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Show The Salt LakeTribune THE MOVIE PAGE FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1999 Capsule reviewsby Salt Lake Tribune moviecrit- (Robin Wright Penn) finds love letter on the beach,and tracks ic Sean P. Means, unless otherwise noted. Theater listings include Salt Lake, Utah, D; Weber and Summitcounties. GO «4%! — Three interlocking stories all stemming from an attempted drug deal, with wild consequences. Director Doug Liman (“Swingers”) gives a gritty, cool look to this tightly plot ted script, and the young cast — particularly Sarah Polley and Katie Holmes are outstanding RatedR for strong drugcon tent, sexuality, language and someviolence. Salt Lake C Carmike 12, Century16, Crossroads, Holladay, Pla 15, Sandy 9. Utah County: Wynnsong. Weber County: Cine. dome, Reel. Davis County: Gateway, Layton Hills. NEVER BEEN KISSED *12 — Drew Barrymore plays are. Provo 8. Weber County: City Square. Davis County: Tinseltown R Restricted, under 17 requires PG Ali ages admitted. parental guidance suggested accompanying parentor guardian PG-13 Parents strong} ly cautioned, NO-17 Noone under 17 admitted some material maybe inappropriate for children under 13 related material and some drug content. Salt Lake County BabyGeniuses Sandy9, Trolley Corners. Utah County; Wynnsong Wel County: Reel, Tinseltown. Davis County: Gateway, Layton PG Blast From the Past Cruel Intentions Hills, Summit County; Reel1 TANGO *** — Adirector (Miguel Angel Sola) makes a movie about the tango, and watches hislife and his work fuse on thestudio floor. Spanishdirector Carlos Saura creates d zling spectacle that makes up in visual what it lack PGS R The Deep End ofthe Ocean THE MOD SQUAD x! — The ‘70sTVseries, about three hashedinto a good-looking but empty movie. Claire Danes, OmarEpps and GiovanniRibisi play Julie, Line andPete. Rat ed R for language, violence and some sexuality. Salt Lake County: Midvalley, Redwood Drive In. Utah County: Wynn- song. Weber County: Reel, Tinseltown, Davis County; Tinseltown Lake County: Broadway TWIN DRAGONS (reviewto come) — Dimension/ Miram: recycles this 1992 action comedy, with Jackie Chan as separat ed-at-birth twins — onea concert pianist, the other a Hong R Insomnia IR The King andt Life ls Beautiful Little Voice Davis County: Tinseltown. alival A WALK ON THE MOON *#4 — in the days between Apollo 11 and Woodstock, a New York housewife (Diane Lane) has a sexual awakening thanks to a gorgeous hippie (Viggo Mortensen) — while her daughter (Anna Paquin) hits puberty Director Tony Goldwyn heaps on the Harlequin romanceeli- ches, but Lane and Paquin give strong performances. Rated R for sexuality, language and some aruguse. Salt Lake County: Broadway WINDHORSE *%** — Tibetan siblings — onea drifter. the other a pop singercourted bythe Communists — must wrestle The Other Sister with the troubles of China's occupation. Director Paul Wag. ner’s film is heartfelt and melodramatic. but thefact that he shot footagesecretly in Tibet brings the nation’s problem sharpfocus. In Tibetan and Chinese, with subtitles. Not rated but probably R for scenes ofprison torture. Salt Lake County ‘ower SPECIAL SHOWINGS CANYONLANDS FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL The fifth annual conglomeration of small and unusual films in Moa ghted by a screening of the 1949 filmed-in-Moab West master” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of th Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission. Grand County Slickrock Cinemas(Thursday night) and Grand County High School Auditorium (Apr. 16 and 17), Moab. nings are 7 and 9:15 p.m. each night, with afternoon events on Apr. 1 Tickets are $8 a night in advance, $10at the door. $20 for a ! ¥ 10 Things | Hate About You PGI3 ¥ 388, or Music of Moab, 59 S. Main GABBEH — Avisually striking film fro Iran, about a wom ans life told in the weaveof her carpet. Salt ¢ County: Utal Film & Video Center, 20 S. West Temple in Salt Lake City tonight at 8 (admission is $4, or $3 for film center members THE GENERAL— The true story of Dublin rimelord Mar Tinseltown, Trolley North ORGAZMO *&% — Adeterminedly crude ci ay, about F an LDS mis played bywriter-director whobecomes a porno-movie star. Offensive, to be sure, but also d funny. Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content and rewvies (must be 21 or older.) THE OTHER SISTER ** — A mentally disabled young woman(Juliette Lewis) strikes out on her own, muchto the disapproval of her controlling mother (Diane Keaton). Director y Marshall (“Pretty Woman”) doesn’t let a moment pass without a shouting argument or a melodramatic swellingofthe soundtrack. Rated PG-13 for thematicelements involving sex ted material. Salt Lake County: Midvalley, South Towne Tarantino-esque levels of olence, sex andlanguage: for 17 and up (E y Y Violenceanddisturbi One sex scene, one bar fight; for 13 and up. Violence language, some sex; for 17 andup. bathroom humor; for 8 and up. crude humor, drug references: for 13 and up ibuse, mild sensuality; for 8 and up sexuality, some foul language; for 17 and up put sex and pornography, adults only oftalk aboutsex; for 13 an Sex talk, drug reference Tanguage; for 13 and up Crude humor, lat stions of violence: for 13 and up ly ’ Y eiviy v y avis County: Tinseltown. THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS *#% — Steve Martin and Goldie Hawnnimbly draw laughsin this remakeof Neil Simon's come dy, about a married couple suffering onedisasterafter another on a trip to New York. John Cleese, as a domineering hotel manager, steals several scenes, Rated PG-13 for some sex and drug-related humor. Salt Lake County: Carmi Century 16, Creekside, Crossroads, Plaza 5400, Reel, Ritz Sandy9. Utah County Wyansong WeberCounty: Reel Tinseltown Da vis County: Gateway, Layton Hills. Violence. drugs, kinky se An intense de Die on of the p Violence, gore and uuck) ca PATCH ADAMS ** — Robin Williams’ performance, as a al student whose laughter-as-therapy philosophy bucks the establishment, leavens this soapy comedy-dr TomShadyac("The Nutty Professor") can't bal and serious moments. Rated PG-13 forstrong Jar crudehumor. Salt Lake County: Sandy Mall, Si Valley Fair. Utah County: Provo 8. Davis County: PAYBACK#4! — Mel Gibsontakes his screenpe sona to the dark side, in this thriller about a thief taking rex those whotriedto kill him. Director Brian Helgeland (who co wrote “L.A. Confidential”) sets up a gritty New York mood, but Gibsoneventually caves in to his lovable screenimage. Rated R for strong violence. language, anddrug and sexual content. Salt Malay R G13 ly viv | ly v words and y Death-related themes, a Sexual references | Talk of sex. teen ly v g |¥ [PG v ¥ | vil¢ly Biel? i viv v ly Wing tin Cahill (played spiritedly by Brendan Gleeson tivities, his pugnacious personality and the natic elements, Salt Lal unty: Broadway, Century 5, South Towne. Utah County: Cinedome, Reel. Davis County: Images of the Holocaust; for 13 and up Brief nudity and sex-relat language: for 17 and up ¥ PEAS age, brief teen sensuality andalcohol use, and for OK for all ages. y v v viviy The Outof-Towners Patch Adams Payback The P Ravenous The R Rushm Saving Private Rya Shake n Love She's All That Stepmor Tango The Thin Red True Crime Twin Dragons Varsity Blues Waking NedDevine A Walk on the Moo The Waterboy pass, available at the film commission, 50 £ Tv v R inspiraational true life story abovethe normal cliches. Rated PG iolence; adults only viviyv [Rr Y PGA ¥ RK |¥ y legacy of their parents, Winning performancesby Jake Gyllen al, Chris Cooper ("LoneStar”) and Laura Dernpropel t Cutthroat violence, and somesex; for 17 andup ld nudity, some language; for 13 and up Sexuality, violence, drug content, language: for 17 and up Sexual material, m h druguseandprofanity adults only sly murder images, plus some sexuality; for 17 and up PGI 7 r ci ly fv iv The Matrix Messagein a Bottle The Mod Squad MyFavorite Martian Never Been Kissed October Sky Office Space Orgazmo Weber County: Riverdale 4 Davis Coney: Tinseltown. OCTOBER SKY **x* Inthedays after Sputnik, four teens dream ing rockets andescaping thecoal-mining ng, Sexuality) for 18 andwp | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) Utah County Olympts and up jor, OKfo for 13 andup. ¥ ftv tv G MY FAVORITE MARTIAN 4% — formulaic rec the "60s sitcom, about aspacetraveler (Christopher Lloyd) and ort (Jeff Daniels). Overblown special effects and dumbed-down characters, but a nice cameo from Uncle Martin, ang Wi ston. Rated PG for same for for 13 up. for 17 and up | viv Roane lewallie R vi[vi[y [reas |v [ov | R ¢lviy Hurlyburly Kong street tough. Rated PG-13 for someshootings, nonstop martial-artsaction violence, and sensuality. Salt Lake County: Century 16, Creekside, Crossroads, Midvalley, Ritz 15, South Towne. Utah County: Carillon 4. Weber County: Tinsel town1. Diaper jok and oth rude be [ ¥ |v aivi[y | Doug's 1st Movie EDtv 8mm Elizabeth Forcesof Nature Go character development. In Spanish withsubtitles. RatedPG. forsensuality, somedisturbing images andbrieflanguage. Salt |v v You've Got Mail Realistic imag | Martial-aris viol Porky's'like at A nude old Strong Lake County: Riverdale 4 y Redwood Drive In. punted wi 1 Mild langu Cinemas 5, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT *&% — The life fe for s. Va ffer and and up Square Weber County: City Square. Davis County: RUSHMORE +4! An overachieving but scholast tempting to regain custody ofhis son, afte BABY GENIUSES * (Kathleen Turner asthe vil chol as the heroes) t in th tough delight: tupid grown-up and Peter MacN Rated PG f dialogue Salt Lake County: wme rude behavior Cottonwood, Midvalley. Ritz Weber County: f (F asviviviv Doug's 1st Movie veoevg EDtv BeBe | Forces of Nature vevvy | Kingand! vve@eeay | || TheMatrix (‘The Mod Squad(Fi ee Y ee ves ee@erve jeer | Out-Of-Towners (F 10 Things | Hate... (F | True Crime er 200 Cigarettes vrpvve and eavaevdge Seve vVvae < midnight NOW SHOWING ANALYZE THIS #* A mob bo: psychiatrist (Billy Crystal) to overcom to-swallow comedy. Crystal is sendinguphis screenpersona. scene andsomeviolence. Salt Lake ( ounty ry 16, Holladay, Plaza 5400, Red 9, Trolley Square Utah County Tinseltown. Davis County jateway. Layto vYveusry The Deep End... to a Manhattan prep school, Fraser is rescue a missing soldier just after the Hanks, Edward Burns (“The and Tom Si re (“The Relic") lead asti st. Rated R for intense prolonged realistically gray s of war violence, andfor language. Salt Lake County Carmike 12. Davis County: Tinseltown. Ww movie critics from apers across tate the recent v * 6 v v SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE ##** — DidWilliam Shake peare have writer's block while creating “Romeo & Juliet’ at's: the eit of director John Madden("Mrs Brown”) in this Mighty and hilarious fare . plays the Bard, and Gwyneth Paltrow is luminous as his par ur and muse. Geoffre Rush, Ben Affleck and Judi Den¢h enElizabeth) also s Rated R for sexuality. Salt Lake CINEMA County; Br Century County: Carillon 4, Olym “hihi hatha | J in rog h Patrick Verona mart teen comedy. Rated PG-13 for Jogue. alcohol and drug-relat with related sttuations. and 8MM #* i chi Century 16, 11 Redwood Drive In. Reel, Ritz 15. Sandy 9 ners. Utah County: University Mall Weber Count Davis County: Layton Hil North Summit Coun ; , as i r P t i Australian Cate Blanchett fe into the 1 a detective ating a Joel Schumacher tman the quality anima has all th ‘eat mm (i + Salt Lake Count uth wers have Re d com Vine 18 Hero f Towne. Utah County Ws nnsong Weber County Tin Davis County: Gateway, Tins town t d LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL eee f ELIZABETH ### Luet { film. ut gripping wed by Vinee Hor ng perverse sexuality and violence Salt Lake County: Sugar House 10, Valle K Utah County: E Cage plays a k arab partial nudity and crud: guage Salt Lake County: Carmike " h (“Oscar & stuffy iconography af Queen tor Shekhar Kap dit Queen’ ust-paced intrigue. Geoffrey Rush " f Salt Lake County: Bre FORCES OF NATURE Lake County Br wne. Utah( town. Davis County LITTLE VOICE #* t t verblownromantic comedy. Rat. d PG: ality, language anda scene of druguse Salt Lake County: Carmike 12, Century ay, Plaza 5400 Redw ve In, Reel, Rite 15, South Towne, Trol ey Squar Weber County: Reel, Tinseltown. Da ttown. Summit County; Holiday 4 Marilyn Mons Utah County lon 4. Weber Coun dr pervasive Salt Lake County EBONNLA wees Unrated alt Lake County: iE KING AND! qd Hamm pulive charscter 2 and results port f sex a lacks the plearr f th A low-budtet Reviewedby Vinee Horiuehi trong violence. pervasive language sexuality and drag content, Sat Labe Cousty: Broadens THE MATRIX Keanu Reeves is the key between ality anda computer-generated fiction in nid: twisting 1 Laurence Fishburne also stars in a movie over pectacular visual effects. Rated R for science and br Salt Lake County n Ht Tower ty: Trol ey Tinsel Plaza 5400, 6 Salt Lake County: Century 16 Redwood Drive In, Ritz 15, South Square. Utah County: Wynnsong. Weber Coun Davis County: Gateway, Tinseltown THE THIN RED LINE #414 Terrence Malick returns er a rambling, poetic adactationof el set during the battle of Guadalcanal k and the pacing sometimes slow in its me, Malick’s hellish images of war and en, Nick Nolte and Elias Koteas par for lerpiece. Rated R for realistic d language+ Salt Lake County Sugar House10. _TAUE CRIME * Clint Eastwoodplays @ hard-bitten n r reporter bent ontrying to save a man on Death Row ndold-fashioned, but the performances aretop-notch. ding Eastwood's as the womanizing, alcoholic writer look for redemption. (Reviewed by Vinee Horluehi.) Rated R for language and someviolence. Salt Lake County: Midvalley, Red wood Drive In, Davis County: Tinseltown, WAKING NED DEVINE #14 — Two elderly Irishmen (lan if discover their dead pal held a winning pnive to cashit. This winsomecomedy but gets too precious for its own PG language and thematic cle f Salt Lake (Ceounty ‘ieeetes (must be 21 or older.) nd need money fast ure upa planto ripoff s 16, Midvalley, South Towne. Utah Weber County: Reel, Tinseltown. 10 THINGS| HATE ABOUT YOU sas — (Reviewed y of the Shrew” is transplanted tc with the male-bashing Kat Stratford a J charming Michelle ( d Ryan Phillippe) ph fa virginal ¢danuale Reese Witherspoor trash wallow and sexual situations involving ug use Salt Lake County: Creekside. ¥ 5. Weber County: Ri rive Ir Davis County Tinselt THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN ##* A mother (M chelle Pfeiffer) goes through agony and anger when he ‘ old son disappears. Director Ulu Grosbard ("Georgia") crafts a sensitive, solid tear-jerker about family trout tionaltoll. Treat Williams and Whoopi Goldt fa ed PG-13 for language and thematic elements. Salt Lake Coun ty: Carmike 12, Midvalley. Utah County: Olympus. Weber County: Tinseltown DOUG'S 1st MOVIE ##'4 — Saturday mornings’ favorite 12-year-old makes his big-screen debut. Doug's imagination and pals are entertaining even (hough the animationis a little unrefined for 4 feature film (Reviewed by Debbie Hummel Rated G Salt Lake County: Plaza 5400, Rits 15, South Towne Trolley Square, Villa. Utah County: SCERA. Weber County Tinseltown. Davis County: Gateway. Tinseltown EDtv ##* Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey easy-going video clerk whose life is turned upside downwh he becomes the subject of a live 24-hour cable show. f take on TV.mania from someone who knows a lot aboutit Uttle Opie, Ron Howard. (Reviewed Vinee Hortuehi.)R sdvalley. brings the horrors of combat to life in this hard-hitting tale of @ ABomb rthina fall life in modern Los Angeles co-starAlicia Silverstone and director Hugh Wil et Wives’ Club”) give him nothing to work with. Rated PG-13 f brief language, sex dr rences. Salt Lake County Sugar House alley Fair. Utah County; Cent Provo 8, University Mall. Weber County: City Square Davis County: Tinseltown CRUEL INTENTIONS ##* Pon ¥ So-so vy v w South Towne. Utah ( ae y dale 4. Davis County: Tinse BLAST FROM THE ayy ”* man whohas lived v = < Analyze This (A: about a prisoner seeking dignity within the walls of the penitentiary. Rated RK Utah County: Provo 8, tonight and Saturday at ‘ed R for languageandbrief nudity Salt Lake County: Broadway, Redwood Drivefn, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN #&*% — Steven Spielberg * Outstanding THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION — Tim Robbins and Morgan Freemanstar in this 1994 drama @ Worthy Effort 30 p.m 0 <«%@ to 7:30 p.m. (tickets ar @«mnp<«<@Q@nu<«e «Qn < with social hour from6:30 y ies with a fycoon s of a charming teacher (Olivia in and co-writer Owen Wilson original comedy of misguided ambi- Donovanpl: wife of child abuse. Screenings of this 19! ‘Lesbian-Straight Education Network al Brewvies (must be 21 older), Sunday at 4:30 and 7 isre s the bar for Ka (admissionis $5) M: of Moses nes, Sandra Bullock, Michelle d the voice cast. Rated PG for intense depiction of thematic elements, Salt Lake County: Sandy Mall, Sugar House 10, Valley Fair. Utah County: Central violence and pervasivelanguage. Summit County: Park City Library Cen Park City, tonight and Satur HOLLOW REED Weber County but still rego- for 13 and PG y unty: Central Square, street-savvyyoungsters who become undercover cops,is re- ist children, parents and others in choosinga film, The Tribune presents this list offilms Violence, N=Nudity, S=Sex, L=Language rual content and profanity. Key: V vous Comment Analyze This R y v Mobster violence and dialogue, one scene; for 17 Carmike 12, Century16, Cottonwood, Midvalley, Reel. R ployedby thepolice to stop him. RatedR G All ages admitted Sugar House10, Valle To ass violence, porter going undercoverinto a highschool, and reliving her in this three-hankie weeper, which The Motion Picture Association of America ratings are: is slow-moving but beautifu a sceneofsexuality. S PARENTS’ GUIDE TO MOVIES worst memories of geekdom. The movie relives the worst about high-school cliches in dreary fashion. Rated PG-13 for sex Center, (435) 9-405 Paul Newman ¢ The Tribune's Ratings Key: * %w DON'T Miss *&**& Goop kK QUESTIONABLE %& DON’T BOTHER NEW MOVIES three-evening s origin to a boatbuilder (Kevin Costner)with tortured memo. THE RATINGS Plaza 5400. Redwood Dri Reel Hit mers Utah County: Wynnsang Weber County: Tinselt wn Davis County; Layton Hil North. Summit County day Village MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE eo" A newspaper researcher WING COMMANDER * A boring film version based on thepopu series with heroes Christopher Blair and Todd “Maniac” Marshall (Matthew ard) sav the world and frustrating their Wing Commant! er (Saffron B Reviewed by Debbie Hummel) Rated PG-13 for sexua reference and sci-fi action/violence Salt Lake County 5 Utah County: Wynnsong Weber County: Tinseltown YOU'VE GOT MAIL ###\s A children’s-bookstore own Meg Ryan) and a bookstore-chain operator (Tom Hank come bitter business rivals while unknowingly maintain ing @ rons il. Director Nora Ephron reunites ber Sleepless aeot & sweet and surprisingly liter ate roman ers words like bouquets Rated PG f "Salt Lake ( ty: Sandy Mall, Sugar House Ka r ’ Utah County: Prove ‘ Davis County |