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Discover Proline Healthy Diet Cash Every Day Dance Party USA Duel of Ultimate Weapons i Reviews "Have a Merry Chess Christmas" Various artists MCA/Chess Records ★★★ V2 Have a Merry Chess Christmas offers an alternative to the classic holiday album, featuring a variety of early rock and soul Christmas songs. During the 1950s and ’60s, Chess Records was known for its stable of soul and rock talent that included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and the O’Jays, as well as gospel groups such as the Soul Stirrers, who introduced the legendary Sam Cooke to the world. The album’s selections of holiday tunes is, if nothing else, eclectic. Rocker Chuck Berry contributes two songs, the rock’n’ roll of “Run Rudolph Run” and the the soulful “Merry Christmas Baby.” “Run Rudolph Run” is Berry’s interpretation of the song “Rudolph,” a 1949 hit for cowboy crooner Gene Autry. In Berry's hands, the song is as much fun as “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Johnny B. Goode. ” “Merry Christmas Baby” is a slower cut, indicative of Berry’s rhythm and blues roots. The album’s greatest strength, however, is in the vocals by the various groups. With a lineup that includes vocal girl group the Gems, doo-wop quartet the Moonglows and gospel ensembles, the listener expects some sweet vocal harmonies. The album delivers. The Gems’ “Love for Christmas” and the Soul Stirrers’ “Christmas Means Love” are two standouts — the former a fine example of the 1960s girl group sound, the latter proof that gospel singers can do secular soul music, too. A real treat is the Moonglows’ “Hey Santa Claus. ” Combining the four- part vocal harmonies of the group with musical backing that resembles a 1940s swing combo, the song is just plain fun to listen to. The Meditation Singers’ “Blue Christmas,” however, strikes a serious chord. Originally recorded in 1968 while the Vietnam War was raging, the song asks us to remember those who are there and to remember the sacrifice they are making. Considering that many American servicemen are overseas away from their families this season, the song is not necessarily out of date. The combination of fun and serious, spiritual and secular, and the fine lineup of talent, make Have a Merry Chess Christmas a good deal for some new Christmas music. Review by Shane Hall "Mystic Pizza" Starring Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, and Julia Roberts. Directed by Donald Petrie Rated R ★★★ The ads for “Mystic Pizza” bill it “a romantic comedy with the works. ” The billing is mostly true, but the film at times gets a little heavy on the cheese. “Mystic Pizza” is a romantic comedy that utilizes a somewhat cliched storyline of three women looking for love. All three find love, but only one keeps it, while another loses it and the third goes unsure. What’s more, it doesn’t take long to figure out what happens to whom. But despite the predictability, the film works and is enjoyable. Stars Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor and Julia Roberts all are great in their roles, playing characters who are believable and that the viewer can come to care about. The three women are waitresses at a pizza restaurant in the tourist trap of Mystic, Conn. Gish plays Kat, a straight-arrow, Yale-bound woman who falls in love with Tim, a married architect. Roberts is Daisy, Kat’s sexy sister who falls for Charles, a preppy rich kid expelled from law school. Taylor plays Jo Jo, whose fears of growing fat and being cooped up in a house full of rug rats keep her from marrying Bill, the lobster fisherman she is engaged to. As the movie goes on, we see the three women’s love lives changing. At one moment, it’s for the better; at the next, it’s for the worst. Jo Jo. goes from fainting at her wedding at the beginning of the film to fighting with Bill. Daisy, charmed by the charm and bright-red Porsche of Charlie, falls for him before suspecting she’s being used. Kat, teasingly called “St. Kat” by Daisy, romanticises about Tim before reality hits like a bucket of cold water when Tim’s wife returns home from England. It is the play between these characters that make “Mystic Pizza” what it is. It isn’t the best thing in town, but it’s a pleasant moviegoing experience nevertheless. Review by Shane Hall "Scrooged" Starring Bill Murray Directed by Richard Donner Rated PG-13 ★★★★ If Charles Dickens were alive today and had written his holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol, ” in the 1980s, the story might have been something like “Scrooged. ” The new movie starring Bill Murray is a sure-fire winner for this year’s holiday film season and is guaranteed to cause side-splitting laughter. Murray plays Frank Cross, a mean and nasty television network president. Frank programs promotional ads for his network’s Christmas programs that scare viewers to death and holiday movies such as “The Night the Reindeer Died. ” He even fires one of his executives and throws him into the street on Christmas Eve. Frank is not beyond help, however. He is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. These ghosts, however, are a little different from those in Dickens’ story. The Ghost of Christmas Past (David Johansen, a.k.a. Buster Poindexter) is a slovenly cab driver who blows cigar smoke out of his ears. Christmas Present (Carol Kane) is a perky, winged fairy who also has a mean right cross. The Ghost of Christmas Future is a gruesome creature with various apparitions living within his entrails. If you ve read “A Christmas Carol” or seen one of the many film adaptations of the story, you know basically how the story goes. However, "Scrooged.” with its many laughs, modem setting and great cast is anything but another copy. Director Richard Donner assembles a superb cast of comic talent for this film. Bill Murray, whipping out one- liners and wisecracks, gives one of his best performances ever as Frank Cross, the video-age Scrooge. “Scrooged” also marks the first time Bobcat Goldthwait has appeared in a film worth remembering. Goldthwait plays Elliott Loudermilk, the fired executive who becomes a shotgun-toting madman out for revenge. David Johansen and Carol Kane are both a scream in their respective ghostly roles. The film also boasts some cameos worth watching for. “Scrooged” is one of the best Christmas movies made in a long time and one of the funniest movies of the year. Review by Shane Hall JladleA Cetdesi oj AubUn, )kc. “Qa/u*Uf. jpA. ifou‘ Because tfou \e t • Abortion Service • Nitrous Oxide Available • Free Pregnancy Testing • Confidential Counseling • OB-Gyn Physician I > /I 24 Hour Emergency Call Service Austin (512) 459-3119 26th & Red River Suite 13 Medical Arts Square • Non Profit S.H.C. 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