European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Short takes All i want for Christmas o. A comedy about two new York City children who want to bring to Gether their estranged parents during the Holiday sea son. Jane Kozak and Jamey Sheridan. Bad a Lola r. Four women of the old West become gunfighters to win Back their Money their rights and their dignity. Madeleine Stowe Mary Stuart Mas Terson Andie Macdowell and Drew Flarry Niobe. /  Camp nowhere Po-13. Instead of going off to computer military diet and theatrical Camps kids scheme to create their own dream summer Camp with no Counselor of rules. John Putch and Peter Scolari. Clear and present danger pg-13. Harrison Ford As Jack Ryan is once again drawn into global in Trigue. This time he s up against a colombian drug Cartel. With Anne Archer and James Earl Jones. /.". The color of night r. Haunted by a bizarre Sui cide of a patient new York psychologist Abandons his practice and relocates to los Angeles. Bruce Wil Lis and Jane March. Corrona Corrona Po-13. Whoops Goldberg Andray Liotta Star in this 50s drama about a widower with a 7-year-old daughter who takes in maid. The flan Stonee to. Steven spic Rock brings the modern Stone age family to the Silver screen. With John Goodman and Rick Moranis. Forrest dump pg-13. Travel through the last three decades and witness America s notable historic events As Tom Hank stars As a simple Man who be comes an All american football player decorated War hero and i prosperous businessman. A need Man in Africa r. Sean Connery it a reluctant Diplomat at a newly Independent african stale. Interview with the Vampire r. He is timeless and ageless in a world without end. Tom cruise and Brad Pitt. It could happen to you to. This Sweet nothing of a film pairs Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda in an appealing tale of love Ana the new York lottery. -. Lassie to.  i adventures and triumphs hive launched an entertainment legend that has lasted forbore than half a Century. The Lien King o. Disney s newest animation is magnificent entertainment. Music by Elton John., Little plants pm. A comedy about two very differ ent Brothers Rick Moranis de o Neill who Assem ble equally different kinds of teams. Mary Helley s Frankenstein r. This loud and Tacky monster maim has problems even Robert de Niro s effective acting can t solve. The mask Po-13. Jim Carrey a mild mannered Bank clerk is transformed into the weirdest super hero of All time when he dons his mask. Vic milk Money Po-13. After a Trio of 12-year-old boys Pool their saved milk Money to hire a big City Hooker one of the boys tries to fix her up with his single dad. Milanic Griffith and de Harris. Miracle on 34th Street to. In remake of the 1947 Holiday classic 6-year-old girl has doubts about Santa Claus. Richard Attenborough and mar Wilson. Natural Bern killer r. Oliver Stone s satirical adventure of a pair of love Bird serial killers Wood Harrelson and Juliette Lewis who become International Media celebrities. The Nert Karat pm to. Since the death of her parents Julie Hilary Swank has directed her anger in All the wrong placet and is unsure of her place in the world. Miyagi Pat Morita helps her develop skills to defeat her foes. Only you to. A woman decides she can t fight Fate dumps her fiance1 and ventures to Italy in search of her soul mate. Marisa Tomei and Robert Downeyjr. Princess carabao to. An exotic woman in 1817 claims to be a shipwrecked asian Princess but in fact is a servant out to fool the English aristocrats. Pho Ebe Gate Kevin Kline and John Lithgow. The puppet masters r. Frightening thriller about an invasion of grotesque Alieni parasites that take Over the minds of their human hosts. I the Santa clause to. Home improvement Tim Allen makes a Socko big screen debut As a sarcastic Workaholic toy company marketing exec who much to his Surpri Seand his disenchanted Small son s Delight becomes Santa Claus. The Shaw Shank redemption r. Shaw Shank is a prison in Maine. Tim Robbins portrays the prisoner who learns to survive in the cruel world of maximum Security. With Morgan Freeman. A simple twist of Fate pg-13. Steve Martin is a reclusive and miserly person who takes in a toddler who has wandered into his House during a Snow storm. The specialist r. Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone Star in this sub Par act Ioner about an explosive expert trying to blow up a Miami crime family. James Woods and Rod Steiger relieve the tedium with world class scenery chewing. Stargaze pg-13,  fiction adventure that crosses space and time in a search to discover the Ori gins of civilization. Kurt Russell James spacer. Star trek generations Po-13. Going boldly where no one has gone before is not what it used to be. This intergalactic adventure is the first to feature Bot i Sta ship Enterprise captains William Shainer and Patrick Stewart. A terminal velocity r. Blithe entertaining Light Ning fast adventure with Romance and comedy that effectively teams Charlie Sheen s cocky daredevil sky diver and Nastassja Kinski s beguiling resourceful woman of mystery. Tom eco r. This futuristic thriller stars Jean Claude Van Damme As Max Walker a time enforce ment cop who travels Back in time to prevent a co rust politician from altering historical events for per Sonal gain. Trial by jury r. An idealistic single Mother serving the jury in a mob trill Mutt decide whether to vote to convict or to let a guilty Man go free in order to save herself and her Young son. William Hurt and Joanne Whalley Kilmer. A Craven s new Nightmare r. This time the evil has moved beyond the screen and in a de-1 sending spiral of terror and horrific action. Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp. Compiled rom Walro reports Star ratings by Chuck Vinch. ,. Universal Emma Thompson Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito Roll through Junior opening Friday at military Heaters. Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies Junior rated pg-13 must see. Worth your time. Passable entertainment coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait trying once again to play against his slab of beef action Persona Arnold Schwarzenegger hangs a huge wrong turn As a Man who gets pregnant in. A film that seems to take almost As Long to unfold As a real pregnancy. While the premise has Promise you la have to imagine your own jokes be cause the script certainly does t offer any. Producer director Ivan Reitman and writers Kevin Wade and Chris con Rad apparently believed that just the sight of having the terminator with As co Star Danny Devito i delicately puts it a Bun in the oven would be enough to spark gales of laughter. Wrong. Everything about this film is us la bored As if watching scientist Alex Hesse Arnold struggle through morn ing sickness food cravings and mood swings in t enough the filmmakers also resort to such obvious foolishness As creating an extremely Clumsy colleague or. Diana Reddin Emma Thompso who for no discernible reason seems to be a descendant of the three stooges. The alleged fun begins when or. Larry Arbogast Devi Toan obstetrician convinces Alex to take an experimental Fertility drug. The plan is to implant an embryo in Hesse and have him carry it through the first trimester so they can gather enough human test data to get the drug approved. Reitman and the writers slather on the family values As the cold aloof Hesse who becomes so Touchy Feely that he cries watching Kodak moments on to ads decides to have the baby. To up the warm and fuzzy quotient even More Alex Falls for Diana. There Are a few other wrinkles such As the snooty department head Frank Langella who wants to know what s going on and Larry s sex wife Pamela Reed who after years of failing to get pregnant with Larry is now with child after a one night stand neither charac Ter adds one Whit of depth to the Shal Low Story. The film is just one scene after an other of Arnold doing and feeling Motherly things like Reading modern maturity Magazine and munching crackers. And occasionally very Occas signally something Clicks As when Alex tells Larry my nipples Are Sensi Tive. They feel kind of  obviously the humor is supposed to lie in the fact that it s the teutonic. Titan doing these things. But the one note gag becomes exceedingly monotonous Long before the movie s Saccharine ending. I the filmmakers become so desperate that they actually put Schwarzenegger in drag in a late sequence that has Larry hiding Alex in a maternity Home until he has the baby. It May be surreal but it sure in t very funny. Schwarzenegger will never be mistaken for an actor even though he has managed to mine the dumb comedy vein before with a modicum of Success with kindergarten cop and with Devi to in twins. But he has never been As pallid As. He is Here. While this kind of material is not be Neath Schwarzenegger or Devito it s hard to figure out what Thompson is doing Here. A Superb dramatic actress she apparently also wants to show she can play other kinds of roles. If so she picked the wrong vehicle. She s just not convincing As a goofy woman who does such things As launch ing her shoe across a dance floor while trying to remove toilet paper stuck on it. Aside from the lacklustre script the film s most serious sin is its dubious assertion that having a baby can be a pan Acea for dysfunctional adult relation ships. That message could t be More inappropriate even if Arnold and com Pany try to play it for yuks. Page 12 sunday december 18, 1994