Anderson Independent-Mail from Anderson, South Carolina (2024)

August 2, 1991

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JO 4 6 -4 i rf -J 3b Anderson Independent-Mail Friday August 2 1991 Capsule Movie Reviews Fox good at playing good guy From Page IB Ratings: Excellent: Good: Fair Poor of people who haven't had an easy go of life Things have gone wrong they're grappling with a job they're unhappy with So tabloids say 'You think these celebrities have it all? They have a mystery illness Their job is falling apart' stakes are low if they're writing about Dolly tonsil to shoot between October and February Winter looks too much like winter there so we went to Florida (The film seems to be set in summer) Some people at Warner Bro) wanted to snoot it on a back lot in Burbank But we said 'If you cant get off the set at the end of the day and drop by the Winn-Dixie fbt-a Moon Pie shooting in tEe wrong place' 1 By now Mr Fox has enough clout used politely he hopes to get a film altered to suit him lectomy but it's more significant if they shift to (candidates for) a political my last two films The Hard ana Hollywood' had a certain amount of control though sheriff of Nottingham an ultre-msanfa But than there's Robin Hood played by an oveiiy earnest Kevin Costner Working in his idea of a British accent Mr Costner never establishes himself in foe role His presence however isn't entirely disastrous He looks fine and his smile exudes boyish charm The script fa a mixed bag Tbs addition of a new character a Moor named Azeem (Morgan Freeman) fa a plus but we (font get enough al him Same goes for fos romantic aspects Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio makes an aggressive Marian although her tendency toward sen-sufficiency fa betrayed by foe and Tbs slender plot probably could have been written on the back of a leaf from Sherwood Forest Screenwriters Pan Desham and John Watson do best when they stick to foe Robin Hood legend Inconsistent az it fa Hood" doei have a stirring ending that almost redeems the entire effort Rated: PG-13 (profanity and violence) Af Anderson Mall (225-1200) Terminator 2: Judgment Day Boasting such stunning action and special effects sequences that if were a vehicle it would be a Karfay-Davidson equipped with the ability to fly and to itmreriifaf to vault over obstacles or zoom through them The movie predicts what will happen if mankind continues to let machines which have neither morals nor scruples make decisions that will ultimately destroy human Ufa It fa moreover a Stirling call to arms to eliminate arms Rated: (extreme violence impaling nuclear holocaust) At Village Cinemas (2264182) Asm Triple Clemson Mr Fox says the opinions he worries about come from "wife son mother and in-laws" Yet out beating the drum on a multi-city tour for "Doc another example of the way he manipulates his agreeable image Although Ben Stone inevitably ends up a small-town hero he begins as a slightly selfish surgeon headed for Beverly Hills En route to plastic surgery for clients with moneybags under their eyes he's derailed in a South Carolina town when his car knocks a fence down He falls in love with a beautiful ambulance driver a pig named Jasmine and just about every aspect of rural life originally thought of shooting in South Carolina but we had perhaps the wrong word -I read 'Doc three yeafs ago and wasnt sure I wanted to commit to it If we could inject a sense of dignity and community into this small town it might become interesting try to scare executives fty saying wouldn't mind if it was like 'Local Hero' And if the prdj-pect of a low-budget Scottish film that didn't make money doesirt scare them you think This 3s someone I might work with' Then you talk to the director suggest -A writer you've worked with and police wak The best reasons to see such a poorly scripted concoction are the surfing and sky-diving scenes which help compensate up for brein-numbing dialogue and a predictable story Keanu Reeves plays Johnny Utah a rookie FBI agent who gore undercover to apprehend a gang of surfing thieves dubbed Ex-Presidents" four guys who don masks of former presidents for their heists During his beach Uma Utah meets Bod hi (Patrick Swayze) a master surfer with a sen outlook and falls for Tyier (Lori Petty) a wiry young woman who teaches him to surf Director Kathryn Bigelow made a slick debut with Steel" but hen she serves up a tidal wave of baloney while peering into the souls of thrill -seeking surfers who lust after the ultimata adrenalin rush Rated: (profanity violence nudity) At Village Cinemas (226-9182) Problem Child 2 How do you top "Problem Child" a sub-juvenile 1990 comedy that delighted potential miscreants everywhere? Not easy but Child 2" does it with runaway roaches projectile vomiting and steaming dog feces Michael Oliver returns as the obnoxious Junior Hsaly the problem child This time die brat and his dad (John Ritter) move to MortsiUe a town with an abundance of divorced women Theta the problem child enrolls in a new school and encounters Trixie (Ivyann Schwan) a vicious girl For sheer awful ness she's his match The tension derives from whom dad will many: the rotten wealthy LaWanda Dumoa (Lanina Newman) or Trixie's sweet mom (Amy YasbeckJ? Will you can? Of course not Why? Because you're sane Because you're not 8 and because never going to see Child 2" Rated: PG-13 (plenty of gross-out jokes) At Bijou Cinemas Greenville (244-1711) and Camelot Theater Greenville (235-0356) Regarding Henry Harrison Ford stars as a cutthroat lawyer a piranha in pinstripes born-again as a nice guy after a stroke Director Mike Nichols who knows which way foe Zeitgeist blows has made a gimmicky redemption movie about as subtle as a Norman Rockwell painting So insubstantial fa the film's exposition (or so little faith does Nichols have in the audience's intelligence) that Henry announces his change of emotions instead of showing us With Annette Bening as Henry's wife Rated: PG-13 Motanm discreet sexual suooestion) end Toccoa Triple Cinemas Ga (404-282-2244) "Not even I know what I do because kind of different People often ask if (I) pet tired of (my) image if I'm trying to shake it off Worrying about that would drive you crazy never be able to do things Hoffman or De Niro do It's hard to develop that chameleonic quality and I probably don't have the facility those actors have But I enjoy taking this person people are familiar with ana using him to tell stories the best way I can was not an effort to stretch an image I took this light disarming character to Vietnam and got the audience into the story before they knew where they The profession has come naturally to Mr Fox since he auditioned for "Leo and a Canadian Broadcasting Company sitcom in 1976 (He almost passed up call backs because he had the lead in a hi: school but changed its schedule for him) Until then he'd been an amateur hockey player whose size would have kept him out of the pros and a rock guitarist whose band The Helix specialized in Bachman-Tumer Overdrive covers That TV show and a Vancouver production of Shadow Box" convinced him found a career After a few mis-starts including his role as a pudgy wimp in the exploitation flick "Class of he found his audience on "Family Since then he has made millions of friends and virtually no enemies The most negative words used to describe him are or both traits he has apparently modified after his 1988 mar-'riage to actress Tracy Pollan (They have a 2-year-old son) Even supermarket tabloids which sent helicopters to get overhead shots of his wedding party have generally left him alone public has this idea that celebrities go anywhere but doing themselves a disservice" said Mr Fox "It's a privilege to go to cities you've never been to and have people come up and meet you as a friend ask about your family and your health (Fans) are more polite than people think tabloids soothe the nerves WEATHER GUARD CAR PORTS PATIO COVERS STORAGE BUILDINGS Free Standing Engineer Certified Steel Construction Fireproof Financing Displays in Strong Durribfa 12 Colon Sandy Springs Seneca The Jockey Lot Shock lay Farry Rd Hartwell Ga (naar Wal-Mart) Call 260-5906 Free Estimates 1-800-654-6309 VL Warshawsld 'i Drawing inspiration from a Chicago-based character created by novelist San Paretsky fores screenwriters tried their hand at re-creating fos hard-boiled woman detective The result fa a disappointment perhaps because the writers got too wrapped up in image manipulation All character and no story "Vi Warshawsld" strands Kathleen Turner in a mystery so lame it probably wouldn't pass muster at foe average conference Turner portrays a woman who's willing to make the first move on an eye-catching hunk or slug it out with thugs Fair enough but director Jeff of the Xansw cant get beyond foe trappings He mimics the movies of a male-dominated genre without creating any plausibility This low-grade thriller revolves around the murder of Boom-Boom Gnfalk a former hockey player The wrinkle: Watehawski winds up taking care of Boom-Boom's brash daughter (Angela Goethals) Fans of Ms Paratsky'i books may find the central character diverges from the heroine of the novels The net of us am left wonder lng why such a rich opportunity was botched Rated: (profanity and violence) Af Market Place Cinemas (226-4234) Announcing Dr Arthur Spitz is moving his office to 1220 Fant St Anderson Special Saturday Hours til 12 Noon oshjs cane CENTER 226-6005 Drs Spitz Friedman Porter At Market Place Cinemas (226-4234) Robin Hood: Princa of Thieves In this summer-slammer the aimed their arrow at the blockbuster target trying to hit bull's eye of fun They only partially succeeded A couple of action sequences am exciting the attempts at humor are welcome and Alan Rickman steals foe show as foe lecherous Arthur Spitz OD Bridge By Phillip Adler aochwr Yon All good thinga mint Wi cliche but it's Jmetoippiy it to pictures the: tom Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder and Wilder have been working since 1976 when they were I Swk their beet comedy to data These talented but recently naPtaB acton am reunited In tide the l8lr our collaboration Between them Mr Pryor end Mr Wilder I whiP laugh in a story in wljich a pathological her (Mr Wilder) is billionaire brewer ISepsing money a con artist blend I Jpcourages George in the deception Mr IPiJort shdck end Mr Wilder's jittery Qeumees ere so familiar that the two are beginning to look like parodies of themselves In any case almost nothing they do resembles fun in this sour comic brew Rated: (profanity) At Village Cinemat (226-9182) BU and Ted's Bogus Journey Bill and Ted endeared themselves to the nation's kids when they marched through history in Excellent Adventure'' a 1989 comedy that mined time-travel adventure with crude Now comes this overproduced but harmless sequel in which our happy fools go cosmic This time Bill and TM (Alex Winter and Keanu Beeves) confront God and the devil But ifs death the Grim Reaper himself who supplies the charm Borrowing a leaf from Terminator" the plot pits Bill and Thd against evil robot versions of themseivee Mr Winters and Mr Beeves have their one-joke act down Mr Winters is energetically dumb 1ft face is unblemished by anything resembling thought First-time director Peter Hewitt piles on the special affects a tactic typical of every sequel that has no compelling reason for being Oh well no me expects much from such a movie anyway Besides whoU remember any of 1 it? Rated PGAt Market Place Cinemas (226-4234) and Toccoa Triple Cinemas Toccoa Ga (404-282-2244) Boys The Hood It's been a 1 long time since I frit any bone-deep sadness in a movie theater I experienced something like it during the end of this deeply moving drama about Ufa in south-central Loe Angelas Director John movie is a sobering look at kids growing up in an atmosphere of sustained encompassing violence Don't think though that is an ordeal The movie can be energetic and upbeat in its affection for its characters and observations about to hang with the "boys" Mr Singleton's three mein youthful characters ring true even whan he's overdramatizing or lecturing We meet Tie Doughboy and Ricky when their young children and then move forward to their teen years when it's already clear where their Uvea are headed Doughboy (rapper Ice Cube) has been in jail His brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut) is focused on football but already fa a father Tie (Cuba Gooding Jr) fa college-bound but bothered by the war-zone atmosphere in which he Uvea Painful personal and powerful "Boys" finally puts us in touch with a sense of waste If good films put us in roughly the same position as their characters then The fa one hell of a movie it leaves us asking "When will the hurting stop?" Rated: (profanity violence) At Village Cinemas (2 26-9182) Mobsters in what fa bring dubbed Buns With Tommy Guns" Christian Slater Patrick Dempsey Richard Grieco and Costae Mandylor play legendary mobstaa at an early point in their lethal larcenous careers Good idea Nothing movie Mr Slater has the largest role He's Charlie Luciano the New York thug who hooked up with Meyer Lansky (Dempsey) Bugsy Siegel (Grieco) and Flank Coatrilo (Mr Mandylor) Together they rose to mob prominence squaring off against two rival bosses (Michael Gambon and Anthony Quinn) has been given a glossy look by first-tima director Michael Xarbelnikoff but It fa a disorganized and generaUy vacuous entertainment made without benefit of a point of view The youthful cast fa decent Slater so fiery in "Pump Up the Volume" has trouble extending his character over a 15-year span Mr Dempsey does better as Lansky a slightly nerdy gangster Mr Grieco and Mr Mandylor aren't given much to do There fa some inventive violence but mostly floats by without making much impression Rated: (profanity graphic violence) At Market Place Cinemas (226-4234) Naked Gun 2 'he The Smell of Fear Director David Zucker provides lots of laughs without scaling the hilarious heights of his 1988 outing The plot -something about a threat to the environment fa hardly the point What counts with Mr Zuc bar's movies are the performances and the jokes Leslie Nielsen (as Lt Flank Drebin) and Priscilla Presley (as his love interest) do fine work in roles in which they've obviously grown comfortable And OJ Simpson and George Kennedy add pleasing familiarity But suffers a major fall-off in the villain department Robert Goulet brings little comic power as an unscrupulous tycoon anxious to despoil the environment The jokes? Well there are plenty and some of them are good But represents a noticeable decline from the first installment It's too funny to dislike and Mr Zucker and company are too talented not to have Included a few inspired yucks What they recovered fa the joy and it shows Rated: PG-13 (profanity and sexual jokes) At Asm Triple Clemson (654-1670) 101 Dalmatians To Cnrella De Vil those Dalmatian pups look like make a pretty piebald coat But to doggie heroes Pongo and Perdita those spotted puppies are family A re-release of the 1961 Disney classic about the dognapping wllainess foiled by canny canines Rated: At Belvedere Cinema (2 24-4040) Point Break Sometimes a movie fa mo preposterous to withstand criticism or to fret abouL This is such an entertainment a wildly improbable thriller built around an unexpected combination: bank robbery surfing Ay diving AUG 1 2 3 THURS FRL SAT I tame I calico Continuing our look ai hands from Ron "Guide to Better Card Play" we switch to declarer-play If you wish to test yourself conceal the East-West cards and plan the play in five spades West leads the diamond jack Facing an opening bid South found it difficult to restrain himself from pushing toward slam However he would have done better to jump to four clubs (Gerber) over two no-trump Since three clubs would be natural and forcing four clubs may be used to ask for aces In this way North-South could have stripped in four spades But then as the Bard wrote South have been able to show his "simple skill" One of the keys to success at this game is knowing when to play aces and kings This hand is a good example After the annoying diamond lead you are in the dummy for the first and last time You could use the entry to play a club back toward your king but if the ace is offside there will be no second chance A better play is to win the first trick with diamond kini and immediately cash the diamom ace discarding the heart ace from ALL LADIES SANDALS CALICO JUBILEE ENTIRE STOCK BUY ONE PAIR AT REGULAR PRICE GET SECOND PAIR OF EQUAL OR LESS VALUE hand Next play off three heart winners discarding low clubs from hand Finally lead a trump You should lose just two tricks to the black-suit aces CALICO 30 to 50 off JJwst When VOM AJeed Them Pretty tummei1 dresses and blouses for casual wear and special occasions 3408 North- Main fit Anderson fiC 29621 Call Me It's A Matter Of Ule Health Home Auto Etc And fos list goat on I can halp develop a life insurance program work out a dfaability insurance plan open an IRA taka care of your homeowners A auto insurance and much more So call me I can simplify your Ufa Robert Cowans Mcn-Fri 830-530 Saturday 900-1 00 1703 Soufo McDuffie St 231-0129 SELECTED STYLES ASSORTED COLORS LADIES CANVAS CHAMPION OXFORDS sss Robert Cowan CALIFORNIA maqderian.

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