European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Short takes above Tho rim r. Promising High school Basket Ball player is torn Between dealing drugs and trying to reach his goal with the Aba. Kyle Lee Wagon. Baby Day out pm. Three bungling kidnappers snatch baby from a mansion Only to have the Tod Dler give them the slip arid Lead the Klut Zes on a Wacky and perilous Chase through the City. Joe Mantegna and Lara Flynn Boyle. Bov Orty Mills cop Iii r. Detroit police detective a cd Foley returns to Southern California to investigate a crime ring at a underworld amusement Park. Eddie Murphy and Hector Elizondo. Blown away r. The Leader of a Boston bomb is Quad with a secret past finds himself targeted for revenge. Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges. City Slick ii pg-13. Our Urban cowboys Are ready for another adventure this time in search of hidden Gold. Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern. Cloar and pros ont Zongor pg-13. Harrison Ford As Jack Ryan finds himself once. Again drawn into global intrigue. This time he s up against columbian drug Cartel. With Ann Archer and James Earl Jones. Vith Cowboy Waypg-13. Rodeo cowboys from new Mexico walk through a lonely god forsaken wilderness that some Call hell and some just Call new York City. Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland. Brooklyn pg-13 Spike Lee moves in a new direction with this deftly observed touching and often funny View of the life of a Brooklyn family during the -70s-. Tho Crow r. Based on the popular underground comic Book sensation of the same name. A dead musician rises from the grave to avenge his Fiancee s murders. Starring the late Brandon Lee. Endless summer pm. Two surfers journey around the world catching the biggest and Best Waves. Robert Weaver and Patrick o Connell. Tho poll Nutoni pm. Steven Spiel Rock brings the Modem Stone age family to the Silver screen. With John Goodman and Rick Moran ii. For Rosl jump pg-13. Tom Hanks plays Simpleman who becomes an All american football player a decorated War hero and a prosperous businessman dotting kaon with dad pm. Ted Danson plays an sex con who s blackmailed by hit estranged son. Macaulay Culkin. To go straight. Tho oops ton r. A 12-year-old boy goes to live with relatives after his Mother s death and comes under the influence of his evil Cousin. Macaulay Cut Kin and Elijah Wood. In Tho army now pm. Pauly Shore loins the army reserves for the bennies and the regular salary. Reality kicks in when he becomes part of a Mission involving actual combat. It Tho inkwell r. A Black teen Ager and if experiences at a social Center on Martha s Vineyard in the 70s Are the focus of this tender Story. Larenz Tat and Joe Morton. It could Nippon to you to. Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda in an appealing fairy tale of love an the new York lottery. Jura Solo Park pg-13. Steven Spielberg s spectacular Dinosaur extravaganza has raptors and Brachio saurus and More of myl. Than any movie in recent memory. Tho lion King o. Disney s newest animation is magnificent entertainment. Music by Elton John. Let to Buddha pc. A unique Story of an american family thai goes on a spectacular journey where past and present meet. Scanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda i Lovo trouble pm. Nick Nolle and Julia Roberts play rival reporters working for competing Chicago newspapers. Tha mask pg-13. Jim Carrey a mild mannered Bank clerk is transformed into the weirdest super hero of All time when he dons his mask. I Maverick pg-13. Mel Gibson Mars As the Charm ing con Man with a Knack for getting in and out of trouble. James Corner and Jodie Foster. My Al re 2 g. Vada Anna Chlumsky travels to Losangeles to find out about her Mother s life before she died. Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee  escape r. In this futuristic action adventure Ray Liotta is sent to a High Security prison on an Iso lated Island Colony where two groups of desperate criminals Battle for control with Lance Henriksen. Plano Tchlo g. The most highly acclaimed of the Early Disney daisies. The Princess and the Goblin g. In this perfectly pleasant animated feature Princess Irene Ven Tures out of her protected Castle one Day and discovers there Are goblins out  Man pg-13. An out of work Adver Tising executive Danny Cvito ends up As teacher to � class of army recruits. Peed r. Hold on for electrifying action As a bus careens through the los Ang Lei morning Rush  Hopper and Keanu Reeves. Surviving the game r. Sadistic Hunters become the hunted. Rutger Bauer and ice to. Threesome r. A clerical error assigns a you Glady Ai Roommate to two students in the College dorm. Lara Flynn Boyle and Stephen Baldwin. True lies r. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in the reality action thriller that features Jamie Lee Curtis As the wife he could lose to his Job. With Tom Arnold. We re Beck a Dinosaur s Story g. Animate feature about dinosaurs who arc transported to mod Ern Day new York. Voices by Walter Cronkite and John Goodman. When a Man loves a woman r. A ripping love Story about the ravages of alcohol and abuse. Meg Ryan is the vivacious wife and Andy Garcia Isth faithful and Loving husband. With Honor pg-13. Har Ard students re examine their values after being forced to befriend a Home less Man. Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser. Wyatt Carp pg-13. This Saga wraps up the legend of the old West with the Man who came to Symbol ize what it at stood fur. Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid. Compiled from wire reports. Star ratings by Chuck Vlinch. 1 " " " ". ,. Robin Givens gets her hands on Damon Wayans who portrays a bargain basement crime stopper in Blankman. Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies Blankman rated pg-13 must sea Worth Yoiiro time passable entertainment coming soon a a video outlet a you and you can wait As this film opens two Little kids both wearing dish towels around their necks Are thrilling to the campy 60s version of Batman on a fuzzy old Black and White television. That scene sets the tone for Damon Wayans fresh and funny homage to costumed crime fight ers through the Ages. Wayans who got his Start As a stand up comedian came to prominence As one of the stars of in living color the Ribald to comedy produced by his brother Keenan Ivory Wayans. Damon Wayans had a number of memorable moments on that show his Homeboy shopping network and the politically incorrect Handyman skits Spring to mind but his big screen career has been uneven. He did solid work As sidekick to Bruce Willis in the action thriller the last boy scout but his Erwi feature debut to Money was wildly uneven and Only intermittently funny. Blankman however is a much More self assured Effort. Wayans conceived the Story wrote the script with . Lawton and served As executive pro Ducer. He drops his Street Hustler per Sona there s nary a cuss word in the film to offer what amounts to a live action cartoon that delivers lots of laughs. Wayans is Dairy Walker and fellow in living color Alum David Alan Grier is brother Kevin. They re 30 years re moved from the two Little kids in the opening scene but it seems that Only one of them has any intention of grow ing up. The two live with their kindly grandma Lynn Thigpe who raised them in an increasingly crime infested neigh boyhood. Kevin is the More sober minded of the Brothers. He s out trying to make a living As a cameraman for the producer of a Sleazy tabloid to show a nearly unrecognizable Jason Alexander of Seinfeld Fame. Darryl is Content to live in a fantasy world inventing and tinkering with the gadgets that continually Spring from the drawing Board of his mind like j 5, the robot he built out of an old Wash ing machine. Their meager but stable existence is shattered by the murder of their grand Mother who had been working As a Volunteer for mayoral candidate mar Vin Harris Christopher Lawford. It turns but that she was gunned Down by the henchmen of a local thug Michael Manetti John Polit who wants to lean on Harris. After accidentally inventing a Solu Tion that makes fabric virtually indestructible a despondent Darryl dons red flannel underwear ties an old sock around his head with Eye holes Cut out and armed with a myriad of his own gadgets set out to turn Back the rising tide of crime in his neighbourhood. Dubbed Blankman by a curious Media Darryl becomes a local Sensa Tion. A Beautiful to reporter Robin Givens is soon on his Trail As is Manetti who wants to erase All traces of his hit on grandma Walker. Against his better judgement Kevin joins Dar Ryl in his quest adopting his own super hero Persona the other Guy sport ing a sweatshirt a Funky old Fedora and a Green mask. The film culminates in a riotous Tongue in Cheek fracas that is As intentionally cheesy As any seen on the old Batman show Complete with animated pos thuds and  the Story is absurd and not every thing in it Clicks. It also goes on too Long for its simplistic plot. But the film s underlying theme that one person can make a difference is sure to strike a chord at a time when violent crime is splattered All Over the news everyday. Wayans infuses his hero with such a loopy charming sense of naivete that you can t help but Root for him to succeed in his innocent quest and you can t help laughing As he does. Page 12 sunday september 11, 1994