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In the sly, sly satire “Election, politics ts like high school and ethics are situational and sexu- al. Alexander Payne'sfilm, set concentration camps are an n Omaha and starring Reese Witherspoon as an ambitious elaborate game, thus turning a death-defying experience into a about a mental patient-turned ma. PG-13 (language, adult themes, mental health and es actors Liam Neeson, Ewan death issues) THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 3 stars. An ambitious retelling — cosmos, it has great atmos- and reinvention — of the Book phere, butlittle food for of Exodus, with a young, strapping Moses leading his people out of slavery and into the Promised Land. The songs aren't there (although compos- thought. PG (sci-fi violence) 10 THINGS i HATE ABOUT bly schmaltzy medico-melodra- his own. Thoughstyled as a coming-of-age drama, it really belongsin the new category of cyberpunk “Alice In Wonderland” where the rabbit hole is a coaxial cable plugged right into your cerebral cortex, this whirlwind futuristic thriller stars Keanu Reeves as a com The martial arts action, inspired by crazy-beautiful Hong Kong pics. is awesome. R (vio: lence. profanity, creepy futuris: tic cyber stuff) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 3 stars. Director Michael Hoffman's version of Shakespeare's classic is sump tuousall-star masque (Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Calista Flockhart), full of fine actors De Palma’s high-school horror film is ruefully moving, “Varsity Blues” seen from the perspective of a misfit too uncool to be 1/2 stars. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn star as Midwestern tourists on a Reeee EPISODEI lults $5 Children $3 CLOSED SUNDAY J a sexual situations, prom angst) You’ 'VE GOT MAIL 3 stars. Irreverent, irrepressible and irresistible romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as anonymous, besotted e-mail correspondents who don’t know that they know and hate each other in real life Nora Ephron’saffectionate extreme violence) retrofit of the 1940 SHE'S ALL THAT2 stars. The ripeness of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook goes a long way toward fooling comedy“The Shop Around the Corner” is cute without being profound, but sometimes cute is enough. PG i CINEPLEX ODEON ESD BOTeN Is) ESky bes fs 120 West Main American Fork 786-3181 THENightly KING AND 1°61] ai 700.915 Sat Mat 300500 “ENTRAPMENT”(PG-13) OF REGUAR SIZE WITH THIS AD Tn tee Ife W. Center 48823 356-9435 CERT CHIPS » SMOOTHIES SHOWS INABOTLE «;9|$4 50. Dolby Stereo 4:45 6:45 7:45 9:30 10:15 Nohtiy7:00 9:15 Sal. & Sun. Matinee At 12:45 2:00 3:45 Sat. Mat 300 zo: asters! 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R (discreet sex, profanity, teen suicide, sexual candor, UNIVERSITY l iSTAR WARS| THE PHANTOM MENACE 5 of Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew,” transplanted to the hallways of highschooldom and echoingall those other pics where wagers about dating and worries about the big dance dominate. Its mostly charmless, although the two leads — Julia Stiles as the THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 2 1/2 SILVER SCREEN ‘S af YOU stars. A witless rethink infanticide) THE OTHER SISTER 2 1/2 stars. Garry Marshall's stridently upbeat tearjerker about a mentally-challenged young woman (Juliette Lewis), who craves independence, and her controlling mother (Diane Keaton, at the top of her form), worried that her daughter is unequipped for autonomy. PG13 (sexual candor, profanity) THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS 2 98 W. Utah Ave., Payson © 4652451 l f° Like a restaurantin another stars. Thefirst three-quarters of Katt Shea's sequelto Brian Americana. Rated PG; language SHOWSDAILY AT 1 4:00 4:00 7:00 9:30 P.M. Bl — Ny McGregor and Natalie Portman. they are), but the animation work is dazzling. With the voices of Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer and other biggies. PG (plagues, pestilence, the 1950s who becomesinfatuated with rockets and builds the adrenaline rush — or the mythic punch of the original, this “prequel” to the “Star Wars” trinity is so rich in physi flourish that it’s trippy to visit. the cinematic equivalent of an intergalactic theme park However strong on visuals, it is weak on narrative and underus as a teen-ager growing up in a dying West Virginia coal town in drinking) STAR WARS: EPISODE | — THE PHANTOM MENACE 2 1/2 stars. Though it doesn’t pack cal detail and architectural er Stephen Schwartz thinks Raunchy and raucous, it’s a bi polar experience. PG-13 (bath Charming actors, charmless script. PG-13 (language, sexual and anatomical candor, teen scriptive use of humor and “Rocket Boys” becomes a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal roomhumor, profanity) THE MATRIX 3 1/2 stars. A the audience into believing “She's All That” is something more thanrotten leftovers from the “Pretty in Pink” buffet. med-school-student whose pre: empathy rubs the nasty dean the wrong way. It’s an impossi- Homer Hickam’s memoir conspiracy of warring realities. but the animationis dull, and the added story elements are and the Big Apple of the late ‘90s is a lot less menacing than it was in the original, but the stars display an easy, appealing rapport. PG-13 (mild profanity, sexual situations) PATCH ADAMS2 stars. Robin Williams does his saintly funnyman schtick in this “based on a true story” story of heiping her find Fido. schoolteacher who upends the Royal Court of Siam when she King, has somegreat songs, old-fashioned, fluffball stuff, to know her better in the guise about a free-thinking Victorian bumpsheads(a bald one at proofed paddedcell. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as the mother inappropriate crush. PG-13 (hash brownies, sexually-laced dialogue) OCTOBER SKY: 3 stars. puter hacker caught up in a that) with the tradition-bound keens andgrieves in a sound. LOST AND FOUND 1 star. Teeth-gnashingly gross. inter: mittently hilarious. Starring pooch of a pretty neighbor (Sophie Marceau), he might get hand andthentries to kill it before it takes his girlfriend to hell. Think of it as a bad, really low-budget hybrid of “Cheech & underage drinking) grave nerd and Michael Vartan as an English teacher with an David Spade as a worm who thinks that by dognappingthe friends. Lame comedy ensues as he chopsoff the offending OCEAN2 stars. This well-inten: tioned adaptation of the Jacquelyn Mitchard novel about brother, Leelee Sobieski as a devil, he goes ona killing ram page that wipes outhis par a tony Manhattan academy catering to the too-rich and too ly, nudity, discreet sex, drugs, schooler, Drew Barrymore is perfection, reliving her own prom humiliations and vowing not to let history repeat itself. With David Arquette as her ents, classmates and best cool. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe are the incestu ous step:siblings who conspire to corruptall innocents — that is, until Phillippefalls for vir ginal Reese Witherspoon. extreme sexual candor, profani reporter posing as a high life-affirming story. PG-13 (mature themes) fanity) stars. A Cliff-Notes "Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” set in scarabs, gore) NEVER BEEN KISSED 3 stars. As an undercover CenterSt. DWIDRINS KD Ratings: 4 stars Excellent; 3 stars: Good; 2 stars: Fair; 1 star: Poor betweenfiancee MauraTierney R (violence, profanity, sexual situations) Patient.” PG-13 (flesh-eating cir PROV | guishdirector Bronwen Hughes. romantic comedy that has its straitlacedits hero torn though: the stony calm he exhibits in all those extrava gantly violent Asian action pics is abandoned for a wild-eyed manic nuttiness. It doesn’t fit the drollery of Brendan Fraser and John Hannah, the result is “Raiders of the Lost English Y ancefrom Ben Affleck distin. matic Chow is misused. 90s special effects? Despite | ORE language. violence) FORCES OF NATURE 3 stars. Unexpected rhythms and an unexpectedly fine perform. teams with Mark Wahlberg in this generic cop pic, set in New York’s Chinatown, all about war ring gangs. dead hookers anda sinister crimelord. The charis had the cockeyed idea to remake “The Mummy”as a ‘30s swashbuckler pumped up with 2230 North calamitous night in New York City in this remake of the 1970 Neil Simon-scripted comedy.It’s