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The Bedroom
Window: Steve Guttenberg
and Isabelle Huppert star in a
Hitchcockian thriller about a
woman who witnesses a murder
and her lover who claims that it
was he who saw the murder to
protect her reputation. R.
The Morning After:
Jane Fonda wakes up one
morning in bed with a dead man.
Since she had a bit to drink the
night before, she doesn’t
remember how it happened. Jeff
Bridges is the ex-cop who believes
she didn’t do it and tries to help
her find the real murderer. A
good, but certainly not a great,
film. R.
Assassination: Charles
Bronson is an ex-spy brought out
of retirement to protect the first
lady from terrorists. Last day. PG-
13.
My Beautiful
Laundrette: Starts Friday. R.
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The Mission: See review
page 5. G.
Crimes of the Heart:
Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and
Sissy Spacek are three sister with
various problems with various
men. The film shows the sisters
trying to come to grips with the
world and each other. Sam
Sheppard also stars in this film
directed by Australian Bruce
Beresford, the man who gave us
“Breaker Morant” and “Tender
Mercies.” PG-13.
Heartbreak Ridge:
Clint Eastwood directed,
produced and starred in this film
about a tough Marine sergeant
who leads a group of new recruits
into Grenada. Eastwood is a little
too tough for his own good and
the violence is a bit unnecessary.
R.
An American Tail:
Since Steven Spielberg wants to
be the Walt Disney of the ’80s he
has made a full-length animated
film. “An American Tail” tells the
story of Fievel Moskowitz, a
Russian immigrant mouse who
gets separated from his family
when they come to America. The
film is pretty good, even though it
doesn’t quite capture the
innocence of the Disney classics.
G.
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The Golden Child:
Eddie Murphy goes to Tibet to
find the child who is destined to be
the savior of the world. Murphy’s
humor almost gets lost in the
special effects and action-
saturated script but he still
provides some laughs. PG-13.
Critical Condition:
Richard Pryor pretends to be a
doctor to escape a prison insane
asylum. This is not a funny movie
and Pryor comes across as a
second-rate Eddie Murphy. R.
Little Shop of
Horrors: An incredibly funny
musical about a boy, a girl and a
plant that eats people. Rick
Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve
Martin, Bill Murray and John
Candy make up a great cast but
Audry II, the plant, steals the
show. Last day. PG-13.
Outrageous Fortune:
Starts Friday. R.
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Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home: The crew of
the Enterprise, William Shatner,
Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
and the others, is back in the best
film of the series. Our heroes have
to go back to the 20th century,
capture some whales and take
them back to the 23rd century to
save the Earth from disaster. This
film captures the excitement,
humor and spirit of the original
television series. PG.
Lady and the Tramp:
The wonderful Disney classic
about Lady, a dog from a rich
family who meets and falls in love
with Tramp, a dog from the wrong
side of the tracks. Great songs and
fine guest appearances by two
Siamese cats. Last day. G.
Mosquito Coast:
Harrison Ford is excellent in his
role as an eccentric inventor who
takes his family to the jungle to get
away from the consumer culture
of America. His attempts to create
a paradise fail and he becomes
alienated from his family. A great
film from Australian director Peter
Weir, the man who gave us
“Witness" and “The Year of
Living Dangerously. ” Last day.
PG.
Platoon: Starts Friday. R.
Lost City of Gold:
Starts Friday. PG.
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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). A bit
predictable, but lots of fun. PG-
13.
Wanted Dead or
Alive: Rutger Hauer plays an
ex-spy who turns bounty hunter
and kills a lot of people. PG-13.
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 making a serious
statement about racism and tries
to throw in a joke when things
start getting uncomfortable for the
viewer. James Earl Jones is
fantastic in his role as the
professor. PG-13.
Pessy 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 reexamining her life. PG-
13.
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 during the flying
sequences. R.
Three Amigos: Steve
Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin
Short are unemployed actors who
have to save a town from Mexican
bandits. Aside from two occasions
where the trio perform Randy
Newman’s songs, the movie is not
funny. Last day. R.
The Color Purple:
Steven Spielberg’s attempt to
make a real movie succeeds due
to the strength of Alice Walker’s
novel on which the film was based
and the fine performances by
Whoppi Goldberg, Aldolf Ceaser,
Oprah Winfrey and others. Last
day. PG-13.
Kindred: Starts Friday. R.
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Soylent Green:
Charleton Heston is a cop in
famine-stricken 21st century New
York. Jack Albertson is his
roommate, an old man about to
die. After Albertson’s death,
Heston discovers the nature of
Soylent Green, the primary
source of food for the city. Based
on Harry Harrison’s novel “Make
Room, Make Room. ” Thursday.
PG.
Ruthless People:
Bette Midler and Danny DeVito in
a updated version of 0. Henry’s
“The Ransom of Red Chief. ” A
couple of kidnappers make off
with Midler and her husband,
DeVito, doesn’t want to pay to get
her back. Friday and Saturday. R.
Pumping Iron: Arnold
Schwarzenegger is featured in this
documentary about weightlifting
and the World Bodybuilding
Championship. Friday and
Saturday. PG.
Brazil: Monty Python’s
Terry Gilliam wrote and directed
this surrealistic tale about a
futuristic world where the
government exercises control over
the people with 1984-like
methods. A strange and powerful
film about the nature of
bureaucracy. Tuesday. R.
A Streetcar Named
Desire: Marlon Brando won an
Oscar for his role in this classic
version of Tennessee William’s
play about a Southern woman
from a rich family who can’t come
to terms with poverty.
Wednesday. PG.