European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A Page 10shout takes air Fladds pg-13. Loud frenetic mostly unfunny comedy about an . Rock group that takes a is ult station hostage Brendan Fraser is the group s Leader funny cameos by Joe Mantegna As a Grouchy deejay and Michael Mckean,.As. Program director Ang a in lit out fluid to a Dis nov 1<j5 re. Make. When a year old Kogor Joseph Gordon where nobody else can they help drive his favorite baseball team the California Angels to Pennant Contention. Danny Glover and Tony Danza. A a. A a. A a by Day out . Three bungling kidnappers snatch a baby from a mansion Only to Nave the toddler give them the slip and Lead the Klut Zes on a Wacky and perilous Chase through the City. Joe Mantegna and Lara Flynn holc. Aaa. A Fack a Uty g. This adaption of the classic Isth Century horse Story offers a Classy cast headed by David Thewlis Apt a Sublime period setting a tank Man p i -13. Me bus no super Powers no Money and no name. He s Milank Niin. A self in Post de super hero who s so broke he fights crime in his Long John. Damon Wayans. Aaa Lawn away r. Jeff Bridges i a Boston bomb squad expert and i Ommy Lee Jones is his old w a crony who is now trying to explode unbelievable. A City Sli Kara it fg-13. Our Urban cowboys arc ready for another adventure this time m search of hidden Gold. Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern. A a Claar and present danger pg-13. Harrison Ford As Jack Ryan again drawn into global intrigue. This Tunc he s up against a colombian drug Cartel. Anne Archer and James Jones. A air fit chant l�?Tg-13. Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones Are wonderful together in the latest John Grisham novel. Unfortunately they play supporting roles to b kid actor who s very impressive. A or. Dotis Tylre l g-13, Robin Williams separated from his wife disguises himself As a Larnish Nanny and gets n Job As ins children s baby Sitter. A via the full Tatone i g. 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Tolerable for Small children who will probably enjoy shots of Lassie shimmering in the wind. A let g. A is-ye.ir-o1d Austin o Urien is transported into the movie screen to Foster a relationship with screen idol Arnold Schwarzenegger. A tha lion King g. Disney a newest ultimatum is magnificent entertainment. Musich l. Ton John. A la lilo Sig Loague i g. Edwards stars us a l2-yea.iod Bov w to gets to manage the Minnesota Quot i wins a ,. A . A tha maak , Jun cur Rcv a mild mannered. Bank clerk is transformed in to the weirdest super a hero of All tune when he dons Isis mask. Aah to Rayarl Csc Po-i3, Mel Gibson stars As Hie Charm lug con mint with a Knack forgetting in and out of. Trouble . A. A no a papa a in this futuristic action adventure Ray is sent in a Lugt Saccu Tilv prison on Alviso land Island Colony we Etc two groups of it Unuk Bailee for control. Wenli Laucci f ice Rikson. North i g. , an 1 car of d boy feeling. Unappreciated by his parents lures it lawyer Ite. 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Could this be Jean Claude Van dam ire s big breakthrough that will catapult him to stardom Van Damme play a Sci i cons talc who hop from decade to decade rounding up time travelling Crooks. Aaa Wagon East Rol. John Candy in i last film role play an inept to a group of West. Pm settlers fed up with cattle rustling and Bank Rob lung. A a. A. Woll r. Jack Nizelt Gisoti gets excited when he s bitten by a Werewolf. With i Eucile Pfeiffer Kaaa Wyatt Earp pc 13. I by Saga wraps up the legend of the old West with the Man who came to symbolize what it Al stood Tor. Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid. A compiled bom Vito to ports. Star ratings by Chuck Emch. A. Sunday october 9, 1994this weeks films ,. A. A Quot a. A Castle Rock entertainment Lim Robbins and Morgan Srecman portray inmates m the Sham Hank redemption a tale of survival and Hope. Chuck Vingh Sian writer a Lon month the Shaw Shank redemption rated r a Kaaa must see a. Quot Worth you time. A a passable entertain men a coming soon to a video outlet near you. And you can wait Hope Faith and second chances Are not concepts usually associated with the work of Stephen King the Undis a put cd master measured by number of books sold of the horror genre. But its precisely because this is not a horror flick that the Shaw Shank redemption ranks with stand by me As the Best of the Many film treatments of King s stories. events of the narrative take place Bei Veety l946 and 1967, which is wholly fitting. Its a period piece from the Frank Capra Era when All convicts except the obligatory handful of outright psychos were morally Superior to the guards patrolling the Walls. For reasons that will be obvious to anyone who sees the film this Story needs a quaint old time setting. If director Frank Darabont who also wrote the screenplay had Given it a More contemporary spin it would have been an unconvincing disaster. A banker Andy Dufresne Tim Robbins is sentenced to two consecutive life terms at Maine a fortress like Shaw Shank state prison for killing his wife and her Lover. Me claims he a innocent but Little weight inside the Walls Quot done to you know everybody in Here is innocent a asks Ellis Quot red Redding Morgan Freeman another lifer whom Andy befriends. Red thinks the Educ Ted banker will break quickly under the hellish Orienta lion of gang rapes and beatings in keeping with the film s Cap Aesque a sensibilities much of. The violence is / highly stylized taking place in shadows or off camera a which Doest make it any less harrowing. But Andy never Sheds his stoic dignity. After offering unsolicited tax advice to the vicious Captain of the guards Clancy brow Nandy becomes the facility a resident financial adviser. Soon he a laundering Money in a number of schemes for the hypocritical Bible thumping Warden Norton Bob gun ton. In return the guards Cut him a lot of Slack. They ail pm him to build a Model prison Library and let him engage in such altruistic acts As tutoring a Young Hood for his High school equivalency. A Darabont sometimes lays on such Schmaltz a bit too thick As in the scene. In which Amidy locks himself in the prison administration office and plays Mozart s the marriage of Figaro Over the a system. Of course All the cons Stop whatever they re doing and stand transfixed. Music soothes the Savage beast and All that. But such minor flaws Are barely noticeable when measured against the films Many other Fine moments such As the achingly poignant interlude that focuses on an elderly con James Whitmore who is finally released after spending his life in the Shank and must try to readjust to the outside world. As red observes Quot these Walls Are funny. First you hate Mem then you get used to Mem then when enough time passes you come to depend on the film meanders through various twists and turns on the Way to becoming a delicious revenge fantasy but the Central theme that emotional shackles can be every bit As heavy As steel links and Concrete Walls is never far from the surface. Freeman whose mellifluous voice also narrates the film is wonderful in the role of red one of our most underrated actors he a sure to get an Quot Oscar nomination for his work Here. He also brings out the Best in Robbins whose career of late has been marked by a few too Many clueless goofball 7x/i hours the film is a half hour too Long. But Uthe Shaw Shank redemption is a solid and satisfying if occasionally Overly sentimental a character study driven by two great actors who know what they re doing
