| Show A host of summer sequels Andrew Wade Sta Staff Writer THE IRE summer has begun with a bang SeX Se- Se X j are the watchword for this season Lethal Weapon 3 and Far and Away have garnered top positions on the box office charts In addition Goldberg as a lounge singer who disguises herself as a nun in Sister Act and Harrison Ford as former CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the sequel to The Hunt for Red October Patriot Games are making their debut on the chart within the week But this is just the beginning Yet to come is the biggest gun of them all The dark knight himself takes a second chance at bat with Batman Batman Batman Bat Bat- man Returns This is certainly the front runner in the race to be number one as well as the most highly awaited film of the summer Though not to be lost i iri the shuffle there is a host of other films to see while waiting for the lines for Batman to recede Here is a sampling of the upcoming releases June will bring u us the above mentioned Patriot Games an Batman Returns Also on the way is an offering from the little-heard-from little Eddie Murphy Considered a comeback film Boomerang showcases Eddies Eddie's romantic lead lead- man ing-man capabilities Another potential favorite for studio accountants is Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin share responsibility responsibility responsibility for this comic story of an architect whose new home is invaded by a woman who claims to b be his wife but he has never been married Then there is the obligatory Disney money oney machine the animated feature Pinocchio Pinocchio chio will expose his nose again but this is the first Disney cartoon to have the handicap of haying already been released on video July will see the rel release ase of f a another other possible money-maker money Honey I Blew Up the Kids This is the sequel to the successful mega-successful Honey I 1 Shrunk the Kids Also this month is A League o of f Their Own directed by Penny Marshal starring starring starring star star- ring Geena Davis and Madonna as female baseball Not to be missed is Cool World an animated feature for grown r n eL ti p i q n k g I Harrison Ford in Patriot Games Kim Basinger lends her talents to the character charac charac- ter of Holli Would who would do anything to gain release from her animated world into that of the living The man who brought brough us the Back to the Future series Robert directs a film about eternal youth which can be best des described as black comedy Death Becomes Becomes Becomes Be Be- comes Her is the name of the film starring Meryl Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis One of the more off-beat off of the seasons offerings offerings offerings offer offer- ings is Bu Buffy f fy the Vampire Slayer In it a Val Gal discovers that she is the last in a long line of vampire slayers and h her r job lob is to to-that's to that's right right destroy destroy the vampires th that t have infested infested infested in in- B Beverly verly Hills Paul Hills Paul Rubens ak aka a.k.a. a. a Pee PeeWee PeeWee PeeWee Wee Herman stars No way As As' this point the summer is still stil young and there is plenty of room for more films to ma make e their mark and vie for the exalted position of ofa a potential sequel Still to come is Jack Nichol Nichol- in Man Trou Trouble Trouble le Damon In Living Color i in n Mo Money David Lynchs Lynch's s 's feature film version of Twin vin Peaks Fire Walk With Me Clint Eastwood riding the range again in The TheUn Un forgiven But wait what would summer be without Van Damme Jean Claude and Dolph Lundgren team up in Universal Soldiers Im I'm getting in line right now |
