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Show .lav 16, 1995 The Dixie Sun rage 5 Accent Editor: Christian Hoopes lawaiian luau hosted in Gardner Ballroom NATALIE MECHAM :Y E SUN DIXIE The a the Polynesian Club will Hawaiian luau Saturday Gardner Center jllroom. The night will be a unique 'portunity for people who in experiencing e interested Hawaiian luau a authentic Dinner, which also features ,e entertainment, will be erred from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 m. p.m. to midnight, dance will be From 9:30 reggae fea-ire- d. As part of the evening's tertainment, dances intrinsic Fiji, Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, ihiti, and New Zealand will ; performed. The dinner will feature such Ties as teriyaki chicken, iluha pig, pineapple ham, ,im fried rice, salads, coconut ml, and a tasty tropical success. The club members and Makaui have spent a large amount of time to insure that the luau will be entertaining for everyone who chooses to attend. Tickets may be purchased at the Gardner Center information desk prior to the evening of the luau for S8. If purchased at the door, tickets are $9. The reggae dance tickets are $2, and must be purchased separately. Luau tickets may also be purchased with a meal card. SUN attack of the poor quality of recent ms has resulted in the extinc-- n of everywhere. 1993 was a fantastic film ar. Such pictures as Jurassic A, The Finn and The Fugitive, ere enjoying a booming at the x office. On the critical front, Tel and Ebert were having a tficult time narrowing down films, out of the 20 plus .serving films, for their "Best" The film-goe- rs t. forward to 1995. The financially successful film the year. While You Were 'tying, opened at $9.3 million, 3 million less than the $47 llion Jurassic Park pulled in Fast ost weekend. America: going the movies has become a etty low priority with us. This shift in attitude can be Tibuted to any one of a cou-- T it's opening Let's face it, items. First, the big names of the tsiness, (Tom Cruise, Tom tiise and Tom Cruise,) have ne into hibernation. When people make a movie, ople know about it. If these se the nonAn enthusiastic Pulotu. "For $8, the luau is well worth it," Pulotu said. The members of the Polynesian Club expect the evening to be a resounding Polynesian Club and fa Makaui, former ASDC esident, put in a lot of long 'urs to make this luau one to member. ArjD "Our expectation is to promote a fund for students that can't aflord to buy books," says Nev Pulotu , president of Dixie College's Polynesian Club. "We want to open up the Polynesian Club for everyone to join and learn about our culture. Some people aren't very familiar with it," said an 'ink. The Anns Summer movies 50 ft. people don't make a movie, we forget that movies even exist. Second, we're just not interested. We want movies that are unlike "everything else," and recent films just aren't falling into that category. Third, going to movies on a date is considered a "creativity cop-ounowadays. Who wants to just sit in a boring movie theater, right? Fourth, 1994 films were letdowns, creatively speaking. The only films that were financial successes had built-i- n audi- Roger Rabbit In Review Christian Hoopes t" ences. This year, however, the pat- tern may be changing. 1995 films are being injected with a healthy dose of the creat vely unusual, which is exactly what films today need. Meanwhile, summer is upon us and Hollywood is gearing up for the real films. 1995 is going to see a surprisAce ing amount of sequels. NEWS SERVICES Lisa Beatty (left) as Raina and Ginger Pickell (right) as her mother approach the mysterious chocolate-creasoldier played by Rob Ruch in the Dixie College Theatre production of Arms and the Man. The play runs at the Graff Fine Arts Mainstage Theatre Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with a matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. Ventura Goes to Africa, Free Willy 2, and Goldenexe, a new James Bond film, are a few. May 19 will bring Die Hard With a Vengeance, which, with Batman Forever, is one of the hottest anticipated sequels of the year. I expect Vengeance will do as well as its predecessors. The Die Hard films have a built-i- n audience, and the return of John McTieman, director of The Hunt for Red October and the original Die Hard, should insure a hit. FX-feMay 26 will bring the Casper into theaters. Produced by Steven Speilberg, Casper intertwines with animation, a la 1989's Who Framed g st live-acti- Oscar-winnin- ? can hear I've got a golden ticket already. Speilberg's involvement is priceless. Furthermore, Casper' s special effects were done by Industrial Light and Magic, the company responsible for the special effects seen in Interview Willi the Vampire and Jurassic Park. In fact, it's likely Casper will give Pocahontas, Disney's next animated feature, a run for its money, despite Disney marketing and merchandising being second to none. Batman Forever lands in theaters June 16, and is expected to be the most financially successful film of the year. It also doesn't hurt that Jim Carrey is the riddler to Val Kilmer's (The Doors, Tombstone) Batman. Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park and Disclosure, will see his 1980 novel, Congo, brought to the screen. Crichton novels don't always make good films, (Rising Sun), however, and Congo doesn't have any big r, names in it. expect Congo will be an hit, topping out at $60 million. It's likely Congo's main audience will be fans of the novel. Also landing in theaters this Summer is the Ron loward (Opie) directed Tom lanks vehicle Apollo 13, which is based on an actual mishap that jeopardized the crew of the Apollo 13 sh ulllecraft. Expect long lines on this one. The film am most excited about, however, is the Kevin Costner (Kevin who?) vehicle Waterworld. With a budget Premiere magazine estimates to be approaching an unheard of $180 million dollars, the chances of the film breaking even, much less making a profit, are wonderfully slim. Just think, when, (hopefully,) Waterworld bombs, we will never have to see Kevin Costnei I Oulbreak-so- d again! Maybe 1995 isn't such year for movies after all. a Christian Hoopes is accent tor of the Dixie Sun. bad edi- |