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POST OAK III
Post Oak Mall
764-0616
Piper Laurie star in this filmed
version of Mark Medoff s play-
Hurt is teacher at a school for the
"Deadly Friend"
Another horror film from Wes
Craven, the director of ‘ ‘A Night
mare on Elm Street. ” The film is
stupid, but not bad enough to be
fun. The basketball-fu sequence
is almost worth the price of
admission if you go to one of the
cheap matinee showings. Rated
R.
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
Kathleen Turner and Nicholas
Cage star in Francis Coppola’s
fantasy about a woman who gets
a chance to go back in time to
high school. This marvelous film
is not a "Back to the Future”
rip-off, but an intelligent and
touching story of a woman reex
amining her life. Rated PG-13.
"Aliens"
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and
a troop of Space Marines go to a
strange planet to fight off carni
vorous aliens in a science fiction
thriller that keeps you on the
edge of your seat. This sequel is
more fun than the original.
Rated R.
PLAZA
3226 Southwest Parkway
693-2457
"Crocodile Dundee"
Australian comedian Paul
Hogan is the famous trapper
Michael J. "Crocodile” Dundee
who is brought back to America
by a reporter (Linda Kozlowski).
Hogan brings an Australian fla
vor to the New York streets and
falls in love with Kozlowski. A bit
predictable, but lots of fun.
Rated PG.
"The Color of Money"
Tom Cruise is a cocky kid with a
talent for pool. Paul Newman is
a former pool hustler who de
cides he can make a lot of
money being Cruise’s manager.
Director Martin Scorsese is in
good form once again, as are
Newman and Cruise, in this
realistic portrait of street people.
The ending might be too ambi
guous for some viewers. Rated
R.
"Children of a Lesser God"
William Hurt, Marlee Matlin and
deaf. Matlin is a deaf woman
who works at the school. They
fall in love but have to overcome
the barrier of silence between
them. Hurt deserves an Oscar
for his performance in this su
perb film. Rated R.
MANOR EAST 3
Manor East Mall
823-8300
"Tough Guys"
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
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 the stock cliches ab
out old folks. Charles Durning 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 better than the screenplay
they are stuck with. Rated PG.
"Let's Get Harry"
Harry is being held hostage by
an evil country and our govern
ment refuses to take action so his
friends go off to rescue him.
When is the American public
going to get tired of these Ram-
boesque movies and demand
more good films like Blue Vel
vet?” Starts today. Rated R.
"Trick or Treat"
Ozzy Osbourne s first movie.
Gene Simmons of KISS also
stars. Heavy Metal Halloween?
No thank you. Rated R.
CINEMA III
Skaggs Center
846-6714
"jumpin' jack Flash" _
Whoopie Goldberg, star of 1 he
Color Purple,” makes her com
edy movie debut as a woman
who gets tied up with interna
tional espionage when she re
ceives a secret message on her
computer. The film is pretty
good, but doesn t take full
advantage of Goldberg s incre
dible talents. Had director Pen
ny Marshall given Goldberg the
chance to go crazy, the film
would have been great instead
of just good. Flated FL
"Ran"
An overpowering version of
Shakespeare’s King Lear from
Japanese director Akira Kurosa
wa, the man who gave us
“Seven Samurai," “Rasho-
mon” and “Kagemusha.” The
battle sequences are majestic
and the cinematography is fan
tastic. "Ran” is back in town for
a limited engagement, so make
sure you get out to see it soon.
Rated R.
"The Boy Who Could Fly"
Jay Underwood plays an autistic
boy who likes to pretend he can
fly. Lucy Deakains is the girl who
tries to reach out to him and dis
covers he really can fly. The film
is too sickeningly sweet and
Spielbergish for the tastes of
everyone except the most sen
timental, and the actors are too
old to be believable in the roles
of junior high kids. Rated PG.
"Soul Man"
C. Thomas Howell and Rae
Dawn Chong in a comedy about
a white guy who becomes black
to get a minority scholarship to
Harvard Law School. It seems as
if the director was afraid of mak
ing a serious statement about
racism and tries to throw in a
joke when things start getting
uncomfortable for the viewer.
Some of the jokes are funny, but
most have been used before in
hundreds of college-kid movies.
James Earl Jones is fantastic in
his role as the professor. Rated
PG-13.
SCHULMAN
62002 E. 29th
775-2463
"Top Gun"
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in
a long commercial for the U.S.
Armed Forces with a love story
thrown in for good measure.
The cinematography is great,
especially if you like flying sequ
ences. This movie has some of
the best. Rated PG.
"Ruthless People"
Bette Midler and Danny DeVito
in an updated version of an O.
Henry story. A couple of kidnap-
pers make off witb DeVito s wife
(Midler), only to find that DeVito
doesn’t want her back, no mat
ter what the price. Rated R.
"Stand By Me"
Director Rob Reiner’s version of
Stephen King’s novella “The
Body.” This isn’t another horror
flick, but a warm look at friend
ship. good times and growing
up. One of the best screen adap
tations of a King novel. Rated R.
"Back to School"
Rodney Dangerfield in a com
edy about an old guy who be
comes big man on campus.
Rated R.
"Sky Bandits"
Starts today. Rated PG.
"Running Scared"
Starts today. Rated R.
AGGIE CINEMA
CEPHEID VARIABLE
Rudder Theatre Complex
845-1234
Friday and Saturday
"F/X"
A Hollywood special effects man
gets involved with a real murder
while making a movie, then has
to use all the tricks of his trade to
get away from the bad guys. A
good thriller in Hitchcock tradi
tion starring Bryan Brown and
Cliff DeYoung. Rated PG.
Friday and Saturday
Midnight
"Dawn of the Dead"
Director George Romero’s clas
sic horror film about the dead
coming back to life and terroriz
ing the world. A cheap but effec
tive production that spawned
two sequels that were nowhere
near as frightening as the origin
al. Rated R.
Thursday
"Pinnochio" and "Fantastic
Planet"
“Pinnochio” is Walt Disney’s
classic animated film about a
marionette who wants to be
come a boy. Jiminy Cricket is
too cool! "Fantastic Planet” is an
animated film about a planet
where a race of giants keep a
race of little people as pets until
they decide their pets are too
dangerous. A nice allegorical
tale, but a bit too preachy. Rated
R n