MARCH 7 o HIGH
LANDER -Scan
Connery is the most
recognizable name
(although not the
lead actor) in this in
triguing thriller about a centuries long
battle between ageless grxxl guys and
bad guys that begias in the 16th Century
and culminates in modern day New York
Christopher Lambert, star of Greystoke,
plays the heroic 470 year old young man
MARCH 14 « THE BOY WHO COULD
FLY—A fanciful story about an autistic
child who believes he can fly Of course
no one believes him Until
MARCH 14 o THE HITCHER Rutger
Hauer is the had guy once again in this
thriller about a young man (played by C.
Thomas Howell) who's stalked across the
Southwest by a psychotic, who has cho
sen his victim on a twisted whim
MARCH 21 o CROSSROADS The de
scription for this “serious comedy"
sounds quite simple: A young man,
played by Ralph Macchio, studies classi
cal guitar at Julliard. However, this film is
directed by Walter Hill, and it's never
easy to say exactly what a W'alter Hill mov
ie is about until you actually see it. In this
one. Macchio is searching
for a missing, fabled blues
song by Roix-rt Johnson.
MARCH 21 9 ABSOLUTE
BEGINNERS A big time
musical about the begin
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nings of rock n roll as seen by a British
teenager of 195H It's been directed by
hot music video director Julien Temple
and features the music of Ray Davies, Da
vid Bowie and Sade
MARCH 21 0 THE MONEY PIT Sic
ven Spielberg produced and Richard
Benjamin directed this comedy starring
Tom Hanks and Shelley bong as a yuppie
couple who try to restore a rundown man
sion As anyone who's been through this
experience can tell you, they're in for
deep, deep trouble
MARCH 21 0 POIJCE ACADEMY III
Faster than you can say "I can't believe
they made a second one," here comes the
j
In Lucas, Corey H*m (loft) throw* hjmtoH into high
school sports to win s pretty choortosdor. Chart*
Sheen (mddto) snd Korn Green (nght) co-star
third Mice Academy in which our for
met cadet* return u> their old academy a*
instructors
MAKt.ll 21 o GONG HO Michael Kea
ton stars in director Hon Howard’s latest,
a ripped from the headlines comedy
about a Japanese takeover of a small town
American auto plant
MARCH 21 0 JUST BETWEEN
FRIENDS Mary Tyler Moore plays a
widow who learns she has more In com
mon with her best friend than she
knew namely her late
husband (played by Ted
Danson) in this bitter
sweet comedy Christine
lahli plays the friend, who,
to make matters worse, is
pregnant with the deceased
philanderer's child
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Joe Piscopo (left) and Danny DeVito are faithful Mafia gophers—and lifelong fnends—who are ordered to loH
each other for the amusement of a godfather, in the unusual comedy, Wise Guys.
MARCH 21 « WISE (,CYS talk about
your victims Harry and Mix* (played t>y
Danny Dc Vito and Joe Ptscopo) art- two
lifelong friends who have s|x-nt iht-lr
lives a( (he UHtoni of the Malia "corpo
ral«- ladder " Now lhi-If godfather, look
mg for some amusement, has orik-ml
each nun 10 kill the other The unlikely
director of (Ills i omedy is blood and guts
horror director Brian I h- Palma
LATH MARCH o H IK) PARK Not ev
eryonc hits it lug m Hollywood There's a
much larger group of people who spend
iht-ir days not quite making it, always
hoping lor the lug break lorn It it Ice
{Amadeus) ami Susan Ik-y star in this off
heal story aUmi people on the fringes of
show business m IA
APRIL II 0 CAPTIVE HEARTS Vir
gmiu Madsen stars as a girl from a strut
Catholic girl s school who lias a mind of
her own, and proves il by falling In love
with a Uiy who's in a probation camp
APRIL II e AT CLOSE RANCH Sean
IVnn and ChrLstopher IVnn play lull
brothers and the sons of an outlaw (Chris
topher Walken), who join up with their
low life father to lu-gm a crime spree
across the Pennsylvania countryside
Based upon a real life incident from the
late 70s
A young man (Sean Penn) is tom between a dears
to impress Ins criminal lather, and his doubts about
a Me of crime, m At Ctott Rang*.
Al’KII. II 0 EIGHT Mil.IJON WAYS TO
DIE J«’H Bridges plays a former la >s An
geles nan ulu s detective whose search
for a prostitute's murderer leads to the
uncovering of a massive drug ring Ko
seanna Arr|uette co siars
Al’KII I I o LUCAS A poignant come
dy about a I t year old Ixiy who views the
social and athletic aspects of high school
with gicat distaste, until his unrequited