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Malone: Since “Heat,”
Burt Reynold’s last movie about a
tough cop, didn’t do too well at
the box office, he has gone in a
different direction and has made
a movie about a tough ex-cop. R.
Blind Date: Bruce Willis
and Kim Basinger in Blake
Edwards’ new comedy. Willis is in
for a wild time once he lets his
date, Basinger, drink too much. A
lot of strange things happen.
Moves to Schulman 6 Friday.
PG-13.
Hoosiers: Gene
Hackman plays a man who
comes to a small Indiana town to
coach the basketball team. He
has to convince the basketball-
loving town folks to let him run
the team his way. Dennis Hopper
received a Best Supporting Actor
nomination for his role as an
alcoholic father who gets the
chance to redeem himself by
helping Hackman coach the
team. A great, honest film about a
little guy struggling against great
odds and becoming victorious.
Last day. PG.
My Demon Lover: Scott
Valentine stars as a guy who
becomes the devil whenever he
gets sexually excited. Michelle
Little stars as the woman who
brings out Valentine’s devilish
tendencies. Last day. PG-13.
Hot Pursuit: Starts
Friday. PG-13.
Gardens of Stone:
Starts Friday. R.
A Room with a View:
Maggie Smith and Denholm Elliot
star in this film based on E.M.
Forrester’s novel. A good story
combined with rich
cinematography. Some funny
moments and great acting. PG.
Secret of My Success:
Michael J. Fox tries to break his
clean-cut image in this new sex
comedy about a boy from Kansas
out to make his fortune in New
York. Helen Slater and Richard
Jordan also star. PG-13.
Project X: Matthew
Broderick stars as an Air Force
pilot whose wild antics get him
grounded and assigned to a
program that trains monkeys to
fly planes. Actually the monkeys
are being used in horrible
experiments and Broderick is
forced to either put his Air Force
career on the line or watch
monkey Virgil die. Although there
are some funny moments in the
film, its strength lies in the way it
makes you think about the cruel
ways animals are used in scientific
experiments. Monkey Virgil steals
the show. PG.
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Lethal Weapon: Mel
Gibson and Danny Glover star as
a pair of cops with extremely
different styles. Glover is a family
man while Gibson is a lunatic with
suicidal tendencies. The first half
of the movie is pretty good and
shows some interesting and funny
scenes when Gibson’s
unorthodox police methods upset
Glover’s conservative nature. But
the movie loses all its charm and
becomes a predictable mess of
random violence and a useless
karate battle. R.
Raising Arizona:
Brothers Ethan and Joel Coen,
the guys who gave us “Blood
Simple, ” have made a comedy
about an ex-con (Nicolas Cage)
and a prison guard (Holly
Hunter) who fall in love and get
married. They can’t have a child
of their own so they steal one of a
rich unpainted furniture
salesman’s quintuplets. A couple
of escaped convict brothers and
the Bounty Hunter from hell also
get involved in the story. One of
the funniest movies made in years
with some of the best moving
camera shots since “Citizen
Kane ” PG-13.
The Allnighter: Susanna
Hoffs of the Bangles makes her
film debut about a young woman
about to graduatue. She’s looking
to go out and have a wild fling
before she settles down and
enters the real world. PG-13.
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Platoon: Oliver Stone
wrote and directed this film about
his experiences in Vietnam.
Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe and
Tom Berenger star in the most
realistic and intense film ever
made about the war. Won four
Oscars including best picture and
best director. R.
The Aristocats: Disney’s
re-release of the classic cartoon
about a bunch of cats and their
adventures. Great animation and
good music makes it enjoyable
for all ages. G.
Extreme Prejudice:
Nick Nolte stars in this action-
packed modern day western
about a Texas Ranger who is out
to get a drug dealer who works
over the Mexican border before
the federal government. Powers
Boothe stars as the drug dealer
who was once Nolte’s close
friend. 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.
Creepshow II: See
review page 5.
R.
Black Widow: Debra
Winger plays a federal agent on
the trail of a woman, Theresa
Russell, who has been marrying
rich men and killing them for their
money. This is a gripping and
interesting thriller that would have
made Hitchcock proud. There is
quite a lot of psychological depth
to the characters and the sexual
implications are unavoidable.
Directed by Bob Rafelson, the
man who gave us “Five Easy
Pieces” and “The Monkees. ” R.
Mannequin: Andrew
McCarthy and Kim Cattrall star in
this comedy about a dress
designer and his dummy who
comes to life — but only in his
eyes and when they are alone.
PG-13.
A Nightmare on Elm
Street Part 3 — Dream
Warriors: Freddy is back and
ready to slash up a few dozen
more teen-agers in this new film
from Wes Craven, the man who
gave us “A Nightmare on Elm
Street,” “A Nightmare on Elm
Street Part 2” and who will
probably give us “A Nightmare
on Elm Street Part 4” if we don’t
do something to stop him. R.
Burglar: Whoopi
Goldberg is a funny woman but
you can’t tell it by this movie. She
never gets the chance to cut loose
and have fun but Bob Goldthwait
steals the show. His performance
is almost worth the dollar
Schulman is charging. Last day.
R.
Blind Date: Bruce Willis
and Kim Basinger in Blake
Edwards’ new comedy. Willis is in
for a wild time once he lets his
date, Basinger, drink too much. A
lot of strange things happen.
Starts here Friday. PG-13.