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At the Movies
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The Breakfast Club: Five kids are
stuck in detention for nine hours.
Nothing can be more depressing than
nine hours with five of your non-clos-
est friends. Funny thing how easy it is
to find friends where you least expect
it. Every character will remind you of
someone you knew in high school —
perhaps even yourself. Let’s see, there
is a jock, a princess, a brain, a basket-
case and a criminal. This is perhaps
the first movie I’ye ever seen where
kids are acting like kids. R.
A Passage to India: It was a
terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad
dav for Dr. Aziz. From the moment
he instigates a picnic at the caves, to
the end of his being tried for a rape
charge, he has a very difficult time.
This one is about the culture clashes
in pre-Gandhi India (as one rather
verbose' Englishwoman puts it, “East
is East. It’s a matter of culture.”).
That might be so, but which culture is
the one to live by. David Lean,(“Law
rence of Arabia,” “Doctor Zhivago”)
directed. Good movie. PG-13.
Ajnadeus: Some movies just
refuse to die! It’s back. One of my fa
vorite movies from last semster. (I
chose it for best movie over Shawn’s
“Killing Fields”.) Despite what Shawn
said about Wolfie being a geeky kind
of guy, I really enjoyed Tom “Animal
Flouse” Hulce’s perfomance as Wolf
gang Motzart. The score is fantastic
and the acting superb. A definite
must see movie for, everybody. PG.
Post Oak
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The Killing Fields: Columnist Syd
ney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) went
to Cambodia in 1977 as a New York
Time’s correspondent. His assistant,
Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) was Cam
bodian born. When all Cambodians
were ordered out of the country,
Schanberg watches Praii enter what
was to be known as the “killing
fields,” the interior Cambodia. This is
a very emotional film that tells the
story of Schanberg and Pran as much
as it does the storv of the war. R.
Visionquest: Louden is a high
school wrestler. His goal in life is to
beat the best wrestler in the district.
Unfortunately, this other wrestler has
arms bigger than the telephone pole
he trains with. Not a good sign. Loud-
en’s training is cruising along great
when he meets the girl of his dreams.
When she moves into his house, he be
comes obsessed with more than just
wrestling. Actually, this movie is sur
prisingly alright. Matthew Modine
(“Birdv” and “Mrs. Soffel”) plays
Louden. PG.
Into the Night: Ed Okin (Jeff
Goldblum) has a severe problem. He’s
stuck in a rather gory comedy and
can't seem to get out. It all started
when he just couldn’t fall asleep on a
June night. Well now it’s wintertime
and he hasn’t slept yet. (Egads! An
eternal all-nighter!) One night, while
engrossed in a plan to go to Las Vegas,
he discovers Michelle Pfeiffer on the
hood of his car. (Supposedly, this is
where the fun starts.) Lots of action
for old Ed from then on. R.
Schulman Six
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Witness: A Philadelphia cop, John
Book, must protect a little Amish boy
who is the only witness to a murder.
The catch here is that the guy who
was murdered was an undercover cop
and the murderer is also a cop. Since
Book knows the truth, he flees Phila
delphia and moves in with the Amish.
Completely out of place, he begins his
attempt to blend into the back-
ground. A romance blossoms be
tween Book and Rachel, the kid’s
mom. But can romance span cultures'
so intensely different? Harrison Ford
plavs Book along the lines of Hans
Solo. Really a neat and different
movie. R.
Jjeverly Hills Cop: How much
money can this film make? That
seems to be the only question left. Ed
die Murphy stars as a Detroit cop who
follows the trail of a friend’s killer to
Beverly Hills. This is a comedy-thriller
with tons of action and Murphy is as
great as always. Only Eddie could
wear the same shirt throughout Bev
erly Hills and not look tacky. Par
amount executives are already dis
cussing a sequel. Classic Eddie
Murphy. R.
The Sure Thing: This is the
story of two college freshmen who
travel from upstate New York to Cali
fornia together in a car-pool type
deal. The guy, Gib, is the typical col
lege freshman — always pre-occupied
with junk food and sex. The girl, Al
ison, is the type we females love to
hate — well-organized and planned
out. The title comes from the date Gib
travels to California for — the infa
mous “sure thing.” See page three for
review. PG.
Ghoulies: Somehow this mov
ie’s ad (where a nasty, creepv “ghou-
ly” type creature is emerging from a
commode) creates an atmosphere in-
conducive to viewing. Obviously, the
public relations person assigned to
this job didn’t do his p.r. homework
while in college. How dare he dese
crate such an important facet of
American lifestyle? First “Psycho,”
now this! Let’s keep the horror flicks
out of the potty! R.
Aviator: Christopher Reeve
plays a World War I pilot. While he’s
no “superman” (no cape — just a
plane old kind of guv) he does win the
hearts of women everywhere. (Natu
rally, he’s Christopher Reeve.) Rose-
anna Arquette costars in this period
romance. R.
Nightmare on Elm Street:
Supposedly this is another rip ’em up
and eat ’em for breakfast movie. I
think I’ll pass. The guys at the theater
said it could be compared to “Hallo
ween” or anv other gucky movie along
those lines. I wonder if a doctor will
die due to an injection in his eyeball? I
hope not. R.
Manor East
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17 alcon and the Snowman: Two
upper class California kids get them
selves involved with the KGB when
they begin selling CIA satellite secrets.
It seems one of the kids finds out that
the CIA is delving into Australian pol
itics. His way of fighting back is to sell
secrets to the Soviets. His buddy is a
drug dealer on the run for possession
of massive amounts of cocaine. Timo
thy Hutton and Sean Penn star. They
are the best things going for the
movie. The basic plot is boring. The
KGB agents aren’t believable, which is
a real shame since they are on the
screen a whole lot. R.
Jl antasia: Walt Disney’s an
imated classic and musical extrava
ganza is coming back to Brvan/Col-
lege Station. If you saw it as a child,
Escape from Ball Mountain was
frightening and Mickey as the Sor
cerer was delightful. When you see it
as an adult — you can appreciate the
“art” of it all. G.
]VIissing in Action II: As ev
eryone knows bv now, there is a guv
named Chuck Norris who makes his
living kicking people in the gut while
tearing up movie sets. His last movie,
“Missing in Action” actually made a
tidv sum of money. Because of this, a
sequal has emerged which, I‘m sure
the producers hope, will make lots of
money, too. I regret to inform the pro
ducers that the revenues will not in
clude mv $4.50. PG.
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