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Show Friday, December 7. 1990 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Eleven see over break Movies to guys have all the luck! Sean McBride Chronicle Film Critic By M. The Rookie has its moments, but didn't we get enough action and sex over the summer? 'Us the season. A time of peace and joy and holiday cheer. And most importantly, 'tis the holiday movie season when all the good films come out. So here is a list of some of the better films that will be out within the next few weeks; you know, that time when you have no homework so you have nothing better to do with your time or your money. The Rookie Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga and Laura Flynn Boyle Released today Tim Burton, who has always given us refreshingly original characters in his movies, now lets us see what he can do with Depp as a boy who has metallic shears instead of hands. Depp is taken in by a caring Avon lady (Wiest) who naturally has a beautiful blonde daughter for him to fall in love with (Ryder). As in all of Burton's films, themes of alienation and fitting into society should figure Eastwood plays a grizzled old cop who is teamed against his will with a rookie (Sheen). They don't get along until Eastwood is kidnapped by the criminals they are persuing (Julia and Braga). Sheen is left without his partner, so he goes around tearing L.A. into pieces in an attempt to this into prominently contemporary fable. Almost an Angel Directed by John Cornell Starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski Released on Dec. 14 Crocodile Dundee's back. This time Hogan is a small-tim- e thief rescue Clint. I'll let you guess if he's successful or not. like any Expect The Rookie who gets hit on the head and it to have a lot of action and violence. Sheen's stunt double broke his leg doing one of the stunts pretty intense. The sex back to earth with one last chance to do good, or else. other movie with Sheen in comes when the kidnapped Clint is raped by Sonia Braga. Some knocked out. When he wakes up, he's convinced that he's dead, when actually he has been sent Cornell and Hogan are long time collaborators, and Hogan has starred with (and is married to) - lot of lowbrow comedy and thrills as Hogan, who thinks he is and therefore indestructible Directed by Tim Burton Starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest Released on Dec. 14 t - , f2- Kozlowski, so expect some fairly natural chemistry. Also, look for a dead, Edward Scissorhands WW muddles his way through performing his good deeds. Hamlet Directed by Franco Zeffirelli Starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close Limited release on Dec. 19, (and who knows when it will make it to SLC) Gibson plays the title role, with Close as his mother. And it won't be anything like Bird on a Wire or Air America. Gibson is certainly a huge draw, and he's been begging box-offi- ce for a chance to do some real acting. P.R. says he's got a lot of hidden talent, but then what did I I you expect P.R. to say? Whether he's good or not, the real test will 1 1 L I be to see if teenage girls will go to I see Gibson as Shakespeare's Paul Hogan stars as Terry Dean, a professional thief convinced he brooding prince of doom. has become an angel; and Linda Kozlowski is Rose Garner in Almost An Angel, to be released this holiday season. Bonfire of the Vanities Directed by Brian DePalma Hanks is a philandering Park not only due to its storyline. Starring Tom Hanks, Melanie Avenue Wolfe's novel has reportedly type who has an accident Griffith, the in Bronx that sets off racial been thrown out the window, as Bruce Willis and Morgan turmoil throughout New York the major characters were Freeman City. Griffith plays his mistress; Released on Dec. 21 changed to accommodate the stars Willis the reporter who covers the who would play them, and the story; and Freeman as the hanging Tom Wolfe's controversial satire ending rewritten. New York city who the case. tries officials were also in a huff when judge about racism in the Bronx makes of one is the most Bonfire year's it to the big screen with four of they charged that the film was awaited and also racist and made the Bronx look films, e eagerly the biggest stars one of the most controversial, and available and DePalma to boot. see "movies" on page sixteen box-offic- DAILY BEFORE 6 P.M. INDICATES NO PASSES COVATS AND V.I.P. TICKETS ACCEPTED AT ALL TIMES 3.00 BARGAIN MATINEES HOME ALONE (PG)(Dolby) (on 2 screens) 1 :00-- 1 ROCKY V(PG13)(SrDolby) 'MISERY (R)(2 screens) (Dolby)(2 QUIGLEY t screens) DOWN UNDER (PG1 3) (Dolby) REVERSAL OF FORTUNE(R) n. 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