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The Bedroom Win
dow: Steve Guttenberg and Isabelle
Huppert star in a Hitchcockian thriller
about a woman who witnesses a mur
der 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 be
lieves she didn’t do it and tries to help
her find the real murderer. A good,
but certainly not a great, film. Last day
R.
My Beautiful
Laundrette: Critically-acclaimed
story of two gay men who open a
laundromat. Last day. R.
Jocks: Starts Friday. R.
Light of Day: Starts
Friday. PG-13.
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The Mission: Robert De
Niro and Jeremy Irons star as two
Jesuit priests trying to save the Indians
from the Portugese during the mid-
18th century. A devastating film that
shows how terrible man’s inhumanity
to man can be. PG.
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.
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.
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.
Last day. R.
Black Widow: Starts
Friday. R.
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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.
Outrageous Fortune:
Bette Midler and Shelley Long are
two women from different
backgrounds trying to find a man who
was their lover. The man is also a
terrorist involved with a scheme to
destroy the world. George Carlin also
stars in this action-packed comedy. R.
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. Moves to Manor East 3 on
Friday. R.
From the Hip: 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.
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Allan Quatermain
and the Lost City of
Gold: Richard Chamberlain and
Sharon Stone in a “Raiders of the
Lost Ark” rip-off. Moves to Schulman
6 on Friday. PG.
Critical Condition:
Starts here Friday. R.
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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.
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 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.
Kindred: Yet another in a
long line of movies where horrible,
deformed monsters tear people apart.
R.
Wanted Dead or
Alive: Rutger Hauer plays an ex
spy who turns bounty hunter and kills
a lot of people. Last day. 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. Last day. PG-13.
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.
Starts Friday. PG-13.
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 Whoopi Goldberg,
Aldolf Caeser, Oprah Winfrey and
others. Starts Friday.PG-13.
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and the Lost City of
Gold: Starts here Friday. PG.
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Terminator: Arnold
Schwarzenegger is a killer robot from
the future who comes back to our
time to kill the woman who will be the
mother of the man who will save
humanity from computer rule. Lots of
good action and violence for those
who like that sort of thing. Thursday.
R.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash:
Whoopi Goldberg, star of “The Color
Purple,” makes her comedy movie
debut as a woman who gets tied up
with international espionage when she
receives a secret message on her
computer. The film is pretty good but
it doesn’t take full advantage of
Goldberg’s incredible talents. Had
director Penny Marshall given
Goldberg the chance to go crazy, the
film would have been great instead of
just good. Friday and Saturday. R.
Zorro, the Gay
Blade : Richard Benjamin plays the
legendary swordsman and his twin
brother, a gay navy man who has a
way with a whip. This is a funny
movie, especially when the gay Zorro
starts making his own costumes.
Friday and Saturday midnight PG.
Blue Velvet: Director
David Lynch, the man who gave us
“Eraserhead” and “The Elephant
Man,” fashions a frightening,
surrealistic tale that takes place in a
small town. Kyle MacLachlan is a nice
kid with voyeuristic tendencies who
wants to help a woman, Isabella
Rossellina, who is being blackmailed
by the extremely evil Dennis Hopper.
This sometimes gruesome, always
strange film won a best director award
for Lynch and a best supporting actor
award for Hopper from the Los
Angeles Critics Association last year.
Tuesday. R.
Kramer vs. Kramer:
Dustin Hoffman stars in this touching
story about a man trying to raise his
son by himself after a divorce. Meryl
Streep and Jane Alexander also star.
Wednesday. PG.