European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Short r act Nur a pal it Ella Po-13. Jim Carrey of in living color Fame makes i starring Dybul As a detective who  in locating lost pct. Adv mum to Ilia Trtat Mou Otto chit g. Entertaining Sod detailed cartoon adventures of a minuscule Sherl evian rodent Sleuth Angl r. A single woman has to Deal with complicated relationships and criticism from her family and friends while learning responsibility for herself and her Haby acc a Dave and Stephen Rea. A cab to r. The beatles Are playing again. Stephen Dor of and she by Lee. Bad Virti r. Four women of the old West become gunfighters to win Back their Money their fights and their dignity made icing Stowe Mary Stuart Mas Lerson Andie Macdow Cit and Drew Barrymore. A a a Thovan a 2nd in a. The King fixed Gallant St. Bernard is Hack. This time he has fallen in love. Charles Grudin and Bonnie Hunt. Baverly Holhi cop Iii r. Axel fully Eddie Murphy turns . S wonder world theme Park upside Down in a wild sequel. Blank Chack or. A a year old boy is mistakenly Given a signed Blank Check and fills in the amount for Al  Chip pg-13. Nick Nolle stars As a College basketball coach who must walk a Fine line in his recruitment of new players. So Aquiila of Neal. V4 tech a pg-13. Falsely accused of a Hank robbery Jack Hammond Charlie Sheen escapes in a by w with a Young heiress Kristie Swanson and makes a High Speed run for the mexican Border. China Moon it. A detective Falls for a Rich married woman and remains blindly in ivc until he has to investigate a murder he d rather not solve de Harris and Madeleine Stowe Cool running to. A comedy about a jamaican Hoh sledding learn John Candy and Doug e. Doug. B inc Ono pg-13. Based on a Cal life Story of Lane Frost and the unpredictable world of the Rodeo  ferry and cinthia Geary. To Ottaway k. 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. A Ora atty pg-13, Money hungry relatives fight for the immense Fortune of eccentric Kirk Douglas Michael j. Fox. Guard Lugt pg-13, Nicolas Cage it the special agent in charge of the secret service detail assigned to guard the widow Shirley Maclaine of a former 1j.s. President. We the Horn of spirit r. The epic family Saga is a spiritual dram set against a background of South american political turmoil spanning eighty years. Jeremy Irons and Glenn close. Jimmy Hollywood r. Hoping to achieve Fame an out of work actor becomes a vigilante superhero on the streets of Hollywood. Joe pc Sci and Christian Slater. A lightning Jock pg-13. A bungling outlaw teams up Wilh a perceptive mute partner to enjoy a life of crime. Paul Hogan and Cuba Gooding or. Mofor leu to pm. The inevitable sequel to the pith  hot is a so so comedy. Charlie Sheen Tom i Gerenger and others Recap their roles. M a to Rich fg-13. Me Gibson stars As the charming com Man and poker player with a Knack for getting in and out of trouble. James Garner and Jodie poster Ftp a Monkey to Oulu pm. A girl adopts a Pel Monkey unaware that her new Friend was a pickpocket for a con artist. Harvcy Keitel and Mimi Rogers. Or. Double for pg-13. Robin Williams disguises himself As a British Nanny and gets a Job As his children a baby Sitter it my Fath Rik hrs pm. The tangled Story of a a year old girl who Hies to appear More mature by telling the buy of her dreams that her father is actually her Lover. My Lori 2 g. Now 13 years old Vada Anna curium sky travels to los Angeles to find out about her mothers life before she died. Dan Aykroyd and Jumic Lee Curtis. No of own 33 vex i the 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. The a r. Trying to beat the Dan line or a Story an Zdilor rushes to expose i major scandal. Michael Keaton and Glenn close. Blu pg-13. A Renc Gudic dorm sets my to defy the rigid behaviour of its fellow students at a very politically Correct University. Jeremy in Van and Davtd Spade. The tic a Bra Fig. A new Orleans Law student becomes embroiled in a terrifying plot Julia Roberts and Dmitri Washington. Hytt of up blk pm 13. Tom Hanks Oscur winning performance As a lawyer who is fixed when the firm finds out he has aids. Cruel Washington malty Bill pg-13. A College student trying to make sense out of her life is torn Between two lovers. Winona Rudet and Ethan Hawke the a r. Comedian Denis Leary is perfectly cast As a hapless jewel thief who kidnaps a puckering married couple on Christmas eve and ends up being a hostage himself. Ltd r. Lloyd on for electrifying action As a Pas Singer filled bus careens through lie los Angeles morning Rush hour. Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper. Sugar Hiu r. The godfather of a new York City crime Empire fights desperately to break free of the world he created before it destroys him and his family. Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright. Tit Umbalin g. Llusco on the popular Loans Christian Andersen fairy talc this Lively animated Story of the tiny Gill and her fairy Princess adventures will capture the Catts of Young and old. What filing Witbart trip pg-13. A Young Man living in 4 dysfunctional Lanuis discovers lift can be bin a lion a new girl moves to town. Whit Fang 2i myth of the Whit Wolf pm. That halt Wod half dog tupe Taamne u Back with s new Mastt Scott Bau Siow in a ices than Rby acting adventure involving a starving american Indian tribe. With Honor pg-13. When homeless Joe la Csc is caught living in he basement of  school ii brain he has something to Trade with one student  a tatar. He senior Honor them. A Castle Bock entertainment Billy Crystal and Jack Palance search for hidden treasure in the comedy City slickers ii the legend of curios Gold. Chuck Vlinch stall writer Lon movies City slickers ii the legend of Curry a a Gold rated pg-13 must see. Worth your time. It passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait compiled from wire reports sur ratings by Chuck . Billy Crystal pointlessly saddles up again for a second ride into the Sunset in City slickers ii. With a plot that a tougher to Swallow than a chunk of hardtack and soundtrack music so overwrought it would make the Marla Boro Man cringe it amounts to just another Slocky sequel that will Only tar Nish viewers fond memories of us progenitor. Crystal s pathological need to be ingratiating has never been More intense than it is in this Limp tribute to the treasure of Sierra Madre. But the films problems go far deeper than that. This Isnit a concept that readily lends itself to a sequel. All involved including Crystal s waiting partners Lowell Ganz and Badaloo Manucl and director Paul Weiland seem to realize this. They labor so mightily for the smallest yuks that you can almost see the sweat oozing off the celluloid. The original was a funny fish out of Waler Story about three Middle aged new yorkers who ride into the old West to a find  but the sequel is Cut from More formulaic stuff entering on a search for a Fortune in Gold that the father of curly Jack pal Annethe late cantankerous Trail Boss in the first film supposedly stashed in the wilderness. In just one of Many Overly contrived plot elements Palance returns As Curry a a Long lost twin brother Duke a Salty old sea dog who dislikes City Folk almost As much As his deceased sibling. Palance who won a Best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the original is always fun to watch. But he does no to gel involved in the Story until the second half of the film. The first half is taken up with stretched out machinations that eventually Send crystals character Mitch Robbins Back out West. Mitch is now the manager of his old radio station. Although he has turned 40, he s living contentedly with wife Barbara Patricia Wettig and Norman the calf he saved ii the first film who now weighs 800 pounds. In fact Mitch and Norman have bonded so closely that they often jog together. Soon enough though problems creep in. His buddy Phil Daniel Ste who in the first film found his manhood on the cattle Trail after a bitter divorce is reverting Back to his previous neurotic self pitying state. On top of that Mitch s shiftless never do Well brother gun Jon Lovitz has dropped in to mooch. Mitch swears he a being haunted by Curry a a ghost. As it turns out the ghost is really Duke who a looking for the map to the Gold that his daddy stole in a train robbery in 1908. Curly kept the map stashed in his hat which Mitch now owns. To Cut to the Chase Mitch hits the Trail again with Phil Glen and Duke in Tow. All along the Way Glen whines about How Mitch has never respected him and Phil whines about. Well everything. Their whining reaches such an annoying level that you wish Duke would lie them up and leave them for Rattler bait. Some nifty action scenes a including a thunderous Stampede of wild horses a liven up the last reel. But they can to overcome the lacklustre script which never Sparks More than polite chuckles. Example after an amorous Clinch with Barbara Mitch looks Down and says a look the Little Man wants to go to the  if you can bust a gut Oyer a line like that you need to get out More. Occasionally the script veers from simply unfunny to outright nauseating As in the scene where Mitch Glen and Phil sit around talking Al length about How Good they feel about their adventure. Its ironic that Lovitz a character for no discernible reason likes to spout dialogue from the godfather part ii since that film remains one of the few worthwhile sequels Ever made. City slickers ii on the other hand is Worth two stars. Barely. Page 12 sunday june 19.1994