and their dignity Madeleine Stowe Mary Stuart arts tenon Andie Mai Dowel and Drew Barrymore. 1. A a Thov a 2nd pm. The King sized Gallant St. Crr Tad it Hackl this Lime he Inis fallen in love. Charles Grodin and Connie Hunt. By Ray Hill cop Iii a Axel Foley Eddie Murphy turns Wooler world Iheme Park upside Down in a wild action finale Blu Chip pg-13. Nick Nnttie 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 til cd pg-13. Falsely accused of a Bank robbery Jack Hammond Charlie Sheen escapes in a Bow with a Young heiress Kristie Swanson and makes a High Speed run for the mexican Border. Chr r. A couple of mismatched Navy Shore patrolmen get an assignment to escort a Beautiful prisoner Erika Ulcnik to the base. Tom by Ranger and William Mcnamara China Moon r. A Small town detective Falls for a Rich married woman and remains blindly in love until he has to investigate a murder he d rather not solve. De Harris and Madeleine Stowe Cool running pm. A comedy about a jamaican bobsledding team. John Candy and Doug e. Doug. D2i the mighty Duck pm. Once again an energetic Emilio Estevez is coaching his pc Ewe ice hockey team. A it 8 9con<f pg-13. Based in real life Story of Lane Frost and the unpredictable would of the Rodeo. Luke Perry and cinthia Geary. The oat away r. Alec Baldwin is a hardened criminal who will do anything but of jail Kim Basinger is his wife and will do anything to help him. 1a a. Broody pg-13. Money hungry relatives fight for the immense Fortune of eccentric Kirk Douglas min Chad j. Fox. A. Grumpy old Mon pg-13. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau Star in this predictable formula comedy but its fun to Sec their chemistry guarding Tat pg-13. Nicolas Cage is the special agent in charge of the secret service detail assigned to guard the widow Shirley Maclaine of a Farmer . President. Is the Hou at spirit r. The epic family Saga is a spiritual drama set against a background of South american political turmoil spanning 8q years. Jeremy Irons and Glenn close. I la do anything pg-13. Part romantic comedy part skewering o Hollywood part tribute to actors a a funny. ,. Albert Brooks. Let a Colon r. Torn Between two women Richard Gere wonders if he made the right decision when he comes to the intersection in his life. Sharon Slone. A a lightning Jack pg-13. A bungling outlaw teams up with a perceptive mute partner to enjoy a life of crime. Paul Hogan and Cuba Gooding or. Major leu ii pm. The inevitable sequel to the 1989 has Hail hit is a so so comedy. Charlie Sheen Tom Krenger and others Recap to their rotes. A Mawack pg-13. Met Gibson stars As the charming con Man and poker player with a Knack for getting in and but of trouble. James Garner and Jodie Foster. Monkey trouble pm. A a unaware that her new Friend was a pickpocket for a con artist Harvey Keitel and Mimi Rogers. Or. Doubt for pg-13. Robin Williams disguises himself As a British Nanny and gets a Job As his children s baby Sitter. A my Olaf 2 g. Now 13 years old Vada Anna jail u1 Jusas s j 1vu1v to w and part prickly father daughter relationship and Well acted especially by Nick Nolte and / a girl adopts a pet Monkey. Chlumsky travels to lot Angeles to find out about a Oil a a Jamie Lee Curtis. Her mothers life before she died Dan Aykroyd and Nowod Oun 33 a it the final insult pg-13. Retired police it. Frank Drechin is drawn Hack to undercover duly when he stumbles into a terrorist plot. Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley. On a Day around r. Steven Seagal directs and ii ios As an alaskan Oil worker who is left to die in tilt Arctic wilderness after threatening to go Public about unsafe drilling practices flu rg-13. A renegade dorm sets out to defy 1 he rigid behaviour of its fellow students at a very politically Correct University. Jeremy to Ivan and a livid Spade. The Rallman Bill pm a new Orleans Law student becomes embroiled in a Tref Yang plot. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Philadelphia pg-13. Tom Hanks Oscor waning performance As a lawyer who is fired when the firm kinds out he has aids Dan ice Washington. The to h. Comedian Denis Leary is perfectly cast As a hapless jewel inc of who kidnaps a bickering married couple on chrismas eve and ends up being a hostage Liim self sugar Hill r. The godfather of a new York City crime Empire fights to break free of i lit world he created before it destroys him and i family Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright Whf rating Al Bart orap l�?Tg-13, a Young Man Irving m a dysfunctional family discovers life can be Tun when a new girl moves to town. Johnny Depp and jul Hutte Lewis. Whit Fang 2r myth of the will Wolf pm. That half Wolf half dog super canine is Back with i new master Sturt ban Stow in a less than Riv cling adventure involving a starving american Indian tribe. With Honor pg-13. When homeless Joe Pesci is caught living in the basement of Harvard s school Library he has something to Trade with one student Brendan fiasco. His senior Honor thesis. Compiled Tram who reports. Star ratings by Chuck Emch. Brian Bonsall portrays 11-year-old Preston Waters and Rick Ducommun plays the chauffeur in Blank Check. Buteria Vista Chuck Vinch Stalf write Ron Movik Blank Check rated pm must see. Worth your Tima passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait thu folks who run Disney May be Money grubbing corporate drones but they usually try to offer redeeming qualities or at least a moral lesson or two in their live action films aimed at preteen audiences. But every now and then Uncle Walt a minions toss their usual sense of propriety out the window for the Sake of a Quick Buck. The result can be something like this no brainer Home alone Knockoff which drives Home the questionable message that being Rich is the Only thing that matters in life. In just one of Many plot details that director Rupert Wainwright and writers Blake Snyder and Colby Carr rip off from Home alone 11-year-old Preston Waters Brian Bonsall is portrayed As a slightly put upon Little boy who is misunderstood by his family. The estrangement is exacerbated by the fact that Preston continually bemoans his Lack of financial resources. On an Outing at an amusement Park he has Only enough Money to ride the Boring merry go round while his friends thrill to the exciting roller coasters. Quot a Penny saved is a Penny earned a his dad James Rebhorn Ithily tells him when Preston complains about his Lack of funds. A How can i earn Money when i done to have any a Preston wails. But his Luck changes in a Chain of events that could Only happen in a Disney movie. Carl Quigley Miguel Fer Sara thief who is laundering his ill gotten gains with a crooked banker named Biderman Michael Lerner accidentally runs Over Preston a Bike. Eager to avoid attracting attention Quigley signs a Blank Check tosses it at Preston and High tails it out of there. The boy something of a computer Whiz fills in the amount for a million dollars and goes to the local Bank. Biderman thinking the boy is Quigley a courier hands him the loot in Cash which he stuffs into his Backpack. As did Macauley Culkin before him Preston suddenly wields enormous unsupervised Power. Using the pseudonym of macintosh after his computer he buys a nearby Stone Castle for $300,000 and with the help of a genial Limo Driver Rick Ducommun goes on a wild and wooly spending spree. The fast paced segment that shows Preston indulging in All his new toys a Wall of video monitors a water slide a go cart track a batting Cage Etc is briefly entertaining although its More of a fantasy for adults than kids. But soon the film bogs Down in the Una musing efforts of Quigley Bider Man and their accomplice juice rapper tone Loc to recover their Money. This leads to lots of Home Avone style antics although the mayhem Factor is mild compared to that fim. This is a Disney movie after All. There a soggy and superfluous subplot involving Preston a King sized crush on a gorgeous undercover Fri agent former mtg veejay Karen Duffy who is tracking Quigley. Its fitting that Bonsall played Michael j. Foxes younger brother on the to sitcom family ties because Preston is nothing but a Shorter version of the Money obsessed Alex Keaton. Unfortunately Bonsall is not As Good an actor As Fox. He a not even in culkins league and that a really not saying much. In the end the filmmakers try to weasel out from under the greed driven message that they use to Power much of the movie. But the late inning attempt at sweetness and Light Falls As Flat As anything that precedes it. Money May indeed make the world go around but that a not a message we need to Pound into kids. find out soon enough on their own. Page 12 sunday june 12, 1994 a
