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BRYAN COLLEGE STATION | Jim Arents, DDS Dan Lawson, DDS Karen Arents, DDS Paul Haines, DDS 1103 Villa Maria Roxane Mlcak, DDS 268-1407 Texas Ave. at SW Pkwy. 696-9578 CarePIus \>ffi Dental Centers L- —. — Exp. 11'30-93 I I I I I clay walker Friday, November 26,1993 8 p.m. Opening act Texas Unlimited Doors Open at 7 p.m. TICKETS ON SALE AT: Courts Western Wear Bryan /C.S. $10 Advance G.A. $12 Day Of Show $12 Reserved SILVER WINGS BALLRO)DO)DM Hwy. 105 East Brenham, TX Tickets by Phone: (409) 836-4836 500 DRAFT BEER 50C BAR DRINKS ALL NIGHT LONG All week (Wednesday - Saturday) 4353 Wellborn Road (Westgafe Shopping Center) 268-4353 I J B iV ii® v ,, Film reviews r The Nightmare Before Christmas.. Delicious tale scares & delights By Jacqueline Ayotte The Battalion "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Featuring voices of Catherine O'Hara, Chris Sarandon and Glenn Shadix Directed by Henry Selick Rated PG Playing at Schulman VI I t's decrepitly delightful, mortify- ingly majestic and splendidly strange Tim Burton's new stop-motion animated holiday film, "The Nightmare Before Christ mas," cannot be de scribed in simple, un adorned terms. The film itself couldn't be further from plain, nor could its meticu lous production, its wondrously created characters or its clever fairy tale- nightmare sto ry line. With the surreal feel of "Edward Scis- sorhands" combined with the ingeniously produced live-action animation of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" signifies the season's most spectacular movie-going experience. The film is set in the "holiday worlds of old," where every holiday has its own town and all its townspeople prepare year-round for their one special holiday. In the ghoulishly delightful Hal- loweentown, the skinny, skeleton-headed Jack Skellington is the leading "Pumpkin King." He's growing bored of the same hum drum holiday, Halloween, when he acci dentally discovers Christmastown, a very bright, loving and joyful place. This fes tive town impresses him so much, he de cides to kidnap Santa Claus and is deter mined to "make Christmas" this year, rather than Halloween. Only Sally, a thoughtful, rag doll who loves Jack from afar, envisions that this could be a big mistake. Chris Sarandon is the soulful sound behind Jack's speaking voice, while Danny Elfman provides Jack with a per fectly melancholy singing voice. Though Jack may apear to be skinnier than a pair of chop sticks and scarier than a weathered skull, his elegant walk and won drous voice re veal indeed a very fragile, vulnerable and caring side. In addition, Catherine O'Hara speaks and sings the part of Sally, the lonely rag doll. Although Sally can un stitch her arm and come apart at the seams in an instant, the fact that she cares so much brings the feeling of Christmas to Halloweentown. With the addition of many strange looking yet lovable characters, the scenes come alive with musical wonder. With utterly fascinating production quality, humorously surreal characters and a story line that scares, touches and delights, "The Nightmare Before Christ mas^ is a wondrous invention just wait ing to be watched by anyone who loves a twisted Christmas tale. By Jacqueline Ayotte The Battalion "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Music by Danny Elfman Walt Disney Records There's even more mystery in store with a ghoulishly delightful soundtrack of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Coinciding with the release of the stop-motion animated film, the al bum features ten wonderfully myste rious songs and a score by Danny Elf man, a renowned composer/song writer and lead singer of the rock group Oingo Boingo. The soundtrack is a bizarre inter pretation of an off the wall adventure. Elfman's musical interludes are simi lar to a delicately amusing Pink Floyd sound, combined with a festive feel ing of Christmas. Sound strange? It is, but in a delightful way. Children's two favorite holidays, Halloween and Christmas, are brought together by the voices of Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Ed Ivory and Danny Elfman. This is one festive soundtrack that's perfectly appropriate from the scary days of Halloween to the jolly days of Christmas. Fatal Instinct s’ spool attempt sputters ‘Too much time lor too many allusions’ By Joe Leih Young The Battalion "Fatal Instinct" Starring Armand Assante, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young and Sherilyn Fenn Directed by Carl Reiner Rated PG-13 Playing at Post Oak III Director Carl Reiner has truly ventured into the cultish underworld of the spoof with his new film "Fatal Instinct." He packs in a walloping amount of satiri cal film references and breathes new life into the meaning of ridicule. Still, there is one small problem — it ain't very funny. With help from screenwriter David O'Malley, Reiner smothers the humor by al lowing too much time for too many allu sions. The sheer quantity kills the underde veloped comic ideas and the film looks busy, rough and spread far too thin. The story revolves around Ned Ravine (Armand Assante), a cop/defense attorney who is heroic but surprisingly dumb. His wife Lana (Kate Nelligan) mercilessly takes advantage of his lacking intelligence and sleeps around, plotting to kill him for a hefty life insurance policy. Meanwhile, the oblivious Ned resists his se ductive client, Lola (Sean Young), and ignores his. infatuated secretary, Laura (Sherilyn Fenn). The actors do attempt to shine through O'Malley's overzealous slapstick with exces sive overacting, but it's not funny or even slightly amusing. In fact, they just look stiff and strained. However, "Instinct" is not completely void of comedy. Scenes where a zealous law clerk dives out a window and a distracted Ned is hit by a bus do warrant some chuckles. But overall, the gags lack the simple so phistication of such classics as "Airplane" and "Naked Gun." "Instinct" just misses its comedy mark — the laughs are seldom and very few. m 260-2660 Tickets will be on sale Sunday 11/7, 5-7 p.m. Bill’s Classes Mon. 11/8 Tues. 11/9 Wed. 11/10 Thur. 11/11 3 p.m. CHEM 101 CH 10 CHEM 101 CH 11 CHEM 101 CH 12 CHEM 101 CH 13 & Practice Exams 5 p.m. CHEM 101 CH 10 CHEM 101 CH 11 CHEM 101 CH 12 CHEM 101 CH 13 & Practice Exams 7 p.m. CHEM 101 CH 10 CHEM 101 CH 11 CHEM 101 CH 12 CHEM 101 CH 13 & Practice Exams 9 p.m. RHYS 218 CH 10 & 11 RHYS 218 CH 12 RHYS 218 CH 13 RHYS 218 Practice Exam 11 p.m. 1 a.m. RHYS 201 CH 14 & 15 RHYS 201 CH 16 & 17 RHYS 201 CH 18 RHYS 201 CH 19 & 20 Arf s Classes Mon. 11/8 Tues. 11/9 Wed. 11/10 Thur. 11/11 ACCT 229 3-5 p.m. CH 8 3 - 5 p.m. CH 9 3-6 p.m. CH 11 3-5 p.m. Practice Exam ACCT 229 7-9 p.m. CH 8 7-9 p.m. CH 9 6-9 p.m. CH 11 7-9 p.m. Practice Exam SANA 303 9-11 p.m. Review I 9-11 p.m. Review 11 9-11 p.m. Review III 9-11 p.m. Practice Exam MATH 5-7 p.m. MATH 141 5-7 p.m. MATH 152/161 5-7 p.m. MATH 152/161 John’s BIOL 113 Tue. 11/16 7:00-10:30 p.m. CH 11, 12, 13 Wed. 11/17 7:00 - 10:30 p.m. CH 13, 14, 15 Sat. 11/20 3-6 p.m. CH 15, 16, 17 Sun. 11/21 3-6 p.m. Practice Test Dave’s MATH 142 Tue. 11/9 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. Review I Sun. 11/14 9-11 p.m. Review II ALWAYS LOW PRICES !! 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