European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                So outtakes baby s Day out pm. Three bungling kidnappers snatch baby from a mansion Only to have the Tod Dler give them the slip and Lead the klut7.cs on a Wacky and perilous Chase through the City. Joe Man Togna and Lara Flynn Boyle. By try Hill cop Iii r. Detroit police detective Axel Foley returns to Southern California to investigate a crime ring at wonder world amusement Park. Eddie Murphy and Hector Elizondo. Blank Check pm a 9-year-old boy is mistakenly Given a signed Blank Check and fills in the amount for to million. Miguel Ferrer. Blankman pg-13. He s got no super Powers no Money and Rio name he s Blankman a self appointed super hero who s so broke he fights crime in his Long Johns Damon Wayans. City Slicker ii pm 13. Our Urban cowboys Are ready for another adventure this time in search of Bidden Gold. Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern. Clean slate l g-1x Dana Carvey tries to Deal with a Peculiar problem of waking up each morning with his memory being Wip a clean As he  not knowing Why everyone wants to kill him. Clear and present danger pg-13. Harrison Ford As Jack Tryon finds himself once again drawn into global intrigue. This Lime he s up against a columbian drug Cartel. With Ann Archer and James Harl Jones. V4 the Cowboy Way pg-13. Sonny and Pepper 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 Kicfer Sutherland. The Crow r. Based on the popular underground comic Book sensation of the same name. A dead musician rises from the grave to avenge his franc pc s murders. Starring the late Brandon Lee. 9 seconds fg-13 based on real life Story of Lane Frost and the unpredictable world of the Rodeo Cir Cuit. Luke Perry and cinthia Geary. Endless summer pm. Two surfers journey around the world catching the biggest and Best Waves. Robert Weaver and Patrick o Connell. The full Pitstone pm. Steven Spiel Rock brings the modern Stone age family to the Silver screen. With John Goodman and Rick Moranis. Forrest plump pg-13. Tom Hanks plays a simple Man who becomes an Ain american football player a Mccorn cd War hero and a prosperous businessman. The fugitive pg-13. Harrison Ford is on the run for a murder he did t commit. Tommy Lee Jones. Flatting even with dad pm. Ted Danson plays an sex con who s blackmailed by his estranged son Macaulay Culkin to go straight. I love trouble pm. Nick Nolle and Julia Roberts play rival reporters working for competing chicag newspapers who find themselves on a collision course when they arc both assigned to investigate a suspicious train wreck. In the army now pm. Pauly Shore joins the army reserves for the bennies and the regular salary. Reality kicks in when he becomes part of a Mission involving actual combat. V4. It could happen to you pm. This Sweet Noth ing of a film pairs Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda in a appealing fairy talc of love and the new York lottery. "  the Lien King g. Disney s newest animation is magnificent entertainment. Music by Elton John. -.". -.". Little big league pm. When 12-year-old baseball fan Billy Haywood inherits the slumping Minnesota twins from his Grandfather he becomes the Young est owner manager in baseball history. Luke Edwards and Danny Glover. The 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. To Maverick pg-13. Mel Gibson stars As the Charm ing con Man with a Knack for getting in and out of trouble. James Garner and Jodie Foster. Mrs. Doubtfire pg-13. Robin Williams disguise himself As a British Nanny and gets a Job As his Chil Dren s baby Sitter. V4. My dirt 8 g. Now 13 years old vac la Anna Chlumsky travels in los Angeles to find out about her Mother s life before vile died. Dan Aykroyd an Jamie Lee Curtis. No escape r. In this futuristic action adventure Ray Liotta is sent to u High Security prison on an Iso a cd Island Colony where two groups of desperate criminals Battle for control. With Lance Henrik san. 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 there. And they re plotting to take Over her father s kingdom. Renaissance Man pg-13. An out of work Adver Tising executive Danny div Flo ends up As teacher to a class of army recruits. Schindler s list r. Winner of seven Academy awards Steven Spielberg s powerful film details Howa businessman saved thousands of jews from death Liam Nicson and Ben Kingsley. Surviving the name r. Sadistic Hunters become the hunted. Rutger a Auer and acct. True lies r. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in the reality action thrill or thai features Jamie Lee Curtis As the wife he could lose to his Job. Tom Arnold. We re backs a Dinosaur s Story g. Animate feature us out dinosaurs who Are transported to mod Ern Day new York. Voices by Waller Cronk in and John Goodman. When a Man loves a woman r. A ripping love Story about the ravages of alcohol and abuse. Meg Ryan it the vivacious wife and Andy Garcia Isth faithful and Loving husband. Wolf r. Jack Nicholson gels excited when he s bit ten by o Werewolf. With . Wyatt Earp pg-1j. This Saga wraps up the legend of the old West with the Man who came to Symbol ize what it All stood for. Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid. Compiled from wire reports. Star ratings by Chuck Vinch. 20th Century Fox John Candy Here in the 1991 movie Only the lonely died while filming wagons East which hits cafes Heaters Friday. Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies wagons East rated pg-13 must see Worth your time passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait j if his tired and colourless work in this Pokey Western is any indication John Candy had an inkling that his Prema Ture end was at hand. Candy who died of a heart attack just As the production was wrapping up gives one of the most uninspired performances of his career. Wheezing with exertion in every scene and looking More bloated than usual Candy cruises on autopilot. He plays James Harlow an Over the Hill drunkard hired to Lead a Wagon train of disgruntled easterners who have had enough of the uncouth Frontier life and want to return Home. This ragtag band includes Phil Rich Ard Lewisa would be cattle rancher who has quickly discovered that he is no match for the rustlers who infest the Region Ben Robert Picardo banker who might As Well Wear a sign that says Rob me Belle Ellen Greene re fined prostitute who can t stand the hairy cretins who make up her clientele and Julian John Mcginley Gay Bookstore owner who can t abide the uncivilized ways of the West. Harlow s experience As a Wagon Mas Ter includes heading up the ill fated Donner party whose members foun dered in a Rocky Mountain snowstorm and fell to eating each other. Be fore warned that s As funny As Matthew Carlson s script gets. Most of the humor Falls into the potty joke category. For example one amazing scene has six smelly Brothers passing time by igniting their flatulence and Keeling Over in laughter. In another scene a Cowboy visits Julian and buys a copy of Pride and prejudice but not for its literary value he wants to use the pages As outhouse two ply. A number of stereotypical Gay jokes Are made at Julian s expense although Mcginley is actually one of the few cast members who is Able to wring laughs from the threadbare material. A ragged subplot has Rich tycoons out to thwart this eastward exodus be cause they want settlers to fan out along the intercontinental Railroad line and develop the land. To this end they hire an ornery outlaw named Slade de Lauder to turn them Back or at least kill them. He fails miserably and in amusingly. The film drags on forever. Director Peter Markle brings not a single fresh perspective to his Craft which is understandable when you discover that his Only major previous directing credit was hot dog. The movie. His Lack of focus is the most remarkable thing about this film. Meanwhile Carlson who penned some scripts for the defunct to series the wonder years obviously reached the limits of his creative talents when he left that show. You keep waiting for him to come up with something anything to liven up this lacklustre Saga but it just plods along like a worn out Bovine on a Long Dusty cattle drive. The actors seem to be fully aware that they be signed up for the cinematic equivalent of the titanic s Maiden Voy age. The most uncomfortable among them is the miscast Lewis looking exceedingly unsure of himself. A stand up comic whose professional Persona is the ultimate Urban manic depressive paranoid he s totally out of place Here. For his part Candy does t get a sin Gle funny line and in fact disappears for Large chunks of screen time. What s worse he does t seem to care that he s phoning in this performance Long Dis Tance. The film is an unfortunate Swan song for the big Guy and the producers add insult to injury by dedicating it to his memory. Ouch. The one Star for wagons East is mostly a fan s tribute to Candy s Many other far better performances. K Page 12 sunday september 18, 1994