.Entertainment
Film nuggets hide amidst video store waste
By Ken Nolan
Emerald Contributor
Following is a four-star movie
rating system:
* * * * — Excellent
* * * Good
* * Fair
* — Poor
The video store can offer a
night of entertainment or a
.Movies on Video.
night of torture depending
on the movie selected for view
ing Here is a list of some of
this month's new releases on
video some to rent and some
to avoid.
Monkey Shines * * *
This highly suspenseful and
original thriller about the psy
chological relationship be
tween a quadriplegic man and
his servant monkey is pure en
tertainment from start to finish.
Although some of the punch of
the film mav be diminished on
a small screen, this overlooked
horror sleeper will provide ac
tion. ( hills, and fun long after
Rewards abound for informed renters
the "eject" button is pressed.
Colors * * * A film
about gang warfare in I. A .
"Colors" is gritty, taut, and ex
plosive Although flawed in
that it is basic ally a rehash of
every young-cop. old-cop film
ever made, it rises above medi
ocrity due mostly to the iron
grip director Dennis Hopper
holds on the pace of the movie
The film also has terrific per
formances by Sean Penn and
Robert Duvall, which alone jus
tify the film's rental "Colors"
is gutsy enough to la- extremely
violent in its depiction of the
battle between cops and gangs,
making it impossible to he am
thing less than brutal. The film
is not for the slight of heart,
and the action is riveting and
relentless.
Young Guns No Stars
This Hollywood fashion show
of youth without talent is a dis
grace to Westerns A hum
drum. predictable nose-pic ker.
the inane plot leads this film
into the stable to rest Charlie
Sheen looks like a stock broker
in a cowboy suit, and is just
one of the unconvincing ado
lescents to appear in this burnt
turkey This film is a vehicle
for easy ticket sales with gig
gling twelve year-old girls and
should la' avoided like a dead
skunk on the highway
funny farm * * * * This
overlooked, underrated and hi
lariously funny comedy was
lauded bv critics and thrown to
the wolves by the public Star
ring Chevy Chase in his funni
est role in several years. "Fun
ny Farm" proves that a sub
lime. subtle comedy can lie
much more effective than the
typical "one-liner" comedies
churned out by Hollywood and
devoured bv viewers each
month This is ,i movie that
gets funnier every time it is
viewed
This month's Forgotten
Treasure (culled from great
movies tucked away in the fur
thest corners of y ideo stores) is
EVERYONE TALKS
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THIS YEAR
3750 PEOPLE WIL
ACTUALLY DO IT
Not everyone is cut out to change the world After all, it takes education, skills
and a spare two years
Also a willingness to work Hard
This year 3.750 Americans will join the Peace Corps to do just that They'll do
things like build roads, plant forests and crops, teach English, develop small businesses,
train community health workers, or even coach basketball However, what they’ll be
doing isn’t half as important as the fact that they'll be changing a little piece of the
world. . . for the better
And when they return, these 3.750 Americans will find that experience doing
hard work will have another benefit It's exactly what their next employers are
looking for.
So. give the Peace Corps your next two years And while you’re out changing
the world, you’ll also be making a place in it for yourself
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January 18 & 19, 1989
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3:30 PM lo 4:30 PM
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January 19, 1989 (Thursday)
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Spellbound * * * *
Directed by the Master of Sus
pense. Alfred Hitchcock, this
riveting mystery is a superior
film that has withstood the test
of time Released for the first
tune on video and available at
1‘remiere Video on Agate St .
the film stars the charismatic.
(.regorv Peck as <i suspecteo
murderer with amnesia. and
the brainv and Iwauliful Ingrid
Bergman as the psy< hoanalyst
who must save him. Precisely
directed and acted, this pol
ished film is filled with more
twists than a snake "Spell
bound" is chilling, romantic,
and enrapturing even to audi
ences born fort\ years after its
making
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