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Show TheSatt Lake Tribune Page F-2 E MOVIE PAGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER4, 1998 ] Capsule reviews by Salt Lake Tribune movie critic Sean P. Means, unless otherwise noted. Theater listings include Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber and Summit counties. The Tribune’s Ratings Key: Lol ADRMA andothers in choosing a film, The Tribune presents this list of films for profanity. Key: V=Violence, N=Nudity, S—Ser, Language. Air Bud: Golden Receiver Y PG-L Babe:Pig in theCity Blade ¥ i y R ti ¥ a y ¥ | ¥ [ely Sis sais Celebrity ¥ilviv 7 Doctor Dolittle Elizabeth ¥ Enemyofthe State R ¥ Ever After The Ghosts of Dickens’ Past : ! y !'l Be HomeFor Christmas PG John Carpenter's Vampires Life IsBeautiful The Mask of Zorro R PG. Pe ht at the Roxbury Orgazmo vu The Parent Trap Pt GAS y Y Practical Magic r ¥ l¥ NOW SHOWING L Comment Comic violence: otherwise OK for all ages Graphic violence (including rape), plus sexuality: adults only. Am inseet baitle to rough for toddlers, OK for 5 andup. lence andmild sens ality; for 13 and up. may scare chi ren under 5. 7 ¥ ei[vle Bride of Chucky A Bug's Life AIR BUD; GOLDEN RECEIVER * — The basketball-playing dog (or a reasonable facsimile, since the caninestar of the original “Air Bud” died) switches to football in this inept and unwatchablechildren’s movie. Rated G. Davis County: Kaysville. L s y Armageddon SPECIAL SHOWINGS N fafa Anw SCROOGED — Bill Murray playsa TV executive who learns the meaning of the holidays in this 1988 updating of A Christmas Carol. Rated PG-13. Utah County: Provo 8, tonight and Saturday at midnight SLUMSOF BEVERLY HILLS — A15-year-old (Natasha Lyonne) deals with her burgeoning breasts and her oddball family’s nomadicexistencein this relentlessly quirky ‘70s period piece. Rated R for strong sexual situations, nudity, language anddrug content. Summit County: Park City Library Center. 35 Park Ave.. Park City, tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m (admission is ex-related: for 17 and up. lence, brief sexuality, for 17 and up soime sex and drug use: for 17 and up asshoppers, but otherwise OK forall ages use: for and ive for any age ferences to child rape. adults only 13 and up y nd up, ‘ ¥_| Some violence ual dialogue: for 13 and up | 7 Lots of norzor violence and gore: for17 up. v ude humor and language; for 8 and up, = [ele eu ore, nudity and language; for l7andup. SS 4 ral ist for 19 and up, a ‘| Swordplay, explosions, andahint of se y: for 13 andup. |v fv |v Lv accident scene; for 13 and up. pe Meot Joe Black Mulan performance — as a reformed skinhead trying to keep his brother (Edward Furlong) fromfollowing the sameracist path ~ is the highlight of this thought-provoking dramathat ultimately sells its incendiarytopic short. Rated R for graphic brutal violenceincluding rape, pervasive language, strong sexuality and nudity. Salt Lake County: Trolley Square, South Towne. Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: LaytonHills. ris 5 Pleasantville Utah County: Carillon 4 ANTZ #4 — Aworryingant(well voiced by Woody Allen) Psycho Ringmaster wonders ifthere isn’t morein life than diggingdirt. A clever, funny bit of computer animation, featuring such celebrity ‘olves as Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. t Ronin Rounders The Rugrats Movie Rush Hour Rated PGfor mild language and menacingaction. Salt Lake South Towne, Century, Olympus, Plaza 5400,Ritz 15 Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown. Utah County: Wynnsong Rk @ PU : at e's Something About Mary action, sensuality and brief language. Sugar House 10: Sugar House 10. Utah County: Provo 8. BABE: PIG IN THE CITY #14 — The shepherding pig goes The Truman Show z Velvet Goldmine Very Bad Things R The Waterboy big city to save the farm. Unfortunately, this loudly slapstick sequel lacks the magic and quiet charms of the original. Rated G. Salt Lake County: Trolley Square, Midvalley, Pols Dreams May Come TheWizard of Oz Holladay, Century, Ritz 15, Carmike 12, Sandy 9. Weber Coun- vale y l¥ fl vilv ¥ vivly viel ci | i y _ for 13 and up. x dialogue aboutsex and pornography adults only ¥_| Violence. sexuality and supernatural stuff: for 14 andup, | Allthe sex and violence ofa “Jerry Springer” episode; for 17 and up, ¥_| ¥ v but otherwise OKforail ages ¥ ¥ (vivly | v_| v R ARMAGEDDON +** — Bruce Willis saves the world, as leader of oil-rig roughnecks sent into space to destroy a Texassized asteroid. Director Michael Bay (“The Rock") delivers thrill-rideexcitement but no surprises. With Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton and Liv Tyler. Rated PG-13 forsci-fi disaster + ¥ AMERICAN HISTORY X **42 — Edward Norton's fiery to the v i American History X ber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: Trolley North. Utah J Lleee To assist children. violence, sexual conte County: University Mall. County: The Motion Pictui e Association of America ratings are: & All ages admitted R Restricted, under 17 requires accompanying parent or PG Ail ages admitted, parental gu guidance suggested PG-13 Parents strongly cautioned, NC-17 No one under 17 admitted some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 AH DON'T Miss wk GooD We QUESTIONABLE % DON'T BOTHER sSNN NEW MOVIES HAPPINESS ++%% — Writer-director Todd Solondz (“Weleometo the Dollhouse") takes a disturbing and emotionally charged look at dysfunction and disconnection, centering on threesisters (Jane Adams, Cynthia Stevenson and Lara Flynn Boyle) and the strained relations in their lives. Dylan Baker and Philip Seymour Hoffman provide gutsy performanees, giving sympathetic faces to horrifie behavior. Unrated, but probably NC-17 for discussion ofmature themes, some sex andlanguage. Salt Lake County: Tower PSYCHO(review to come) — Gus Van Sant directs whatis billed as a “scene-for-scene, shot-for-shot” remake of Hitchcock’s creepy classic. Vinee Vaughn plays the creepy Norman Bates, Anne Heche reprises Janet Leigh’s role, and Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen and William H. Macy also star. Rated for violence and sexuality nudity. Salt Lake County: Broad. way, Midvalley, Holladay, Century, Ritz 15, Sandy 9, Reel. We- Well, there is that shower seene, Wall-to-wall violence, somelanguage: for 17 and up Lots of roughtanguage. somesex: for 17 and up. | dustlike on TV. its OK forall ages ts and fistsflying: for 13 and up. r | Terrorist violence and brief nudity: for 17 and up Melinda Miller.) Rated PG-13 for sequencesof action viulow va ¥ | Grown-up topies, and a bus accident; for 10 andup. | Some violence and blood: for 16 and up. ¥ ¥_| Strong violence. for 17 and up, c y ira | Gross-out humor, much ofit sex-rela o [ ¢_| Mild language and aduit themes, for 8 and up viviy v and rock ‘v' roll, plussome violence: for 17 and up, yi[vi¢v v ous sex, drugs auid violence: adults only y ly a i xual humor; for 13 and up. fe] | ¥ u bing images of hell, for 14 andup. L Pair 2 Elizabeth (2) | | [Enemy of theState(2) >HomeFries (PG-13) |) Meet Joe Black (PG-13) 2 Ringmaster(2) | Rugrats Movie (3) The Siege(R) Very Bad Things(2) | The Waterboy (PG-13) Reregister Philadelphia Inquirer Seattle Times ICelebrity (A) stuffy history into fast-paced intrigue Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes and Christopher Eccleston co-star, Rated lence and sexuality. Salt R forvio- Lake County: Broadway, Holladay, South Towne, Century. Ritz 15. Davis County: Tinseltown. ENEMY OF THE STATE *#*12 — Agripping andclever thriller about a D.C. lawyer (Will Smith) subjugated to the threatening force of U.S. spytactics. Gene Hackman,as an exspy,gives gravity to this tale of high-tech paranoia. Rated R for language and violence. Salt Lake County: Trolley Corners, Midvalley, South Towne, Century, Ritz 15, Creekside. Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown. Utah Coun- ty; Wynnsong, Water Gardens. Summit County: Holiday Village. EVER AFTER *& — Drew Barrymore —strong, spunky and charming — is perfectly cast as Cinderella. Alas,this update on the fairy tale veers between psychological character study and sentimental melodrama. Rated PG-13 for momentary strong Janguage. Salt Lake County: SandyStarship, Valley Fair, Sugar House 10. Weber County: City Square. Davis County: Kaysville Utah County: Central Square, Provo8. THE GHOSTS OF DICKENS’ PAST(no review) — A girl teaches the writer Charles Dickens a lesson in charity in this tale, from Murray's Feature Films for Families. Rated G. Weber County: Riverdale 4. HOLY MAN * — Eddie Murphy's charm is wasted in this dull comedy, playing a spiritual pilgrim who becomes a homeshopping hit. Also wasted arethe talents of Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston, as they march through the cliche-ridden plot. Rated PGfor some language. Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10. HOME FRIES * nice-guylug (Luke Wilson) implicat- Sandy 9. Weber Cour ls. SIMONBIRCH #42 —A sappytale (loosely basedon a Joby Irving novel) of a physically handicapped boy (lan Michael Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10, Valley Fair. Weber Coumt City Square. Utah County; Central Square, Provo 8 protectorto its ragged settlers. A violent, predictable retre: Here's how movie critics from nine major newspapers across the United Statesrate recent of “Shane” and other Westerns. § releases. for strong vielen and brieflanguage. Salt Lake County:Valley Fair, Sugar Hows 10. Weber County:City Square THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY #12 — A loser (Ben Stiller) pursues the woman (Cameron Diaz) hehas pine: over for 13 years, ever since a disastrous prom date. Writer directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly spare no sacred cows in av outrageously sick and downright funny comedy. Rated Rf strong comic sexual content and language. Salt Lake Count Brewvies (must be 21 or older), Sandy Starship,Valley Fa Sugar House 10. Utah County: Provo8. THE TRUMAN SHOW #x% — Jim Carrey stars as a man who begins to discover his perfectlife is actually the setting for a round-the-clock TV soap opera. Peter Weir (“Witness”) di reets this brilliant, wondrous film — which combines clove comedy, warm drama, a breakthrough performanceby Cartes andbrilliant satire about TV's powerto mirror its audiene Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language. Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10, ed in his stepfather’s death gets friendly withthe burger-joint waitress (Drew Barrymore) who stepdaddy knocked up. What aims to be a quirky, Fargo"-like comedy is too disjointed and too timid to register any laughs. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and somesexwzal humor. Salt Lake County: Broadway, Holladay, Century, Plaza 5400, Ritz 15, Carmike 12, Sandy 9. Weber County: Tinseltown, Davis County: Layton Hills, Gate: way. Utah County: Carillon 4 I STILL KNOW WHATYOU DID LAST SUMMER #12 — Jennifer Love Hewitt returns, still stalked by the hook-handed killer of last year's “I Know What YouDid Last Summer.” The sequel lacks the tensionof the original, and exists only to show off Hewitt’s cleavage. Rated R forintense terror violence and gore, strong language and some drug use. Salt Lake Count Crossroads, Midvalley, Holladay, Ceutury, Carmike 12, San 9. Weber County: Cinedome. Davis County: Tinseltown, Utah County: Wynnsong I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS ** — Jonathan Taylor ‘Thomas plays young man trekking his way across America to get homefor Christmas. Disney's seasonal offering is entertain. ing for kids but not a total bore fortheir parents. (Reviewed by Michael Westley.) Rated PGfor mild language aiid some rude humor. Salt Lake County: Plaza 5400, Cottonwood. Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown JOHN CARPENTER’S VAMPIRES + — James Woods stars as a lean, mean vampirekiller seeking revenge on the pasty bloodsucker (Thomas Ian Griffith) who ambushed his squad. Daniel Baldwin andSheryl Lee ('‘Twin Peaks") co-star ina boring splatter-fest that lacks any ofthe tension of Carpenter’s classic “Halloween, Rated R for strong vampire violence andgore, language andsexuality. Salt Lake County: Cinemas 5 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL +4#% — Italian comic Roberto Benigni pours his heart and soulinto this gentle comie fable, about a happy-go-lucky guy protecting his familyfromthe horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. Benigni —as director, co-writer and star — mixes humor. romance and pathos fora testament to hope in the face ofultimate despair. In Italian with subtitles = Lucinda") breathes life into the stuffy iconography of Queen Annette Bening and Bruce Willis star. Rated R for vivicut Midvalley, Century, Ritz 15, Carmike 12, ty: Tinseltown. Davis Count SOLDIER *2 — A trained-from-birth fighting 1m: (Kurt Russell) is dumped on a desolate planet, and be for language, sex and some drug use. Salt Lake County: Trolley Square. Davis County: Tinseltown ElizabethI, as director Shekhar Kapur ('“Bandit Queen”) turns starts when the Army takes control of Brooklyn and her: Arab-Americans into internment camps. Denzel Washinstor language and brief nudity. Salt Lake County: Trolley Squat match, and finds a conspiracythat is morethan meets the ev Director Brian De Palma showsoff with neat cinematic trick ¥ So-so @ ABomb a<< Babe:Pig in the City (G) ta Bug'sLife (G) | and too long by 89 minutes. (Reviewed by Vince Horiuchi.) Rated for strong horror violence andgore, language, some DOCTOR DOLITTLE *'2 — An MD. (Eddie Murphy) discovers he can communicate with animals. Bathroom humor replaces musical whimsy in this remake of the 1967 movie, which relies on visual effects borrowed from “Babe.” Rated PG-13 for crude humorand language, Salt Lake County: Valley Fair ELIZABETH *** — Australian Cate Blanchett(“Oscar & THE SIEGE x4 — In director Edward Zwick’s civies-l son thriller, terrorists strike New York, but the real — including a stunning 20-minuteSteadicam shot —b plot turns simplistic and sinister. Rated R for some violenes 4 | sexual content and brief drug use. Salt Lake County: Valley but Allen's observations about famearen't too fresh. Rated R Cottonwood. Davis County: Tinseltown. Utah County song. SNAKE EYES «** — Acorrupt cop (Nicolas Cage invest gates a political assassination during an Atlantic City bow * Outstanding 1 Worthy Effort 4 House 10, Utah County: Provo 8. BRIDE OF CHUCKY *% — Chucky, the 3-foot-tallkiller doll from the “Child's Play,” movies gets a girlfriend in Jennifer Tilly and wreakshavocfor 90 minutes, Too silly, too boring SALT LAKE S«a~«8<Qan<+@ TRIBUNE hunterin this bloody, effects-driven adaptation of the Marvel Comies tale. Predictable andgory, but with some cool moments. Rated for strong pervasive vampire violence and gore, language and brief sexuality. Salt Lake County: Valley Fair, Sugar neurotic celebrity writer (a woefully miscast Kenneth Bran. agh), Several performers — Judy Davis, Winona Ryder, joe Mantegna and Charlize Theron among them — makea splash, and shootings, and for language. Salt Lake County: Cinema: Smith) who becomesbest friends with a fatherless kid (Jove 1 Mazzello) in ‘60s Maine. Manipulative and phony, the film als stars Ashley Judd and David Straithairn. Rated PG for hi guage, emotional thematic elements and an accident scene Selt Lake County: SandyStarship. Davis County: Ne BLADE +! — Wesley Snipes stars as a fearless vampire again, with a computer-animated tale of an ant colony seeking a reprieve from rapacious grasshoppers. The visual wonders are striking, and the story and characters are funny and engaging RUSH HOUR ** — International actionstar ( right nice guy) Jackie Chan goes Americanwith fast! comic Chris Tucker in a hit and miss kidnap story tha and st neither actor justice. Chan reins in his comic {al pendous martial arts skills to suit a more firearm-y seript; Tucker just comesacross as obnoxious. ({tevi Reel U1 Rated G. Salt Lake County: Crossroads, Villa, Plaza 5400, Ritz 15, Carmike 12, Sand: Reel. W Tinseltown, Reel. Davis County: Layton Hills, Gateway. Utah County: SCERA, Water Gardens. CELEBRITY *% — WoodyAllen, behind the camerathis time.dissects the machinery of hype in this comedy about a PRACTICAL MAGIC 14 — Sandra Bullock and Nic Kidman,assisters raised in a family of witches, « up muchexcitementin this tired supernatural spook-fest. © trary to the ad campaign, the movie's humor and ron quotient are sparse. Rated PG-13 for someviolenc thematic elements andsensuality. Sait Lake County: Cinemas Davis County: Tinseltown. Utah County: Wynnsong RINGMASTERzero stars — fictitious behind-the-se« look at Jerry Springer's talk-show reveals the contempt Sprir er has for his oddball guests —and the hypocrisy ofhis sli American life” pontificating. Rated R forstrong sexual conto and language. Salt Lake County: Cent Towne, Ritz 15, Creekside. Weber County: Tin County: Tinseltown. Utah County: Carillon 4 RONIN sx — Robert De Niro leads a squadof treelane spies on a mysterious mission in France. Theworldly cast cluding Jean Reno and Jonathan Pryce) and the direction of John Frankenheimer combine for asly tion thriller. Rated R for strong violence andsome Salt Lake County: Brewvies (must be 21 or older) ROUNDERS #44 — A former pokersharp (Matt Damion) drawnback into the world of high-stakes card games by h cheating pal (Edward Norton). Director John Dahl (The La Seduction”) soaks in the realistic atmospherics of this s world, butthe story ultimately reverts to clichedbasics, Rated R for pervasive stronglanguage, some sexuality andbrief « use. Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10. THE RUGRATS MOVIE *4 — Nickelodeon's c: toddlers arrive on the big screen, in an adventure that pr the diaper set's view ofthe world. Colorful, cute, and with bouncy songs (by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh), / ted ( Salt Lake County: Trolley Square, Century, Plaza 3400. Cotto wood, Ritz 15, Carmike 12, Sandy 9, Reel. Weber County: It erdale 4, Reel. Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown Ula (ow ty: Wynnsong, Water Gardens. for 17 and up. ty: Tinseltown, Davis County: Trolley North, Layton Hills. Utah County: University Mall, Water Gardens’ Wasatch County: A BUG'S LIFE *#**% — The “Toy Story” wizards do it silly and funny. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content ani dialogue. Salt Lake County: Tower. THE PARENT TRAP 4% — The '61 Disneystory — about separated-at-birth twins (played by Lindsay Lohan) conspi to reunite their divorced parents (Dennis Quaid and Natash Richardson) — still has its charms, thanks to a fine cast and « light touch by husband-and-wife filmmakers Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (“Father of the Bride”). Rated PG forsome mil: mischief. Salt Lake County: Sandy Starship. Davis County Kaysville PLEASANTVILLE #444 — Teen-agers are sucked in! 50s sitcom,introducing newideas that suddenly turn the black and-white characters into color figures. Writer-director Gar Ross (“Daye”) creates beautiful visuals, but his all-purp metaphorfor political upheaval gets alittle heavy-handed. Rat Rated PG-13 for Holocaust-related thematic elements. Salt Lake County: Broadway THE MASK OF ZORRO *%!2 — Antonio Banderas dons the cape and mask of the Mexican hero with dash and sex appeal in this sometimes charming update. Too bad thevillains are so dull. Alsostarring Anthony Hopkins and Catherine ZetaJones. Rated PG-13 for someintense action andviolence. Salt Lake County: Sandy Starship, ValleyFair, Sugar House 10. y : City Square. Davis County: Kaysville. Utah County: Central Square. Provo 8. MEET JOE BLACK *%* — The Angelof Death,in the form of Brad Pitt, samples human existence — befriending a CEO (Authony Hopkins) and falling for the guy's daughter (Claire Forlani). What might have beena sweet romance (a remake of Death Takes a Holiday”) is turned into a three-hour death march bydirector Martin Brest's funereal pacing. Rated PG-13 for an accident scene, some sexuality and brief strong lan guage. Salt Lake County: Broadway, Midvalley, Holladay, South Towne, Century, Ritz 15, Reel. Weber County: Cine. dome, Reel. Davis Couaty: Trolley North, Tinseltown. Utah y: University Mall, Water Gardens, Summit County: Holi day Village MULAN ++ — Disney elegantly and energetically updates an ancient Chinese legend, about a young woman takes herfather's place in battle. Beautifully a yvously entertaining. Rated G iy: Sandy Starship, ValleyFair. Davis County: Kaysville. Utah County: Prove & A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY + — The club-hopping Buabi brothers (from “Saturday Night Live") get their own mov. ie, but forget to put any jokesin il. Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, Janguage and drug content. Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10. Weber County: City Square. Utah County: Central Square, Provo 8 ORGAZMO *** — Adeterminedly crude comedy, about an LDS missionary (played by writer-director ‘Trey Parker) who becomes a porno-movie star. Offensive, to be sure, but also VELVET GOLDMINE #4 — Filmmaker ‘Todd Haynes (Safe,” “Poison” reinvents the '70s “glamrock” era wit!) glorious visual abandon, with a tale of a missing icon Jonathusn Rhys Meyers). Theplot, pinched from “Citizen Kane,” isn't a8 important as the effusive style that celebrates excess in ll forms. Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, languageand drug use. Utah County: Carillon 4. VERY BAD THINGS ## — A bachelor partyends in mur der, and the groom (Jon Favreau) and his pals (including Chris tian Slater and DanielStern) try to keep a lid ontheir crimes Writer-director Peter Berg creates some scathing dialogue and situations, but his increasingly mean tonekills the comedy Cameron Diaz also stars. Rated R forstrong, grisly violence, sexuality, drug use and language. Salt Lake County: Broadway Midvalley, Century, Ritz 15, Creekside, Carmike 12. Weber County: Riverdale 4, Reel. Davis County: Tinseltown. Utoh County: Wynnsong. THE WATERBOY #% — Adata Sandlergoes back into stu pidity, playing a simple-minded waterboy who becomes acol lege-football phenom. Kathy Bates (a long way from “‘Titanie and Henry Winkler (even further away from The Fonz) co-star Rated PG-13 for language andsome crude sexual humor. Salt Lake County: Trolley Corners, Midvalley, Century, Cotton. wood, Carmike 12, Sandy 9, Reel. Weber County: Tinseltow" Reel. Davis County: Layton Hills. Utah County: Wynnsong Water Gardens. Summit County: Holiday Village. Wasateh County:ReelI. WHAT DREAMS MAY COME *** — Robin Williams playsa man whodies, goes to heaven, and then ventures to hell to save his wife (Annabella Sciorra). Director Vincent Ward's visions of the afterlife are vivid, even whenthe storysinks into Sappiness. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving death, somedisturbing images and language. Salt Lake County: Cine: mas 5. Davis County: Tinseltown. THE WIZARD OF OZ *x&** — The 1939 fantasy, of a young gir! (Judy Garland) looking for a way homefrom the wondrous land of Oz, gets the wash-and-brush-up treatment in a new print. Rated G. Davis County: Tinseltown. Utah County {ynnsong. a } s |
