4fff 1Y t 1L nNjrnrgj Movies 4D Friday May 141 999 Movies Standard-Examine- r at a Glance Mild language and adult situations A mentally challenged daughter comes home to live with her family after graduating from a on to college private school She hopes to go and eventually marry Her parents are frightened and overprotective It’s a battle of wills especially between mother and daughter The acting grows on you as time goes on but the movie doesn't know when to quit Plus some of the lines are bit too glib Nevertheless a cute film 124 minutes Kaysville North Pointe Ratings Reviews are by Steve Salles Excellent Good Average Poor New releases BLACK MASK (R) Strong violence some sexual content and language Martial arts star Jet Li fights it out with THE 24-ho-ur Layton Tinseltown OPEN YOUR 12 sexual Language ) drug-relate- d an evil force Not screened for critics ELS (PG-13- Sex and jokes Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn revisit a classic Neil Simon story about a couple caught up in a storm of Manhattan madness Their adventure brings them in search of a new life and renewed efforts to save their dying marriage John Cleese steals the show as a stuffy hotel manager who is forced to deal with the wayward couple It’s a nice romantic comedy with some familiar bits sure to please a middle-age- d movie audience 91 minutes Capitol Layton Hills 9 Reel Newgate (R) convio- tent nudity and lence Spanish with English subtitles One of Spam’s hottest young directors Alejandro Amenabar brings an intriguing thriller about the world of dreams to the big screen A man finds himself unable to discern be- (PG) THE PRINCE OF EGYPT Death scenes The story of Exodus told from the vantage point of the two brothers Moses and Ramses They were always close even when they were at odds which seemed more natural than "The Ten Commandments” The best thing about this film is the extraordinary animation which is spellbinding A great film for the entire family religious or not although some death scenes may be disturbing for Little children The best animated film of 1998 Runs 99 minutes Kaysville Walker Cinemas 6 tween fantasy and reality driving him to the brink of insanity The audience is forced to figure out events just as the mam character does It will make you nuts but you might 10 minutes See actually find it challenging the full review on Page 5D Exclusively at the Tower Salt Lake City TRIP PIN’ (R) Language sexual content and bnef nudity The senior year in high school can be a pivotal emotional time Like most teens the central character is tom 1 between instant gratification and working hard toward a goal He struggles with his buddies wanting to goof off and his parents demanding a college education He also has a vivid imagination which sends him tnp-pinto a world of fantasy This film could have easily gone for the cheap joke and stayed there but it tries to offer up some good advice It can be raunchy at times but 92 minutes See the full is review on Page 7D Broadway Centre and Century 16 both in Salt lake City WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S A MID- SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (PG-13- ) This third film adaptation of the Bard's story is a rollicking frolicking lush time A great ensemble cast including Rupert Lverett Stanley Tucci Michelle Pfeiffer Sophie Marceau Kevin Kline and Calista Flock-hart See the wire service review on Page 5D Layton Hills 9 Newgate Tinseltown Sneak preview NOTTING HILL (PG-13- ) The Julia RobcrtsHugh Grant romantic comedy 7 p m Saturday at the Newgate Tinseltown Continuing films ANALYZE THIS (R) Language violence and sexual content With all of the movies Robert De Niro has made playing a serious gangster it's refreshing to see him have a little fun with the role He stars as a potential Mob boss who's having anxiety attacks about taking over the family business He consults a psychiatnst played by Billy Crystal who reluctantly helps him find the root of his problem De Niro is surprisingly funny and Crystal is surprisingly not 106 minutes Lavton Tinseltown BABY GENILSES (PG) Rude behavior and dialogue Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd vs toddler troops out to disable the laboratory where the evil pair is trying to crack the lucrative secret of baby talk 94 minutes Riverdale 4 Layton Tinseltown A CIVIL ACTION 12 (PG-13- ) g Mild language Based on a book about a real-lif- e story set in the 1980s John Travolta stars as a personal-injur- y attorney who seeks compensation for several families who lost children to contaminated drinking water The tnal pits Travolta against Robert Duvall who plays a powerful corporate lawyer If you like the intricacies of the legal profession you’ll appreciate this wondertul-l- y acted film Duvall got an Oscar nomination for his supporting role 118 minutes Kaysville (PG-13- ) COOKIE’S FORTUNE Violent scene and sexual content Director Robert Altman assembles a great cast to this dark comedy of life m a small Southern town Cookie is an aging matriarch who lives in the past She is protected by one man and surrounded by conniving relatives who want her alleged fortune Patricia Neal gives a bnef but memorable performance as Cookie The film is one of the best of the year so far 118 minutes Layton Tinseltown Newgate Tinseltown best-sellin- CKLEL INTENTIONS 12 (R) Brief nudity language and strong sexual fourth This content adaptation of the 18 th century French novel "Les Liaisons (Dangerous liaisons) brings a host of young talent to this story of sexual conquest and revenge Sarah Michelle Cellar (Bufly) plays the manipulating Kathryn and Ryan Phillippe plays the love stud Sebas M'JP Artsan Entertainment inc 'BLACK MASIC: Tsui (Jet Li) is an elite tian Valmont The film has a polished look and clever dialogue but is too verbally graphic for the target audience 97 minutes City Square 4 Lakeside THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN Language and thematic elements Michelle Pfeiffer and stars in a story about a young boy’s abduction and its (PG-1- effect on his family Directed by Ulu Gros-bar- d 108 minutes City Square 4 DOUG’S 1ST MOVIE 12 (G) Based on a popular Saturday morning cartoon Disney takes Doug Eunnie to the big screen hoping to unprove on its ABC ratings Doug is a normal kid in middle school who wants to impress the townspeople and his true love Patti Mayonnaise with evidence of a mystenous monster He and his friend Skeeter can prove its existence but they run the nsk of getting this kindhearted creature killed It's a lesson of loyalty and friendship for the younger crowd 77 minutes North Pointe Layton Tinseltown Riverdale 4 (PG-13- ) FDtv Language and adult themes A desperate TV network profiles the life of an ordinary man to boost ratings The show becomes so popular that it takes on a life of its own The intended celebrity and his family discover the horrors of having absolutely no privacy Fame has its price A host of stars keep the film moving along but a few scenes were just too much But the r twist at the end is worth the wait 123 minutes Layton Hills 9 ILF Cl ION (R) Strong sexuality dialogue and language and a scene of drug use Reese Witherspoon wants to be president of the student council and history teacher Matthew Broderick thinks that’s a bad bad idea Said to be an intelligent teen comedy 104 minutes Riverdale 4 Layton Tinseltown two-hou- 12 ENTRAPMENT (PG-13- Lan- ) guage and adult themes Sean Connery plays an aging art thief who finds new inspiration in Catherine Zeta-Jon(who wouldn’t?) She needs the master’s help in planning a major heist but is she only try mg to put him behind bars? There are more double-crossin this film than Whoopi Goldberg's costume changes at the Academy Awards The high-tecthefts are the highlights The forced romance between Connery and Zeta-Jonis a like a deer in the headlights 110 es h minutes Cinedome Motor-V-u PUSHING TIN (R) Language nudity and a scene of sexuality John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton star as two hotshot air traffic controllers who take their rivalry to dangerous levels Not happy to compete away from the radar scopes these two demand more planes in their air space The look behind the scenes of this intense job is mterestmg Unfortunately most of the characters and plotlines are difficult to appreciate Cusack becomes a jerk Thornton comes off like a confused samurai warrior and the rest are just along for the ride 118 mmutes Layton Tmseltown who must save the world from the darkest evils super-soldi- Drive-I- n (with “10 Things I Hate About You”) North Pointe Layton Tinseltown Walker Cinemas 6 (PG-1FORCES OF NATURE Sensuality and a scene of drug use Ben is about to marry Bridget but meets Sarah in a chance encounter The chemistry is instantly apparent but how does he tell his bnde-to-b- e that the wedding is off? Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck star in this romantic comedy road trip that discusses the true meaning of love Some after seeing this might have hoped for another definition 102 minutes Drive-I- n Lavton Tinseltown Motor-V- u (with “Never Been Kissed") Newgate Tinseltown GO 12 (R) Language nudity sexual content and drug use This edgy comedy modem-daset in Los Angeles follows three different storylines with common threads It involves botched drug stings secret raves and one wild trip to Las Vegas It's a smart teen film that dares you to figure out where it’s going One of the most innovative scripts cast and a great of the year with an director to go along A gritty film for the right kind of audience 100 minutes Layton Hills 9 Riverdale 4 CODS AND MONSTERS 12 (R) Language sexual content bnef nudity One of the more ongmal films of the year looks at the waning years of James Whale a ’30s Hollywood film director Sir Ian McKellen stars as the aging Whale who tnes to seduce his straight gardener played by Brendan Fraser Amidst sexual uncertainty the two develop a friendship that reveals their true selves 105 minutes Riverdale 4 IDLE HANDS 12 (R) Language sexual content and gory violence A high school kid who sits around smokmg pot and watching TV all day becomes an instrument of death to those around him After killing his parents and his best friends the kid determines that “evil" is controlling his right hand He must find a way to stop it before it gets to his new girlfriend His friends who return as zombies are the only flicker of light in an otherwise grotesque attempt teen comedyhorror at the film 100 minutes Layton Tinseltown Newgate Tinseltown Reel THE KING AND I (G) The classic true story of an English woman who travels to Siam to teach the royal children about W'estem culture This animated feature centers on the conflicts between the King who wishes to be more progressive and the woman who would buck tradition The essence of d the story is here but is so that it changes the tale dramatically This film will remind grown-up- s of how good Brynner g and Kerr were in the 1956 ongmal while introducing today’s kids to the great music of Rodgers and Hammer-stei- n 90 minutes City Square 4 Kaysville Lakeside Capitol Layton Tinseltown LIIE (R) Strong language and a shooting Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence star as bootleggers convicted for a murder they didn’t commit Their sentence doesn't teach them much except that they should have hired Johnnie Cochran The same old bickering gets just as old as the aging inmates The plot twists and makeup save this film from a lifetime of boredom 108 minutes Layton Hills 9 NewDnve-I- n (with gate Tmseltown Motor-V- u “The Mummy”) Walker Cinemas 6 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 12 (PG-1Adult themes Italian with English subtitles A young Italian (Robert Bemgni) full of hopes and dreams meets the perfect girl has a perfect son and they begin the perfect life together The Nazis have other ideas sending Bemgni and his boy to the concentration camps just three months before the war ends Bemgni protects his son by telling him it's all a game What begins as silly k becomes a powerful story of love and Osdetermination Bemgni won a best-actcar and the film itself was named best foreign language film 114 minutes North Pointe Layton Tinseltown I OST & FOUND 12 (PG-13- ) Crude humor brief nudity and lanand guage David Spade takes his first crack at a lead role and is not very impressive He plays a lonely restaurant owner who does everything possible to get the attention of a all-st- low-bro- now-famili- sugar-coate- Oscar-winnin- 3) 3) slap-suc- y beautiful neighbor He goes so far as to steal her dog and then offers to help her find it Spade plays his usual obnoxious self which doesn't make us too sympathetic toward his character The film is filled with weak blatant and disgusting gags Spade shows he works better in a supporting role 95 minutes Capitol Layton Hills 9 Motor-V- u Drive-I- n (with “The Matrix”) Newgate Tinseltown THE MATRIX (R) Violence and language Keanu Reeves takes us on another excellent adventure but this one’s no fun and games Man’s very existence is pondered in this sci-- roller coaster that begins slowly but picks up steam in the second half The special effects play the key role m this mixture of “The Terminator” meets “Jackie Chan" meets “The Crow” This is just the kind of movie an anxious action-movi- e crowd has been waiting for Layton Hills 9 Motor-V- u Dnve-I- n (with “Lost & Found”) North Pointe Newgate Tinseltown Walker Cinemas 6 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (PG-1Language and sexual situations Kevin Costner stars as a grieving widower who writes letters to his dead wife and sends them adrift on the sea At least one of the letters is found by Robin Wright Penn who is moved by the power of this man’s love for his wife Recently divorced she wants to meet the man who could write such a beautiful letter Paul Newman plays Costner’s crusty old father who has a unique way of showmg his love to his son It’s a very romantic and sentimental film unfortunately Costner is too deadpan to make it really sing 126 minutes Kaysville Layton Tinseltown Most wire serTHE MUMMY (PG-13- ) vice reviews suggest this retelling of the Boris Karloff ongmal doesn’t measure up but it’s pretty flashy Starring Brendan Fraser Rachel Weisz 124 minutes Motor-V- u Dnve-I- n (with “Life”) Reel Layton Tmseltown Newgate Tmseltown Walker Cmemas 6 NEVER BEEN KISSED 12 (PG-- 1 matenal Drew Barrymore is 3) the shming jewel in an otherwise silly comedy about going back to school Drew is a undercover reporter sent to an area high school to get the lowdown on today’s kids She must overcome her own selfdoubts from when fellow students used to call her Josie Grossie Her efforts to “be herself’ this time around leave a positive message for the millions of kids who will line up to see this film 110 minutes Layton Dnve-I- n Hills 9 Motor-V- u (with “Forces of Nature”) Reel Newgate Tmseltown Walker Cmemas 6 OCTOBER SKY 12 (PG) Mild language Based on a true storytumed book “Rocket Boys" (which is a better title than the movie’s) this film is about four boys livtown who ing in a West Virginia become amateur rocket scientists Homer Hickam leads the group against his father's wishes He later went on to work for NASA It's an uplifting story with the usual challenges and triumphs It could easily have become sappy - and sometimes it gets dangerously close - but it eventually delivers 108 minutes Layton Tmseltown Reel Walker Cmemas 6 one-line- rs rip-of- fi Sex-relat- g THE OTHER SISTER (PG-13- ) SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (R) Sexual content and nudity Named best picture of 1998 in the Oscar ceremonies The screenplay bnngs playwright William Shakespeare to life m this delightful story It’s set m London 1593 Shakespeare is a young wnter struggling with writer’s block A chance encounter with Lady Viola bnngs the inspiration to script one of the greatest romantic plays of all time “Romeo and Juliet” It’s warm funny and enchanting Among my favorite five films of 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow won the Oscar Judith Dench’s performance won the supporting-actress category 113 mmutes Reel best-actre- SHE’S ALL THAT 12 (PG-13- ) Language and sexual content The most popular couple at a trendy Los Angeles high school break up after spring break She goes after a celebrity from “The Real World” he takes on a project to transform the class geek girl into a prom queen It’s predictable at every turn with the exception of the geek’s father and the “Real World" boyfriend who are far better than the material Weak script weak story cute kids but largely unsatisfying 97 minutes City Square 4 Country Club Lakeside SLC PUNK! 12 Unveiled at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Ogden’s Egyptian Theater this film pokes fun at Mormon culture in Utah It follows two rebellious teens m Salt Lake City Layton Tmseltown mid-1980- 10 THINGS I ILATE ABOUT YOU humor and diaCrude ) logue plus alcohol scenes involving teens “Taming of the Shrew” meets “Clueless” m this scattered tale of high school romance A father’s strict and strange rule that the younger daughter can date only if the older daughter dates first seemed a little wend but it's the premise of the film The movie has its tender and funny moments but the gaps are filled with the same old tired teen cliches The soundtrack and scenery are excellent the storyline too complicated and Dnve-I- n disjointed 98 mmutes Motor-V- u (with “Entrapment”) Layton Tmseltown Newgate Tmseltown North Pomte (PG-13- YOU’VE GOT MAIL 12 (PG) Mild language Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan team up again m a romantic comedy It is so similar to “Sleepless m Seattle” that it feels redundant Replace the Empire State Building with a New York City park and you have “Mail” It’s boy meets girl girl hates boy boy charms girl girl changes mind Nothing newq no twists Sure these people aren’t difficult to watch but instead of an inspiring love story we get filmmaking It’s just OK which has 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