Show I A'rrt C:"") 1 jitai The Salt Lake Tribune April 30 1993 E2 Qatimi- ll--1 ' ft ik MIVIES 0 By Tribune Film Critic Terry Orme it-t-t-5 Aimhailliogiohaminardwolb - ESTARS1 New Movies Don't Miss THE NIGHT WE NEVER MET (review to Good come) — Matthew Broderick Annabel la SCIOrta and Kevin Anderson star in a romantic comedy about three roommates sharing a brownstone in New York Rated R Broadway Center Holladay Center Sandy Movies 9 SIDEKICKS (review to come) — A wimpy teen-age- r transforms into a young man with the help of martial arts star Chuck Norris Rated PG Midvalley Trolley Square Mall Creekside 567 Century Sandy Movies 9 SPLITTING HEIRS (review to come) — Rick Moranis Eric Idle and Barbara Hershey star in a farce about a child raised in poverty who grows up to discover he's actually a duke Now if he can get his title and fortune from his ne'er do well cousin who inherited Crossroads Hollaeverything Rated PG-I- 3 day Center Century Sandy Movies 9 — This roTHREE OF immus mantic comedy about sexual orientation and confusion in the '905 threatens to be too hip for its own good But engaging performances from Kelly Lynch William Baldwin and Sherilyn Fenn make it a winner Rated R Broadway Centre Midvalley South Towne Creekside 567 Century Questionable Don't Bother Valley Fair BOILING POINT 13 Wesley Snipes is a US Treasury Agent who is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore Dennis Hopper is the crook who made him that way Good performances can't mask a routine cop movie Rated R Plaza 5400 Redwood Drive In 12 Melanie BORN YESTERDAY Griffith sparkles as Billie Dawn a former Las Vegas showgirl who comes to realize life is more than watching television and waiting for her bully boyfriend This faithful remake of the average Judy Holliday film also stars Don Johnson and John Goodman (Capsule by Martin Renzholer) Rated PG South Towne Burt Reynolds COP AND A HALF gets a bad toupee and pants that are too tight who But the worst indignity is the steals his scenes A moronic "family film" about a cop saddled with a pint-sizepartner Rated PG Holladay Center Midvalley Reel Theatre Sandy Movies 9 Redwood Drive In 12 A romanTHE CRYING GAME tic thriller from Neil Jordan ("Mona Lisa'') set in Northern Ireland When a British soldier is kidnapped by the IRA an astonishing chain of events begins The film explores thee biases — political and sexual — of the characters and audience constantly keeping The less said the better viewers Rated R Broadway Centre Holladay Center What begins as a THE DARK HALF promising mystery about the dual personality of a writer (Timothy Hutton) eventually succumbs to Cie gory conventions of the standard horror movie Adapted from Stephen r from 1989 Rated R HollaKing's day Center South Towne Trolley Square Mall Plaza 5400 Century Redwood Drive In An enENCHANTED APRIL chanting postcard from the Italian Riviera where four women escape the strictures of their 1920s existence in their own castle refuge Starring Joan Plowright and Miranda Richardson (Capsule by Sean P Means) Rated PG Avalon 12 Two teenA FAR OFF PLACE agers are helped by a resourceful bushman as they flee from poachers and cross the deadly Kalahari Desert This Disney-Spielber- g collaboration is an uneasy mixture of family entertainment and violence A new preRoger Rabbit cartoon "Trail Mix-Up- " cedes "A Far Off Place" Frenetic enjoyRated not PG but memorable able Sandy Movies 9 Tom A FEW GOOD MEN Cruise Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore shine in this military courtroom drama Directed by Rob Reiner and adapted by Aaron Sorkin from his Broadway play this tale of two Marines accused of murder is a dramatic Rated R Broadway Centre powerhouse Family Center Valley Fair Sugar House 10 Sandy Mall Cinemas 5 FLIRTING Intelligent bittersweet teen film from Australia Two outsiders find each other while coming to grips with their intolerant classmates (Capsule by Martin Renzhofer) Unrated Tower — Mel Gibson FOREVER YOUNG plays a pilot heartbroken when his fiancee goes into a coma He volunteers to be frozen for 50 years in a government experiment and wakes up in 1992 A cloying romance that strains credulity more than it charms Jamie Lee Curtis Elijah Wood and Isabel Rated PG Valley Fair Sugar Glasser Sneak Preview DAVE (review to come) — Kevin Kline plays Dave a dead ringer for the president of the United States When the president suffers a stroke Dave is pressed into service The comedy also stars Sigourney Weaver Rated PG-1- 3 Saturday at Trolley Corners Century Now Showing THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FIN? this Disney version of Twain flirts with political correctness it ends up being a fairly faithful and enjoyable adaptation of the tale of Huck and Jim's journey down the Mississippi Although too young for the role Elijah Wood brings pluck to Huck Courtney B Vance is a discovery as the run away slave Jim A decent introduction to Twain for youngsters Rated PG Crossroads Plaza 5400 Cottonwood Mall Queen Reel Theatre Sandy Movies 9 — The classic Arabian ALADDIN Nights fairy tale gets the Disney spin with help from Robin Williams as the voice of the Genie Wonderful animation music and a g performance from Mr hams make this a film for all ages Rated G Midvalley South Towne Trolley Corners Villa Reel Theatre Redwood Drive In — An attempt at AMOS AND ANDREW social satire that is toothless borderline of fensive and a waste of time Nicolas Cage and as men of differSamuel L Jackson co-stent colors and backgrounds who discover they have something in common Rated PG 13 Family Center Valley Fair Sugar House — Altnough ° House 10 Sandy Mall Cinemas 5 GROUNDHOG DAY Bill Murray stars as a cynical and d television weatherman trapped into living the same day over and over again in a romantic comedy about rediscovery and enlightenment An-di- e Mac Dowell Rnd Chris Elliot co-st(Cap sole by Martin Renzhofer) Rated PG Crossroads Midvalley Trolley North South Towne Creekside 567 Valley Vu Drive In HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDI— Two dogs and a cat BLE JOURNEY brave the wilderness to find their human companions in this remake of the 1963 Disney family movie The new version focuses more on the people and gives the animals voices (by Michael J Fox Don Ameche and Sally Field) It won't replace the original film but has charms of its own especially for the young Rated G Olympus Mall Cinemas 5 Sandy Movies 9 — From the HOWARDS END makers of "A Room With a View" this exploration of class differences in England is a charmer Anthony Hop- 10 — A mentally BENNY AND JOON ill young woman falls in love with an eccentric loner in this quirky dramatic romance Strong performances from Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn and Johnny Depp keep this love story firmly grounded Rated PG South Towne Trolley Corners Trolley North Century ' THE BODYGUARD IA — A movie with marquee names and nothing else Kevin Costner is the bodyguard hired to protect Whitney Houston Bad soap opera Rated R Sugar House 10 Cinemas 5 Family Center kins Helena Bonham Carter Vanessa Emma ThompRedgrave and Oscar-winnin-g son lead a stellar cast that brings humor and compassion to the characters Based on the novel by EM Forster Rated PG Broadway Centre — robed INDECENT PROPOSAL Redford plays a billionaire who intrudes into the lives of a young couple (Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson) when he offers $1 million to sleep with the wife This deal with the devil turns mushy and is the latest in an unfortunate trend where women are portrayed as commodities to be bought and sold Directed by Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction") Rated R Flick Plaza 5400 Cottonwood Mall Century Reel Theatre Sandy Movies 9 Redwood Drive In — A syrupy variaINDIAN SUMMER tion on "The Big Chill" Eight thirtysomethings zo back to the camp where they spent the surr :tier 20 years ago They laugh they cry and eventually they bore us With Alan Arkin Elizabeth Perkins Diane Ladd Vincent Span° Bill Paxton and Kevin Pollack Rated PG-1- 3 South Towne Flick Plaza 5400 Cottonwood Mall Century — The master of illuINTERVISTA sion Federico Fella is back this time with a memoir of his life at Rome's Cinecitta Studios Sometimes resembling a documentary at other times a dramatic recreation of the for Fellini fans past the film is a must-se- e particularly the scenes where he visits with Marcell° Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg the stars of his 1960 film "La Dolce Vita" Unrated Tower LOADED WEAPON I 12 — Emilio Estevez and Samuel L Jackson star in this parody of the "Lethal Weapon" movies It misfires at every turn (Capsule by Martin Renzhofer) Rated PG-1Valley Fair — Another POINT OF NO RETURN Hollywood remake of a foreign hit this one inspired by "Le Femme Nikita" Bridget Fonda plays a hardened murderer sentenced to death for her crimes She's offered a reprieve if she joins a covert organization of assassins A faithful remake but lacking the intensity of the original Rated R Sandy Movies 9 12 — A Southern tale RICH IN LOVE of a family disrupted when a wife leaves her husband of 27 years for some breathing room A great ensemble cast led by Albert Kathryn Erbe and Suzy Amis Finney breathes life into wonderful characters who wrestle with their love for each other and life's rule that things change Directed by Bruce Beresford written by Alfred Uhry from Josephine Humphreys' novel Rated PG-1Broadway Centre — A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Robert Redford captures the grace and beau — ty of Norman Maclean's novella about tana of 1930 and of two brothers who grew up on the Blackfoot River With reverberations of his "Ordinary People" the director probes a family's inability to communicate The result is a visual and emotional powerhouse Rated PG Sugar House 10 12 — A film for chilTHE SANDLOT dren and their parents about growing up During the summer of '62 nine boys learn about friendship while dealing with a huge fence Filmed in dog behind the center-fie- ! Salt Lake City Rated PG Holladay Center South Towne Trolley North Trolley Square Mall Plaza 5400 Century Redwood Drive In — Al Pacino SCENT OF A WOMAN won a Best Actor Oscar for his wickedly funny yet sad and tragic performance as a retired and disabled military man who takes a young man (Chris O'Donnell) on a weekend fling through New York Mr Pacino is the reason to go see this movie which sometimes has trouble keeping up with him Rated R Olympus Mall — When a ConfederSOMMERSBY ate officer returns from the Civil War people including his wife wonder if he is who he says he is Richard Gere and Jodie Foster are engaging as a husband and wife rediscovering each other A remake of the French film "The Return of Martin Guerre" Rated PG-1- 3 Family Center Valley Fair Sugar House 10 Sandy Mall Cinemas 5 Sandy Movies 9 Redwood Drive In 12 — Writer STRICTLY BALLROOM and director Baz Luhrmann reveals his love of dance in this quirky Australian film that begins gloriously but eventually loses its focus But the dancing is excellent (Capsule by Martin Renzhofer) Rated PG Broadway Centre Sandy Movies 9 12 — A bad idea that is SWING KIDS executed fairly well A group of young d people resist Nazism by dancing to jazz Good dancing great music ridiculous Reel Theatre Sandy premise Rated PG-1- 3 Movies 9 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES — The junk food of children's cinema Leonardo Donatello Michaelangelo and Raphael — the turtles not the artists — are back This time they go time traveling and beat up people in feudal Japan Rated PG South Towne Reel Theatre Redwood Drive In THE TEMP — A thriller filled with unintentional laughs Lara Flynn Boyle plays a temporary worker who will do almost anything to get ahead in the corporate world Timothy Hutton and Faye Dunaway are two people who get in her way Rated R Redwood Drive In 12 — Adapted THIS BOY'S LIFE from Tobias Wolff's memoir about growing up in the '50s with an abusive stepfather The film captures the insecurities and nightmares of adolescence It's a haunting remembrance but one that ends in the triumph of overcoming fear With Ellen Barkin Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio Rated R South Towne Trolley Corners Cottonwood Mall — Clint Eastwood UNFORGIVEN directs and stars in a classic Western honored at the Oscars as Best Picture This is a dark meditation on frontier violence and on the movies that have portrayed it Oscars to Mr Eastwood (Best Actor) and Gene Hackman (Best Supporting Actor) Rated R Holladay Center Midvalley South Towne Trolley Square Mall Century Valley Vu Drive In — Marisa To-mUNTAMED HEART and Christian Slater play opposites who attract in this funny and sad romance from Tony Bill ("My Bodyguard" and "Five Corners") A Valentine's Day movie for Rated PG-1- 3 Sugar House 10 Sandy Mal Mon- gM East!: 1: E cr 1t724111EMES':: 2 Outstanding a Worthy effort V i o So-s- 2o a I E1 l e 0 I g 0 2 w2 c 4 - maa 1 - u- g e9)E -- & '1kgiAt E t T Joon (PG) ii Boiling Point (R) The Dark Half (R) IRt -- Huck Finn (PG-1- — V IS e n ir V I jr21LSI Y ?I - ga ------ i igr Indian Summer I Jack the Bear (PG-1- (PG-13- --- 4 V la lir V'ir This Boy's Life (R) Who's the Man i parental guidance suggested - ir Ilf a- l IT li Yerier E NA S at vs 1r - -v a in v v Ir 31 V r 'i i et - M te- -' i 'I' V vtv - ta I R Restricted under 17 PG-1- 3 Parents strongly cautioned some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 ages admitted PG All ages admitted — V a -- 4 1 V ---- : iirie gt la 4- 1r T IT se V 1V- (R) t I liC -- --— i ''W n CV 4 Et Iir Pr ti n fir ) The Sandlot (PG) V Y tir v n n n 13 Indecent Proposal (R) -4 -' Iriv runt at gr tI IYVirli 8 Falling Down (R) --- --Girl on the (R) G All 0 ca 5 351-- Al lie A1 - V E T - 7' 2 z ':: I ifs -- § trA bomb Benny i W':i E V requires accompanying t parent or guardian NC17 No one under 17 — KnightHidder il A movie guide for parents 1 "Benny and Joon" PG (Sexual sihlations language) "The Bodyguard" R (Offensive lang(iage violence sex) "Boiling Point" R (Violence language) "Born Yesterday" PG (Mild language adult situations) "The Crying Game" R (Abundant nudity sex violence language) "The Dark Half" R (Violence language gore) "Dave" (Language sexual situations) 101 "A Few Good Men" R (Language violence) "Flirting" unrated (Brief nudity) "Howards End" PG (Adult situations) "Indecent Proposal" R (Nudity 444 language) (SexuaT3itua"Indian Summer" lions language drugs) "Point of No Return" R (Language' violence sex) "Rich in Love" (Adult themes) To assist parents and others in choosing a movie content that might be offensive or inappropriate for young and impressionable viewers is noted below The Motion Picture Association of America ratings are: G (General Audience) PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) PG-1- 3 (Parents Strongly Cautioned Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) R (Restricted Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian) and NC-1-7 (No One Under 17 Allowed) PG-1- 3 Family For all ages Possible inappropriate con tent is noted "The Adventures of Huck Finn" PG (Swashbuckling violence) "Aladdin" G (Nothing offensive) "Cop and a Half" PG (Violence toilet hu- mor) "Enchanted April" PG (Some adult themes) "A Far Off Place" PG (Too violent for young children) vio"Forever Young" PG lence fleeting backside nudity) "Groundhog Day" PG (Some sexual content) Bound: The Incredible Jour- "Homeward ney" G (Earthy adolescent humor) "The Sandlot" PG (Mild language) "Strictly Ballroom" PG (Mild sexual PG-1- 3 PG-1- 3 "A River Runs Through It" PG (Fleeting nudity) ''Scent of a Woman" R (Language sexual situations) (Sexual situations) "Sommersby" (Nudity sexual "Splitting Heirs" dialogue) lan(Violence "Swing Kids" guage) "The Temp" R (Language violence: !exual situations) "This Boy's Life" R (Language sex: violence) "Untamed Heart" (Sexual ttualPG-1- 3 PG-1- 3 PG-1- 3 Mature Contains explicit language violence andor sexuality that might be inappropriate s tor younger "Amos and Andrew" (Language drug usage) teen-ager- PG-1- 3 PG-1- 3 ions language violence) tr t 41-- PE 1 rent ma qP0: V EA' VIEW 01A-- ' 11 VS POUDIf IA GRIPPING THRILLER ROMANTIC EUNNIAND VERY mutt:: lit I “ - 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