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The Apostle
Starring Robert Duvall and Farrah Fawcett
Directed By Robert Duvall
Rated PG-13
Playing at Hollywood 16
Critique: A
Travis
Irby
staff writer
A udiences with the pa
tience of Job will be
able to enjoy the
virtues of The Apostle.
The almost two-and-a-half-
hour film was written, direct
ed and produced by its star,
Robert Duvall.
Duvall plays Euliss “Son
ny” Dewey, a wandering Pen
tecostal minister who gets
around Texas in more ways
than one.
The merry minister has a
bad case of Clinton-itis when it comes to the ladies.
This doesn’t sit well with his wife, Jessie (Farrah
Fawcett), who decides to take a lover of her own.
In a prime example of what is good for the goose,
isn’t necessarily good for the gander, Duvall does a
instrumental version of “Take Me Out To The Ball
Game” with a bat on his romantic rival’s head.
Fearing that he might have taken his work of
getting souls to heaven a little too seriously, the
scared Sonny takes off.
He sets up shop in a backwoods Louisiana
burg, where he takes the name “Apostle” to
spread the word of God.
Apostle takes the reigns of a mostly African-
American congregation and the brunt of the
lord’s work.
The philandering preacher has to avoid the law
and the destruction of his new church by a trou
blesome racist (Billy Bob Thornton).
Apostle strikes up a genuine romance with a
secretary namedToosie (Miranda Richardson),
brings souls to the flock and tries to redeem him
self from past sins.
The Apostle takes its time to reach its reward,
but it is worth it. When thespians make this type
of vanity project the results can be quite varied.
The Apostle can be called a success.
Duvall directs the film in a plain, unexaggerat
ed style. It is a look at faith and religion without
glowing light or guardian angels.
Supporting roles are deftly handled by Fawcett,
Thornton and Richardson, but this sermon be
longs to Duvall. His character is a man with many
demons and few angels.
He knows he is a sinner, but his faith keeps him
seeking redemption in a way that moves even the
most ardent of atheists.
There is a gospel-heavy soundtrack to get the
audience’s feet thumping, along with their bibles.
The Apostle is quite a film in both length and
content, but for moviegoers willing to invest the
time, it offers some heavenly rewards.
Dark City
Starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland and William M
Directed By Alex Proyas
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
Critique: B
James
Francis
aggie life editor
E very now and then, a
film comes along
with an interesting
plot, solid acting and an
ending that all audiences
can go crazy over.
In the case of Dark City,
however, two out of three is
not that bad.
The film stars Rufus
Sewell (the guy from all
those period-piece films,
such as Cold Comfort Farm
and Carrington with Emma Thompson) as
John Murdoch, a man whose identity has been
taken away from him by a strange collective of
beings known as “The Strangers.”
What Murdoch finds out is that he is not the
only one who has literally lost his mind. In
fact, it is the entire population of what Earth
used to be that has had repeated run-ins with
The Strangers (who, by the way, resemble Pin
head and friends from the Hellraiser films).
Murdoch’s destiny, as he later learns, it to
reclaim his memories and help reconstruct
the world as it once was known.
Also making appearances in the film are
Kiefer Sutherland as the wacky Dr. Schreber who
helps Murdoch reclaim liis life, William Hurt as
Detective Bumstead who wants to get to the bot
tom of what is going on in Murdoch’s life and
Jennifer Connely {Inventing theAbbotts) as Mur
doch’s wife in one of his formulated memories.
Director Alex Proyas has given audiences a
film that pulls viewers in from the very begin
ning and actors who control the screen in
suspenseful moments of a world reversed.
But in the end, the film slows to a pace that
does not fit into the overall scheme of what a
good semi-sci-fi thriller should entail.
Kiefer Sutherland (Dr. Schreber) stands surrounded
by “The Strangers” in the new film Dark City.
The Karate Kid
T he Karate Kid is an uplift
ing tale of how a skinny
underdog (Ralph Mac-
Ichio) wins a karate champi
onship, thanks to a little help
[from his old pal Mr. Miyagi.
Although his opponents are
(twice his size, Daniel, or Daniel
son, is able to apply the nifty
tips Mr. Miyagi has taught him
and overtake his competition.
The Karate Kid may be a little
on the unbelievable side, but
you still find yourself rooting
for Daniel until the very end.
With such moves as wax-on,
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wax-off and that awesome
crane kick that you used to
practice in front of the mirror,
Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel that
there is more to karate than
just fighting.
The two develop a special
friendship, and although Mr.
Miyagi says very little, you
know that he could not be any
more proud of his student. Who
doesn’t still get chills when you
see Mr. Miyagi do the hand
rubbing trick to help correct
Daniel’s injured leg?
The Karate Kid is a timeless
story of the friendship between
a student and his teacher. Well,
at the very least, it is probably
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the reason that you took those
karate lessons when you were
10 years old.
— Leah Templeton
T he movie that launched a
thousand suburban dojos.
Way back in the day, before
the kids on the playground were
kicking each other in the crotch.
Power Ranger-style, there was
the almighty crane kick. It was
invincible, we thought, until
Karate Kid II came out.
After this movie, no neigh
borhood was complete without
one kid who ran around in his
pajamas throwing ninja stars at
you. A lot of good the movie’s
message, “karate is only a last
defense,” did.
— Chris Martin
D aniel-son was a lot cuter
when the movie was re
leased. But watching
The Karate Kid is enjoyable
even now. The cheesy boy-
meets-girl-becomes-hero-and-
wins-her-over storyline is pre
dictable, but isn’t that what ’80s
movies are all about?
The acting is decent and in
cludes a surprisingly refreshing
deliverance from Elisabeth Shue.
Ralph Macchio wins viewers over
in the role that made him famous.
Speaking of his fame, whatever
happened to him?
Although Karate Kid II was
the film with the good music (re
member the cheesy Peter Cetera
song that all the girls fell in love
with?), the first movie is definite
ly the only one in the series
worth renting.
Watching Daniel-son go from
kicking in doors to winning the
tournament is actually a little in
spiring. The movie is uplifting and
entertaining, even if it is one of
those poorly-directed ’80s films.
Even years later, it makes an
audience feel good to see the
good guy triumph over evil and
kick the mean guy in the face.
—April Towery
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