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ENTERTAINMENT
Robin Hood a disappointment
* if
Rabin Hood Prince ot Thieves play* at
the Gateway Mail Hated PG 13
Hig budget Hig
sl.irs Hig fight
Mi'ius Hig (iisttp
(jiHiiliurnl Kevin
( oMner goes from
the \lliei H .111 \\ est
where tie luelungs to
tin* I nglish t ountrysido whin
he h.ts absolutely no business !m*
mg .in AM/bn HihhI I'rinif at
Thin rs
Hi is is nut <i joyous. manual
rump through a him- long ago
Instead it is a bum h uf < ontom
I*i»r<ir\ actors playing dross up
anti try ing to pull off'Various •«<
rents Mi* la/iest of these a< tors
is ( ostner
Ihe story Ugms with Kohm
idining homo from the crusades
in rhu Midtile Kist to find that
Ins lather has |>een k died and his
land has !>een taken ovoi by the
evil Sherilt ■ *t Nottingham tAlan
Hk kmanl Robin’s status as
Prim e means nothing mm and
the sheriff has branded turn an
outlaw with a lug pm o on his
head Rohm brings with him
\;trm (Morgan I reeman). a
Moorish man who has sworn to
slay yy ith Kohm until he < an save
Kobin s htr to repay him for sot
ling him tr«-i• in Jerusalem
I'ln- nisi of llv film has Robin
.uni Ins mem men stealing fmm
tile III ll killing people ,111(1 lliak
mg .1 In! of triumphant i In its
xvhdc doing it Hut these are
hard Is me its iiiiti They an1 oaf
isli sili* (iini for (In' must part
contemptible It s an oxerlx vio
lent picture filled with deiapita
turns people lie mg burned alne
and countless folks with arrows
shot through them
The only thing that keeps this
movie from an K rating is that
the \ ioleni e has little gore
(lostner had lietter enjoy Ins
numerous ()s< ais from last year s
Dailies Willi lfo/tes Ihs ause he
■ an I ride those i cattails forever
In this movie hi- is la/A delibel
ate and i ompletely unlieliexable
m Ins role When lie s not sound
mg like an Indiana farmei he's
slipping into a luughabh bad
I ngbsli .11 i i*iit I le's not tile only
one i oiu erned w ith this him
who doesn't know w hat to do
1 lie (limiting is muddled and
not well handled tor the most
part This is supposed to lx* a
sprawling epic but mam of the
scenes are filmed so light that
then' is no perspective and the
exes can't follow tile action I he
lone is completelx undefined
Then* an' main jokes some of
w huh are fiinnx bill there's so
min h death and drears happen
mgs that vers little emotion is
spent watt (ring this movie
I’urtii ularly bad is .1 trashy and
disturbing si i'iii' w hen- the Sher
ifl uf Nottingham makes ijuips
while raping Maid Marion I.Marv
f.Iizatieth Mastrantonio) Hie real
depressing thing is that I was
surrounded by young i hildren
while this was going on And the
si ene was getting laughs
['he film does have some good
qualities hut not redeeming
ones The ,n ting from Rickniun
and Freeman is, lor tfie most
part, engaging and appealing
But just when a si ene starts to lie
enjoyable. Costner steps m and
ruins it
I he look of the film is line
when it s not dimh lit and over
run with close-ups The final
light si ene. w hile wholly unreal
i-tii is e\i iling and sleekls
done
Fins should have lieen a hap
pv. robust, and exciting movie
Instead, it's depressing, lazily
ai ted and underwritten The at
lion is only good when certain
ai tors de< ide to make it that wav
Hut it doesn't seem that director
Kevin Reynolds insisted that the
,u tors do that. Irecau.se there's
absolutely no consistent \ l.irol
Flynn tnav have looked more si I
Iv than Kevin Costner in his
green tights, hut he was tons
more fun
By Lucas J. Gutman
tmeratd Contributor
Unlike most films, City Slickers has heart
* ★ ★ 1/l
C/fy Slickers Playing At Cinema World
Mated PG 13
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I BOOK SIGNING
JOIN US AT mi:
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AUTOGRAPH PARTY WITH
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PA YMENT IN KIND
A J.l> HI Al'MOM MYSTERY
Monday, June 24
12:30-1:30 p.m.
IN GENERAL BOOK I)EPT., Second Ur.
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k^7incc the publication ol the first J I* Beaumont nivsterv in 1985. author J A
Jance and her grittv detect ive 'Beau have become lavorites among mystery
bulls not only in the book's Seattle locale. but coast to coast
Pmnwnl in Kind the ninth installment ol the adventures ot Detective J I' Beau
mont. tiikls him immersed in what seems to be a classic crime ot passion, until he
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tecls trapped in ,1 man's world
t '.it\ Slickrt', is .1 funnier movie
alrou! how ( (infusing it cun he tn
lie .1 man in a world w here Ills
persona is determined at birth
But ( 'il\ Sin Aers doesn't play
nearlv .is serioush as that
sounds Billy (.rvstul play s a man
who sells radio time to advertis
ers lie o appoint lung 40 and re
uli7.es that Ik * desperately needs
to give his life meaning when lie
bombs as a speakei in his i hild s
i lass on i arei'l day
Crystals friends are Bruno Kir
In . w llo play s an ad\ eiiturer w ho
will try anything that sounds like
It i all a( tivale Ills testosterone
into a frenzy and Daniel Stern,
who is a meek man man ied to an
overlie.iring and malicious worn
an Kirby and Stern talk Crystal
into going on a cattle drive in
New Mexico
I'hev go on the journey think
mg they’re in for a great time
where they will all feel like |ohn
Wayne atlenvard' But the truth
is a little diftrrent I'lie trail Iross
is an old-fashioned type who
wants to simply move the cattle
and is grudgingly leading these
i it\ folk jack Balance plays this
rule with great relish It s the lu st
thing he's done in years
All ol this makes f.'iri Slickers
sound like an adventure or a dr.i
rna, hut it is. at heart, a comedy
And that's what separates this
film from most others It has a
heart File three stars are great to
gether and the lines given to
them by f’amnthixhi writers
Babaloo Mandel and lowed
Cianz are always funny and in
sightful Kverything said in the
movie rings true.
Before the trip's over, the men
will Ire completely rejuvenated
with a new sense ot trelonging
(Crystal delivers a call, they all
learn turn to ride and rope and
do tilings they never had to do in
the i lty But most ol all. they
learn that they like Iremg men
By Lucas J Gutman
Emerald Contributor