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Show Variety is the theme of movie reviews Time Bandits By Mike Knowlton I did not like 'Time Bandits' and was glad I only paid a dollar to see it. The movie was abysmally boring and very, very, very, very rarely funny (the repeated adverb 'very' being quoted 4 times in one sentence by John Cleese to say 'thank you.' Isn't that funny?). The annoyingly simple premise of the movie is this: Kevin, a young boy, encounters a group of thieving dwarves in possession of a map that shows where to find doorways through time. One of the doors happens to be in the kid's bedroom. Since the map is stolen from the 'Supreme Being,' who once employed the dwarves, the group is constantly on the run, 'stealing' through portals in time from Napoleon's 16th century France to an evil necromancer's domain, with stops in Robin Hood's Olde England and Ancient Greece (to name a few) along the way. The movie sounds pretty imaginative, has a good cast, and was produced at the cost of millions of dollars; so what's the problem? Well, there are just too few good jokes, and all the conversation comes off sounding boring and banal. The dwarves are a cute novelty for about five minutes, after which they become overbearing, noisy and humorless. The stars of the show, Monty Python's John Cleese and Michael Palin, as well as Sean Connery and Shelley Duvall, never really have any funny lines and appear on screen in rather minor roles-considering their unique talents. In addition, the movie relys too much on cheap special effects and visual displays (despite the animated cow skulls shooting fire from their eyes) that cannot carry the movie along during the static parts in between. Everything climaxes with an 'all's well that ends well' finish, at which I felt greatly relieved. The only thing 'Time Bandits' did was relieve me of one dollar and two hours of my time. 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Southern Comfort By Mike Knowlton As any whiskey-drinker knows, Southern Comfort-besides being the title of the movie reviewed herein is also a sweet, syrupy alcoholic beverage. When it is consumed in inordinate amounts, it produces a sensation more akin to Sudden Discomfort, which parallels what happens to the cast of this movie. Set in the southern Louisiana bayous, Southern Comfort pits a group of rather inept National Guardsmen against a mysterious and deadly clan of southern backwoods swamp-dwellers (cajuns.) Provoked by having their nets cut, boats stolen and finally fired upon with blanks, the cajuns systematically set about removing the opposition with various virulent devices. The movie is a good production, tightly paced and plotted with extraordinary topography capturing the eerie, haunting quality of the bayous. Director Walter Hill (The Warriors, The Long Riders) maintains the same low-keyed, serious mood he utilizes so well. Inescapable scenes of violence come off as shocking, without being exceptionally graphic, other than possibly the symbolic pig. Gripping and exciting, this movie is worth viewing in its "Deliverance" vein. Realistic and acceptable, and not unnecessarily violent, the moral is 'don't hassle anybody in his own backyard-or plan to take the consequences.' Raggedy Man By Susan A. Urben Sissy Spacek is dazzling in 'Raggedy Man.' Miss Spacek's dramatic and sensitive performance in this motion picture further demonstrates her exceptional talent and versatility. 'Raggedy Man' is a tender, often terrifying story of a divorced woman's attempt to raise her two small sons. Anita, played by Miss Spacek, is a young mother torn between the duties of motherhood and the responsibilities of providing for her family. The bleakness of the situation is heightened by the dry, dusty environment. The time frame is World War II, and the town of Gregory, Texas, is a visual example of Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road. However, amid the peeling paint, the rust, and the mud, Anita finds a moment of tenderness when a young sailor, played by Sam Shep-pard, stops by her house to use the telephone. Despite the touching love scenes, there is an atmosphere of horror that permeates the air like the sickly-sweet smell of honeysuckle. The horror is embodied .in the character of the raggedy man himself. He is a deformed shell of a man, dressed in filthy clothes, who lurks in the shadows. The raggedy man is pathetic--shuffling through town and doing odd jobs to survive. However, he keeps a watchful eye on Anita and her young sons. 'Raggedy Man' is a poignant, beautiful movie. The surprise ending will leave the viewer with a mixture of both sadness and relief. WHAR YE! 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