CINEMA HI
Skaggs Center
846-6714
“Jumping Jack Flash”
(R)
Whoopie Goldberg, star of
“The Color Purple", takes a
new direction in her comedy
movie debut. Starts today.
“Aliens”
(R)
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and
a troop of Space Marines go to
a strange planet to fight tons of
slimy carnivorous aliens in this
science fiction thriller that keeps
you on the edge of your seat.
This sequel is more fun than the
original.
“That 9 s Life”
(PG-13)
Starts today.
POST OAK III
Post Oak Mall
764-0616
“Deadly Friend”
(R)
Another horror film from Wes
Craven, the director of “A
Nightmare on Elm Street,”
“The Hills Have Eyes” (Parts I
and II), “Last House on the
Left” and “Deadly Blessing.”
Starts today.
“Peggy Sue Got Married”
(PG-13)
Kathleen Turner in Francis
Coppola’s fantasy about a
woman who goes back in time
to her high school days. This is
not a rip-off of “Back to the Fu
ture” but an intelligent exami
nation of a woman who gets a
chance to correct some mis
takes. Nicolas Cage also stars.
Starts today.
“The Boy Who Could Fly”
(PG)
Starts today.
PLAZA 3
226 Southwest Parkway
693-2457
“Crocodile Dundee”
(PG)
Australian comedian Paul Ho
gan is the famous trapper Mi
chael J. “Crocodile” Dundee
who is brought back to America
/VtovJe Scene
by a reporter (Linda
Kozlowski). Hogan brings an
Australian flavor to the New
York streets and falls in love
with Kozlowski. A bit predicta
ble but lots of fun.
Top Gun
(PG)
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis
in a long commercial for the
U.S. Armed Forces with a love
story thrown in for good mea
sure. The cinematography is
great, especially if you like flying
sequences. This movie has
some of the best.
“Extremities”
(R)
Farrah Fawcett takes revenge
on a guy who sexually assaulted
her. He got what he deserved,
but the audience shouldn’t be
made to suffer through it. Plas
tic acting doesn’t help the dumb
sceenplay. A delicate subject
matter such as rape deserves a
more intelligent treatment.
MANOR EAST 3
Manor East Mall
823-8300
“Ruthless People”
(R)
Bette Midler and Danny DeVito
in an updated version of an 0.
Henry story. A couple of kid
nappers make off with DeVito’s
wife (Midler), only to find that
DeVito doesn’t want her back,
no matter what the price. The
kidnappers steal Midler, but she
steals the show.
“Stand By Me”
(R)
Director Rob Reiner’s version of
Stephen King’s novella “The
Body. ” This is not another hor
ror flick but a warm look at
friendship, good times and
growing up. One of the best
screen adaptations of a King
novel.
“Tough Guys”
(PG)
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Doug
las are two criminals who are re
leased from prison after 30
years. They get tired of trying to
be ordinary senior citizens and
decide to steal the same train
they were sent up the river for
robbing 30 years before. Lan
caster and Douglas are excel
lent and are almost able to pull
the film out of the stock cliches
about old folks. Charles Burn
ing is also pretty good as the
sheriff who caught Lancaster
and Douglas the first time and
who is out to get them again.
The actors are much better than
the screenplay they were stuck
with.
AGGIE CINEMA/
CEPHEID VARIABLE
Rudder Theatre Complex
845-1234
Friday and Saturday
“Tootsie”
(PG)
Dustin Hoffman is an out-of-
work actor who lands the fe
male lead in a daytime soap op
era. He becomes extremely
popular in his role and falls in
love with Jessica Lange, one of
the actresses on the show, but
no one except his roommate
(Bill Murray) knows that he is
really a man. Jessica Lange
won an Oscar for her role in this
wonderfully funny and touching
film.
Friday and Saturday
Midnight
“After Hours”
(PG)
Boy meets girl. Boys goes to see
girl. Boy upsets girl. Girl kills
herself. Boy has a helluva a
time trying to get things straight
so that he can go back home
and get to sleep. This movie, di
rected by Martin Scorsese and
starring Griffen Dunne, Ro-
sanne Arquette, Teri Garr and
Cheech and Chong, is loaded
with dark humor and satire.
Strange but good.
Tuesday
“Blow Up”
(PG)
Filmed in the mid-’60s, “Blow
Up” was Italian director Miche
langelo Antonioni’s first English
movie. A photographer thinks
he has captured evidence of a
murder in one of his pictures.
He enlarges the picture to show
the dead body but the picture
becomes grainer with each en
largement. The ambiguity of the
picture and the fact that he can’t
find a body make him wonder
whether there was a murder.
The story takes place in the pop
environment and cultural back
ground of the “in crowd” dur
ing the swinging ’60s. Starring
David Hemmings and Vanessa
Redgrave. Watch Jimmy Page
‘smash his guitar during the
Yardbirds’ concert in the film.
Wednesday
“The King and I”
(PG)
Yul Brenner is the King of Siam.
Debra Kerr is the woman hired
to take care of his children in
this classic musical.
Thursday
“Star Wars”
(PG)
The original. George Lucas’
epic space fantasy with Mark
Hammil, Carrie Fisher and Har
rison Ford. Great special effects,
cute robots, lots of fun for the
whole family.
SCHULMAN 6
2002 E. 29th
775-2463
“Armed and Dangerous”
(PG)
SCTVers John Candy and Eu
gene Levy play a couple of po
licemen who get into a lot of
trouble with crooks and cops.
“Nothing in Common”
(PG)
Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason
in a bittersweet comedy about a
successful businessman and his
attempts to become closer to his
father.
“Back to School”
(R)
Rodney Dangerfield in a com
edy about an old guy who be
comes big man on campus.
Dangerfield’s performance of
“Twist and Shout” is a classic.
“Flight of the Navigator”
(PG)
A Walt Disney science fiction
adventure.
“Link”
(R)
A horror flick about monkeys
that go crazy.
“Karate Kid II”
(PG)
Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita
star in this sequel that takes
them to Japan and yet another
karate tournament.