Show r Movie Quicks The Manchurian Candidate Frank Sinatra stars in this 1962 thriller It was abruptly withdrawn from release 26 years ago when Kennedy was assassinated A good movie with a good plot and fine performances better than most current releases Stand and Deliver 2 1 Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward James Olmos stars as a math teacher intent on inspiring students to succeed Based on a true story Very involving and entertaining with wonderful acting per per- R Return turn to Snowy River 2 1 Tim Burlinson is back Very old fashioned but entertaining if you lik liked df the e original Brian Dennehy replaces c s Kirk Douglas BiT Biloxi xi Blues Matthew Broderick and Christopher in awell made well acted comedy boot about ab camp in the Br Bright r Lights Big City Michael J. J Fox stars in this substance substance sub sub- stan stance e abuse flick based on the novel Kiefer Sutherland Diane Wiest Wi st and ind Jason Robards co The Last Emperor S Bertolucci Bertolucci's Bertolucci's Berto- Berto luccis lucci's s beautifully made film about t Chinas China's recent past is visually stunning stunning stun stun- ning but never takes the viewer 1 i l. l past the and Critters 2 The M Main in Course Terrance Mann returns in this sequel to the 1986 Gremlins rip- rip off J. J W have you seen the critics rave reviews Salsa Boaz Davidson the director misses the beat the music is great but the dancing is only acceptable and Davidson does not capture the choreography Otherwise very much a Saturday Night Fever Latin style A New Life Written directed and starring Alan Alda AIda He and his wife ex-wife Margaret Ann-Margaret get used to life after divorce and the trauma of meeting new people Well written the film falters only when Alda AIda looses his light touch The Nest 2 1 Genetically altered roaches eat everything they come across and mutate into what they eat Ambitious but unrealized effects The Milagro Beanfield War Cl 2 2 1 Robert Redford directs this story of a depressed community community community com com- fighting the big bad land developer Technically flawed the film has one or two charming moments but is only mildly entertaining entertaining entertaining enter enter- and leaves you with nothing i il l Permanent Record Record 2 l A J poignant story story of J of high school youths coming i to terms with a friends friend's suicide suicide- r r He dies long before we can g get t a sense of what's wrong and his friends are in the same boat wondering what what they they might have done to help 2 1 Trapped ghosts try to exterminate their pesky human inhabitants in this strange and funny film by Tim Bur Bur- ton The Seventh Sign A ridiculous story in which Demi Moore saves the world from Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Ar Ar- by loving her child i Sleek effects smear over a dead dead- end premise very contrived and never particularly frightening Colors 2 2 1 Robert Duvall acts circles around Sean Penn in inthis inthis inthis this partner cop story set against the gang violence of Los Angeles Directed ably by Dennis Hopper Above The Law 2 1 Steven stars in a moronic story about how hes he's a better cop because he only breaks the laws he has to Lots of action and violence short on logic intelligence and common sense written Co-written by Casual Sex 2 Cl 2 1 Abstinence would be better Daffy goofy sex-crazed sex girls and sermons on safe sex Blech Cher and Moonstruck 2 1 Nicholas Cage wonderfully romantic and funny I s. s Excellent Good GoodW 7 V W Fair Poor All film ratings by Mike Richan i |