Show The Herald JournalCache Sunday September 27 1987- -7 FilMCLips Main Money mas ' but it “Can’t “ 43 Capitol (752-7521- PG-1- S St 9:10 pm The new principal and the head of security just might be crazy enough to turn things around James Belushi and Louis Gossett Jr in “The Principal’’ rated R 7 and 9:10pm Logan ): 7 3 pi rated R 8 pm Not a double feature separate admissions required m Cinema (753-1900- Utah 00 W 100 North Logan Ally Sheedy in “Maid to ): (752-307- 2): A PRAYER FOR THE DYING (R) Publicly castigated by its lead actor MickeyRourke and disowned by its director Mike Hodges this curious thriller barely stands a chance Sporting an uncanny Irish brogue ana red hair Mickey Rourke plays a disillusioned IRA terrorist on the lam in London with two fellow IRA members on his tail That’s only the beginning of Rourke’s troubles To secure a passport to freedom offered by high-pitch- ed 9:15 Center St Logan “Adventures in Babysit- Mann Theaters 7 and 9 pm pm Girl” rated PG 7:15 pm “OC and Stiggs” rated R 9 pm pro-uni- on free-spirit- ed a creepy gangster (Alan Bates) Rourke must take on one last killing — an act that is witnessed by a local priest (Bob passion GRADE: 2 stars Hoskins) Not surprisingly the MATEWAN (PG-13- ) gangster then wants the priest rubbed out But Rourke has a Writer-directJohn Sayles’ better idea: He confesses his crime to the unwitting priest WVa miners’ strike is a movie whose vows forbid him to reveal one wants to believe in As with confessional information to Sayles' other films (including “The Brother from Another Planet” and “Lianna”) this new project is on the side of the politically based thriller using angels Here the ethnically Ireland’s civil strife as back- mixed coal miners band n ground than it is a together against venal mine owners excue for playing around'with the Catholic themes of conSayles has taken a volatile well-meani- ng battle sequences 141 ): Lewiston Community Theatre: Playing Thursday Friday and Saturday: Dennis Quaid and Martin Short in "InnerSpace rated PG All shows at 7 and 9 pm 795 N Main SL Logan A' double feature: Madonna and Griffin Dunne in “Who’s That ): the toughest priests you’ll ever episode in our history and see If only this film were a turned it into a studied photomeaningful and cohesive whole! GRADE: 2 stars M graphed melodrama — one that indulges the kind of STAKEOUT (R) Richard sentimentality where strikeDreyfus’s career comeback breakers are not even allowed which began with “Down and to have any redeeming personal Out in Beverly Hills” reaches qualities (The two in tins movie its apogee with his surprisingly practically hiss) romantic star turn in this slick Meanwhile protagonist Joe entertaining comedy thriller Kenehan (Chris Cooper) — a Dreyfus plays a Seattle detective paired with a pacifists union organizer from er cop (Emilio Estevez) up north who leads the coalition out the apartment of an miners — is reduced to a somewhat plodding figure of escaped convict’s former earnest seductive goodness (the Despite Sirlfriend Stowe) Dreyfus piercing ballads sung by folk spies on and stalks the girt only singer Hazel Dicklns and to fall in love with her James Earl Jones’ powerful The movie strives almost too presence as a black miner this talent-lade- n blatantly to be a vehicle for movie ends up paralysed by a Dreyfus It indulges his antic schematic sense of morality charm and After a while even cinematBut the ographer Haskell Wexler’s egotism essentially synthetic elements grave burnished images start are at least well enough to seem musty — just like the assembled to provide a few rest of the movie GRADE: 2 thrills some laughs and a little stars 14 an N Main SL Smithfield The 50th anniversary presentation of Disney’s animated classic “Snow White ana the Seven Dwarfs” rated G 7 and 0:40 pm (563-3922- Redwood (752-5098- Cache Valley Mall roman-tic-leading-m- Main ): "Hellraiser" rated rated "RoboCop” “Stakeout’’ rated R 7:15 W ting’’ rated PG-1-3 Order’’ rated PG 7:10 and 9 pm Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey in “The Pick-u- p Artist’’ rated PG-1- 3 7:20 and Editor' note: Thast review are ttw opinion of Robert DiMatteo of ttw Newspaper Enterprise Association based in New York City - 13 He’ll tear your soul apart R 9 pm R 7 pm and 9:30 pm “Nowhere to Hide’’ rated R 7:15 and (752-7762- imaginable while scriptwriter Jim Carabatsos has freshly captured the sense of disenfranchisement and pride fett by the n young racially mixed who fought tiie war appear to be telloff too This la ing the rest of still a potenL imaglstic film GRADE: 3 stan film-make- rs u boy-me- There’s a simplicity to this Vietnam film that provides a bracing contrast to its more M predecessors ("Platoon” But"Full Metal thug-support- ed high-flow- fession and absolution This playfulness may offend some people as it has Rourke who says he didn’t want to play an acket” etc) the downside of this simplicity is a myopia ebout the war in staying true to the average soldier’s perspective the picture sometimes blurs the line between CACHE insensitive newsman "Irish Rambo” Well he doesn’t exactly He mumbles more than Ramoo What a melodramatic mix of elements! 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