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Hughes Brothers Get Gritty In Menace • Video Releases
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Groundhog Day (Columbia Pictures)
It s not Saturday Sight with I odd going 111 MV
gies to I isa Instead Ibll Murray is live liom
Punxsutawnev. I’a . as voul local IV vseathei
man Phil Connoi s lie s no Willard Si ot 1.
diougli, ( minors is a selfish si hrnui k on Ins
least lavorue assignment — the (.roiinilbog Das
Fesuval I le finds himself stui k in time, endless
K ie|«-atmg Feb 2 — ad nauseam lot bun and.
In >(x'lnils, ad lulaiium loi aurlieiues
Untamed Heart (MGM)
( linstian Slater pumps up the drama in this
film exploring the never frecn-cxplnied topit of
voting adult lose Caroline (Marivr Fomei) is a
street smart waitress with a history of trad tela
imnships Slater plays Adam, the reilusoe tins
liny wlio dies to rleati up the leftovers of
Caroline s life It's an entree of learning aFrout
life with a side order of romaner Together tfiey
mas breomc die sjrei tal of the das
National lampoon'* Loaded Weapon I (New
Line Cinema)
From die company (hal brought us 1 lassu s
like \tiwuii lltmv anil Ytuatum 1 umes an ai non
1 ometls stalling Fmilio F.sleve/ Still smoking
Irony Irox office fronan/a Stighh Itutks, F„sleve/
should he in prime form for ibis one With
I Jilico appearances from WhiKipi (loldFrerg.
William Shatner, Charlie Sheen anti t 7/i/’i
II tors Fail F suaila and I airy Wilcox, it's (round
io tie an inlellet lually snmulaiing r ineinatii
expel idue
Loreruo's OH (Univwwl Ptcturee)
Originally set for an early tall release but
delayed in an effort to rmg in the new year with
loads of (>v at nolnes, dns film slats S11 k Nolle
and Susan Sarandon in the real-life story of
Lugusto and Mu fiaela (kfone A dot tor tells
the couple no cure is available lot the condition
'din ring their .Vyear-old son, lasreiuo, who is
gisrn a two-vrai life expectancy. For this couple.
Sk morn weeks of whiter? BIN Murray travels to Puruautewney. Ps . to cetatorate Groundhog Dsy
taking tsso aspirins and tailing lhr doctot in the
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Blood In... Blood Out (Hollywood Pictures)
I In- lives of three Latino cousins air linked
forevrr bv, among other things hlood Incase
sou inissrtl die Iasi HI) gang Hit k\. heir's anoth
er. but, untlouhlrtlh. not soul las! t ham e loser
siren violence at its finest I luring a span of 10
vrais. the ttmsins' lives lake unexpci letl luins
in their individual pm suits ol posset and stn
sisal Will their t|tirsls least- rivers that run
blood red' Will Hollywood esrt stop making
this tiietl genre of film.'
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
(Miramax)
Brutal murder, laihri son bonding and
romance t ombine to luel a provoc alive slots
line in this sequel to die juiuoi high t lassn that
Itighletietl mans a preteen-agrt Again a land
t>! murtieroas souths has Willed a slrss ol adults
in this sleeps Nebraska town (Is there any other
kind ol town ill Nebraska'I But liaik. a repoitrr
desperate to Vive his tairri anises to gel die
scoop and brings along Ins son ill an attempt to
reconcile thru strained relationship What tier
tet was to improve tamils relations than Its sui
rounding vuui nod with (tended (.Iratasil
creeps* Bui wait, there's more Romanic bins
soins whet) the <lu<> meet twi < women What civ*
muld .t lilm offci • her admission nuvbc
The Temp (Paramount)
You know In i ax Sun - Wayne's mentally
unstable giiltriend Irorn Warnr i World Inn
laia Flvnn Bnvle won't lie tiding her Inkr into
am parked cars .in die [XrrTrayx llir He khm temp
ol doom she' x not just typing, anssseiing
phones and making copies; the * hell bent on
i limbing the torjwiraie ladder rvrn il n rccpiuex
murder (let ready lor Hurting loti uieen I hs
Hand that Htxk\ ths < nulls in dm ai lion thriller
dial will make \ou tremble in Irar csets time
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Pas*ion Ftsh (Miramax)
\ routine leg waxing turns into a brush with
death when wrathful soap Mar Mas Vine (Man
Mi Donnell) is hit bv a i ah nil the wav In die
salon Bill she's about lo gel an attitude adjust
ment (lorn a v als ereaiure I hat's light, it's a
fish, and it sou vpieere il when thinking ol the
one sou lose, anything i an happen. Set in the
l.ouisiana bason, dm lilm should lie a lingei
In king good cajun comedy. U
Meet Albert and Allen Hughes — a unique set
of twin brothers At age 20 they are directing their
first feature film. Menace II Society, slated for
>etease in May n s a mm inai
doesn't puH any punches about
'oner-dty strife. Menaces cen
tral character, Caine Lawson,
lives in Watts. Amid accusa
tions of murder, the fatherless
’ 8-year-old must And a way to
survive in Ate toe Angeles ghet
to.
‘It is a pretty tuckod-up ptocs
to We m itaM imw * IM im.
'An/ major dty tor minoftiai -
anybody - Nm praMm. and K iHkM to look «
ttwn. Tton lino My yon can ctoM your ayoo.*
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to
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on the set
nesses to issues m the film M<e car jacking, police
brutality and dscnmmation
•From a dav-to-bav basis we were constantly
being called niggers. Albert
says of his former home m a
city near LA Despite their age
and race, the Hughes brothers
are set on conquering
Hollywood. Making movies
isn't enough; they want to
change attitudes. "When
Francis Ford Coppola.
Scorsese and De Palma do
Nms. (the cries) never ques
tlon BMffl om way DOCK nmmnnM
tfomd * Man says. 'If tack Wmrafcm gal to
mart tonaMng tM '
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video calendar
A bfie* loo*( aI January/February releases
FoxViSoV^niuZ^ iS mn‘ Of"0™- J/,3; J
1/20; Maryville, Columbia, 1/20 ilFK — ^ MGM.
Cotumtna. 1/27; UhMn nkmTunm^S'J^’r^ *** **
*• Trial. Maw Lina 2/3 iwi.1< i t-L. Fa/vkJS"?* ^umbia’ 2/3 **§•<*
TL**0’£*"!**■■. Columbia. 2/10;
WlXRipuDfc, 2/17; SaaMl Ceataf. Warner.
Fox. 2/23; Map* Fire. Fox, 2/24,
Una. 2/24; U|M Sleeper. Uva. 2/24