Show 1 9 8 9 The year of f sequels Rich Contributing Writer If you are not a fan of sequels 1989 might be the year to sit home and catch up upon on all II the videos you missed during 1988 because 89 promises promises e a a. f total tal of 14 sequels F r Those 14 films include such l g greats ea s as a a new new Indiana Indiana In In- diana Jones and theLast the Last Last- Crusade Crusade starring co-starring Sean Connery Back to the Future II n and a sure to be loved II After that its it's downhill from there with a second Delta Force Americas America's Red Army a new Amityville if that's possible and Meatballs IV FV does anyone remember the third Other sequels include a Bond a Star Trek The Fly Hy II H The Gods Must Be Crazy H IT Lethal Weapon n IT Karate Kid III in Eddie and the Cruisers II and Class of 1999 a fi sequel to the cult hit Class of 1984 Also in 1989 if you ever enjoyed reading comic books you can relive two of the old superstars on the silver screen Batman and Spiderman will hit the movie screens this summer Batman probably the most publicized out of the two and with a 35 million million million mil mil- lion budget casts Michael Mr Mom Keaton as the Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker Spider Spider- man not so heavily publicized is scheduled for fail tail If you comic book junkies still arent aren't happy dont don't t. t wo worry ry Whisper a female ninja played by Vanity along with Marvel Comics th the will vill also be thereto there to please For the b best st of drama you wont won't have to look far The top billed dramas s include three remakes actually actual actual- ly two remakes and one release re-release including The Lord of the Hies flies the Pit and the Pendulum and Lawrence of Arabia the release re-release of the 1962 blockbuster starring Omar Sharif Alec Guiness Guiness Gui Gui- ness and Anthony Quinn Another top drama for 89 will probably be I Love You To Death a true- true story Fatal Attraction due o out t this summer sure to tobe tobe tobe be a money maker r starring Tracey Ullman Also for Jor lovers of the sleazy Mickey Rourke Wild O Orchid premieres next winter a steamy thriller erotic thriller erotic about fear and excitement Comedy lovers beware Monty Python returns with Erik the Viking about a Viking who decides there must be more to life than rape and pillage Also the zany spoof Martians comes to town this sum sum- mer Sure to be a winner Martians is about five war hungry little green men who inadvertently intercept t the e fiftieth anniversary rebroadcast of Orson Welles' Welles War of the Worlds Next thing you know they are landing in Big Bean Ill ready to join brethren in destroying the earth The last big one is Honey I Shrunk the Kids Rids starring Rick as an absentminded absentminded absentminded ab ab- ab- ab sent-minded sent professor who accidentally shrinks his kids to a inch fourth-inch tall the only thing that makes this one cr credible dible is that Touchstone pictures is in sure charge to be a hit Also Disney will arrive once more with their first fairy tale in close to 30 years when they release The Little Mermaid Also from Disney Peter Pan will be released re-released for all of those who are still a kid at heart By the way watch for this one at Christmas next year next year on the video shelf Although this year packs quite a few blockbusters this year holds its flops also The theme of underwater underwater underwater under under- water monsters seems to reoccur twice in 89 you think they would learn after the ill-fated ill Six with the Abyss and Lords of the Deep Thelast The Thelast Thelast last sure to be flop can be summed up in a name Bo Derek Ghosts Cant Can't Do It planned for this summer summer summer sum sum- mer will be one to steer away from With over movies total this list could go on forever but this should at least show-mark show the best of what's to come |