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Show Page F-2 Ghe Salt LakeTribune THE MOVIE PAGE FRIDAY, DECE MBER 25,1998 TheTribune'sRatings Key: kkk kak tk x The MotionPicture Association of America ratings are: G All ages admitted PG All ages sated parental DON'T MISS GOOD QUESTIONABLE guidance suggestet PG-13 Parents ror cautioned, DON’T BOTHER some material may R Restricted, under 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian NG-17 No one under 17 admitted inappropriate for Shicren under 13. PARENTS’ GUIDE MOVIES Toassist children, parents andothers in choosing a film, The Tribune Bresents this list of films for violence, sexual content and profanity, Key: V Violence, N=Nudity, S~Sex, L Language. Antz Babe: Pig in the City VN Ly iy PG Blade y | ik A Bug's Life G Celebrity R SL Comment |_¥ | Aminsect battle too rough fortoddlers; OK for 5 and up. Some perilous moments may scare children under 5 “ly { Graphic vampire violence, brief sexuality for 17 [| | | ¥_| | ¥ | | # y Down in the Delta up Somme seary-tooking grasshoppers, but otherwise OK forall ages Sex, languageand some drug use. for 17 and up Some drug references, for 13 and up cutthroat violence, some sex; for 17 and up Elizabeth R Enemyof theState [k lv [_7 Violenceand somelanguage: for 17 and up. EverAfter PG. y | One bit of strong language, some mildviolence: for 19 TheFaculty ¢ ¥ |_| v Horror violence and gore, some nudity. for 17 and up Gods and Monsters | J JJ Sexual situations and some nudity: for 17 and up Home Fries } v{ [7] Some violence andsexual dialogue, for 13 an Still Know What You Did Last Summer! v ¥_| Lots of horror violence an i Be Home For Christmas PG [| Some rude humor and Jack Frost [Pe v [Tv] Acar eras, some crude jokes; for 8 and up Life Is Beautiful PG vt | Images of the Holocaust, for 19 and uy Living Out Loud TR [Lv |v | | Some sexuality and language: for 17 and up. Meet Joe Black [Peet vv 7 |v Some sexuality a for 13 and up MightyJoe Young PG v| lv A Nightat the Roxbury [ PG.13 Orgazmo NCAT v |v |v |v _| Graphic dialogue about Tv v_| crude tu Patch Adams et y lan McKellen, left, Brendan Fraser in “Gods and Monsters,” about famous 1930s horrorfilm director James Whale. Capsulereviews by Salt Lake Tribune moviecrit ean P. Means, unless otherwise noted. Theater ings include Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber and Summit counties. NEW MOVIES Pi iy [lv v R Ploasantville DOWNIN THE DELTA ** — Alfre Woodardplays a wom aanwholeaves Chicago to rediscover herfamily roots in Mississippi. Poet Maya Angelou’s directorial debutis a well-intended but obvious drama that preaches aboutthe dangers of crime drugs andurban woes. Rated PG-1 for drug-related material. Salt Lake County: Trolley Square Practical Magic ThePrinceof Egypt [Pc Psycho THE FACULTY(review to come) — High school students discover their teachers re:eally are from outer space, in this v R Ronin The Rugrats Movie R [¢ Shakespearein Love The Siege R Star Trek: Insurrection PG Stepmom re There's Something About Mary Urban Legend R - [R The Waterboy PG 13 WhatDreams May Come [Pe You've Got Mail | Pc The Wizard of Oz | [vlv ‘ sexual e language, for 1 ted; adults onl nd v_| Horror and gore, plus some cleavage: for 17 and up ¥ Football violence, crude sexual humor; for 13 and up ¥_| y | Kidman, as sisters raisedin a family of witches, can't conju: chexcitementin this tired supernatural spook-fest. Cor ary to the ad campaign, the movie's humor and romanti quotient are sparse. Rated PG-13 for someviolence, in thematic elements County Mall, Sugar House Square, Provo 8. Weber County ‘ity Square. Davis County Kaysville THE PRINCE OF EGYPT *x% — Thelife of Moses is r ted with visual splendor in a film that raises the bar { animated wonders. The story is oversimplified, but stil] ress nates, Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Miche! Pfeiffer andJeff Goldblum leadthe voice cast. Rated PG intense depiction of thematic elements. Salt Lake Cour ke Century 16, Cottonwood, Midvalley, Reel, Ritz Sand Trolley Corners Utah County: Water Garden, Wyn Weber County: Reel, Tinseltown. Davis County: Gatewa LaytonHills PSYCHO #& — Gus Van Sant’s scene-for-scenerema Hitchcock's classic is so doggedly faithful that it makes wonder why hebothered. Vince Vaughn is anoverly rot) NormanBates, but Anne Hecheis sassyin the Janet Leighrc I ‘Anintense depictionofthe pl Ty v lv lvly lv | v7 Phaser fire and som | Deatheret ¥_ | ¥_| Gross-out humor, m viv vi | G Robin Williams as a medical student who bucks the establishmentwith a prescription for laughter in “Patch Adams.” |_| v7 _| Disturbing images a [v7 J Sugeestions of sex. mild violence; for 1 ¥_| ¥_| Violence, sexuality and supernatural s y wiv viv v | 2 Rush Hour ‘odriguez ("From DuskTill Dawn and written by KevinWilliamson("Scream"), RatedRfor vio lence/gore, strong language, drug use and some nudity. Salt Lake County: Carmike 12, Century 16, Holladay, Midvalley Sandy9, Trolley Corners. Utah County: Carillon 4, Wynnsong Weber County; Cinedome. Davis County; Tinseltown, Trolley North, GODS AND MONSTERS **#!2 — lan McKellen gi soulful, sympathetic performance °30s director Jam Whale (“Frankenstein” and "Bride of Frankenstein’), reflect. ing onhis Hollywoodglory and his outsider status as an open homosexual. BrendanFraser also stars in this smartlypoignant biography from writer-director Bill Condon. Not rated. but probably R for nudity andsexual situations. Salt LakeCounty Tower MIGHTY JOE youNe + 5-foot eee smartest thing going 49 RKO rehash of “King Rated I Hanguage, Salt Lake 1 Pla Ritz Sout Utah County: SCERA. Weber County Rivenlale4 Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown PATCH ADAMS ** — medical stu I the establi Shad rious momen 1 humor. Salt Lake County: Centu pssrod day, Midvalley, South Towne. Utah County: Water Garden. Wynnsong. Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County: Layton Hills, Tinseltown, Trolley North ane Se ie IN LOVE sxx Did William Shake have writer while creating “Romeo & Juliet levr conceit of director John Madden (°Mr thi hilarious farce. Joseph Fy rd. th Paltrow is luminous as his BenAffleck and Judi De ted Rfor sexuality. Salt Lake County: Broadway. Century 16, South Towne STEPMOM — Children of divorce become the paw between t ther (Susan Sarandon) andtheir dad's new ts) in this BGare m direc PG-13 gua, tic elements. Salt ake County: Broa ag South Towne. Utah County: Water Gar den Weber County: Tinseltown. Davis County Gatewal ton Hills. Summit County: Holiday Villa; and up ¢_| Adultthemes Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen and William H. Macy a star. Rated R for violence and sexuality/nudity. Salt La County; Carmike Yinemas 5. Weber County: Tinseltow and disturbing images of hell for 14 and | Cimon, you know this movie — wonderful for ail ages [7 | Mitd tanguage andinnuendo; for 8 up. Davis County: Tinseltown RONIN *&%* — Robert DeNiro lead: direction tionthriller. John Frankenheimer combinefor asly, sm Rated for strong violence andsomelai Lake County; Sugar House10, Valley air Sa eanenele es. rl. w& Ie Sz sie: Sz 58 = selec 3 5k | FS %& Outstanding : & Babe: Pig inthe City Vv So-so GABomb Tees TAR VEAES Fan = A Simple Plan Star Trek United States rate rece ras wk You've Got Mail (PG as a VY@EeeyY [CINEMA i are Y¥i\ i j | = nihHART Yes into fast-pa ie toph lence and si ality Davis County: this lovin al com nguage- Summit County: Park City Libr k Ave. Park ht and Saturday at Rfor T nENEMY OF THE STATE #4 eo ping J LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL +a i pours his heart and sou vi rced off their planet. rousing that will have the “Trek” iy Utah County i pervasive ge and brief sexuality. Salt Lake County: Vs again. with a compu a i a tween drama ake County: Carmike 1 ated Salt Lake County Plaza 400, Reel, Ritz 15, Si 9, Vil a, Utah County: SCERA Water Garden. Weber County Reel Tinseltown. Davis County Gateway Layton Hills. oe ik — Woody Allen. bet time, dis: machinery of hype in th ne en ariter a woefully mi Kenne a ers — Judy Davis, Winona Ryder. Joe Mantegna s and CharatliiozensTheron among them — make but Allen' ,observ about fame aren't too fresh for language sex and some ise. Salt Lake County vies. ELIZABETH *#* — Australian Cate Blanchett ("Oscar & Lucinda”) breathes life into the stuffy iconography of Que ElizabethI, as director Shekhar Kapur (“Bandit Queen”) turns p |Rate LakeCounty: Bro punky and fi a K are pdate on study nentar Rated for inten: and some drug u: Cottonwood, Mi We r County rad Pitt, sample Riverae i The xistence falling for th have leapt ee guy's da ghter (Claire remake ef s turned ints a three-hour de; Martiinn Brest's Pasecent pes ing Rated PG. 3 for anaccident scene, some sexuality and brief strong lan gu County: Cinemas 5, South Towne. Utah Coun. ty: Olympus, University Mall. Davis County: Tinseltown A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY * — Theclub-hopping Bu tabi brothers (from “Saturday Night Live”) get their own mo’ ie, but forg jel to put any jokes in it. Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, tanguage and drug content. Salt Lake County House 10, Valley Fait Utah County: Provo 8 dly crude comedy, about an LDS missionary (played by writer-director Trey Park who becomes a porno-movie star. Offensive, to be sure, but also silly and -17 for explicit sexual content and dialogue. Salt ee Tower. erh ad for computer geeks, this i Pair Utah County: Central S 16, id sexuality MEET JOE BLACK ** Anthony Hopkins) and Forlani ha ORGAZMO #e* — A detern LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS *% — J Thomas plays a intrekking his wa s Ame get home for ( tf Disney's seasonal ¢ tferin ise tertain. ingfor kids but nota total bore for th ( iewedby Michael Westley.) Rated PGfor Century Queen Latifah alse and rong Davis County: Tinselt pSTi KNOW WHAT YOU DID Las SUMMER #! turns. ow What Y of the origina his cloying holiday tale sin the formof a snown Cross). A sap crude dialogue. Rated Gf Aron y. Rated for language an e disturbingima; Salt Lake County: Brewvies (must be 21 or older _PLEASANTVILLE ##14 — agers are sucked into a anipulative and . Salt Lake County 15, South Towne, uuddenly turn the black Gary als. but his all-purpose Trolley Square Utah County: Un Mall, WaterG: Weber County: Tinse own. Davis Cay Tinseltown North. pt. Picard (P: Century 16, Creekst! Trolley Corners. Utah Cow as ula lle ABOUT MARY «e414 —A\ lori I woman(Cameron Diaz) he has pit since a disastrous promdate. Writ directors Peter and Bobby Far el y spare no sacred cows in wously sick and downright funny comedy. Rated Rf m exual content and language. Salt Lake Count LIVING OUT LOUD #* Barrym Rated PG-13 ( adventure, and funni faithful cheering. Kat ty; Water sarden, Wynnsong. Webe + County: Tinseltown. Dy vis County: Gateway Layton Hills Summit County: Holi¢ anguage. Salt Lake County: Sandy Mall,Sugar House 10, Vat ley Fair. Utah County: Provo Davis County: Kaysville HOME FRIES #1 nice-guy lug (Luke Wilson) implicat ed inhis stepfather’s death gets friendly with the burger-joint waitress who stepdaddy knocked up. What aim 7 Fargo’-likecomedyis t inted and too timid to register any laughs, Rated PG-13 for thematic ts some sexual humor. Utah County: Carillon 4 “Toy Story eke tale of an ant The v ing, and ew Her t A BUG’S LIFE #*** — The thistle high-tech Provo 8. We he fiction action violence, mild languageands¢ Italian omic Re entle comic f and y Lake County: ( Weber Cougty: Ti Da NOW SHOWING nemas Central Square, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION &&* in Rated PG for 1 F County: Ci Utah County Provo 8 Weber County: Cit Square. Davis County ville BABE ae IN THE CITY * Utah County; k Stewart) goes to bat for a peace-loving SPECIAL § SHOWINGS ant (well voiced by W einlife VValley Fair. County: City Square. Davis County: Kaysville THE SIEGE #4 — Indirector EdwardZwick’s civics} thriller, terrorists strike New York, but the real pat tarts whenthe Army takes control of Brooklyn and het \rab-Americans into internment camps. Denzel Washingt Annette Bening and Bruce Willis star. Rated R for violew d brief nudity. Salt Lake County: Brewvies (must House10, Valley Fair. Utah County: Pro Davis ( ounty Tinseltown i THE IMPOSTORS ANTZ 4% —A wor f there isn funn: f ng Tor older), Cinemas 5, Sandy Mall, ugar Hi | avV@muvy viviy) Waking NedDevine actor justice. ( dows martial arts skills to suit a more firearm abe r hinemaior Seepuva vou es) ial viviv @yv kk a* a Sty) Prince of Egypt Psycho (R ! BM WorthyEffort z~e Celebrity Elizabeth Enemyofthe State Jack Frost Salt THE RUGRATS MOVIE *&!2 — Nickelodeon's cart toddlers arrive on the big screen. in an adventure the diaper set's view of the world. Colorful, cut with bouncy songs (by Devo's Mark Mothersb: County: Carmike 12, Century 16, Cotton i 9. Utah County: Wynnsong. Weber ( ty: Riverdale 4. Dayis County: Tinseltown RUSH HOUR #* —Internation | ev kk ak @eSupnpadg mB Bw ve BV ee vom Y) eY Bek * * a) evvevas Vv, B vy ey @e@vrvrveé A Bug's Life squadof fr ‘pies On a mysterious mission in France. The worldly cas cluding Jean and Jonathan Pryce) and the sure-han PRACTICAL MAGIC #14 — Salen Bullock and Nicole al URBAN LEGEND & sorry "Scream rial killer emulating famous “urban myths ant. Rated R for horrar violence a content. Salt Lake County; Sugar House10, Valley F h County: Central Square, Provo 8 Weber County: Gi im Sandler goes backinto st ty. playing a simple-minded waterboy who becomes a Cv foottall phenom Kathy Bates(a long way from ‘“Titanik inkler (even further away from TheFonz) co-sfi PG a3 for language andsome crude sexual humor. Sal t ake County: Carmike 12, Century 16, Cottonwood, Midvalh Sandy 9. Utah County ‘ong. Weber County: Tinseltow Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown . WHAT DREAMS MAY COME *«* — Robin William plays a man who dies, goes to heaven, and thenventures to He wife (Annabella Sciorra). Director Vincent Ward he ene revivid, evenwhenthe story sinks int id PG-13 forthematicelementsinvolvingde ‘ toytoga andlanguage. Salt Lake County: Sug: 10. Utah County: Provo8 THE WIZARD OF 02 «exe — The 1939 fantasy, of younggirl (Judy Garland) looking for a way home fram the wondrous land of Oz, gets the wash ae brush-up treatmentin @ new print, Rated G. Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10 YOU'VE GOT MAIL ###15— A eer s-bookstore own: er (Meg Ryan) and a bookstore-chain operator (Tom Hanks becomebitter business rivals — while unknowingly maintain ing @ romance via e-mail. Director Nora Ephron reunites her “Sleepless in Seattle” cuties for a sweetand surprisinglyliter ‘omantic comedy that delivers wordslike bouquets Rated for some language. Salt Lake County: Broadway, Carmik 12, Century 16, Holladay, Plaza 5400, Ritz 15, Sandy 9. Utal County: Water Garden, Wynnsong. Weber County: Tinseltown DaweCounty: Gateway, Layton Hills. Summit County: Holiday i |
