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CINEMA Don’t bother staying up until ‘Dawn’ By Jmw Bobref Clancy Cmbrnmai Someone once «tid that if you >>•«** a room full of monkey* ami giv# lhum biiough limn and pap**r, they will eventually hem roer out a copy of Hamid Well, the tame hold* true that If you Rive two idiot* SIS million buck*, they will make a film celled froai Outk till Down The imbecile* in question are none other than a certain Mr. Quentin Tarantino and a certain Sr. Robert Rodriguez. I admit that I went into From Du*k till Dawn, with a ton of expectations. and two hour* later 1 crime out feeling like a person who ha* an incompetent lover — unfulfilled and mad a* hell. Finn off these two yahoo* are two of my favorite filmmaker* I naturally expected them to deliver. From Tarantino I want ed kick-*** dialogue, crazy plot twists and that secret ingredient that i* just pure Tarantino, i.e what gave Reservoir Dog*. True Romance and Pulp Fiction that 'zing' that make* you want to belt out a Viking "YAWLPr at the top of your lung* because the film waa that cool cmenu review From Dusk Till Dawn [kmtoib $w*n* Taman*. Pkrtnf, 0 CmreuswrU - - From Rodrigue* I expected to see turn* of the best action sequence* thi* (Ida of Honu Kun* film matter Min Woo The action sequences in El Maruu hi and ftesoertrcfo are barely con trolled choreographed mayhem and chaos. They blow you away They bo far beyond the Stallone. Srhwartenegger macho crap where the good guv never got a err etch. Rodrigue* » direc tion was Intense. Needless to say I wanted something with the bite of pit bull and the kick of White l.ighfmng Instead I got a rabid Chihuahua and a hike warm Bud Light. The whole premise nf this film is of two brothers in crime. Seth (George Clooney) and Richie (Tarantino) Gecko, truck ing a run for the border after a robbery and a [ail break only to end up in a hiker bar full of vampire* Along the way thev kidnap a fallen plwt hof (Harvey Keitel) end hi* two kni* played by full■ »l U*wt* and Krte Uu The film it more a in*** between Satur al Born ktlbn end t ieorgw Rom nwu*» Xtght of th*> Living Pmnf than anything el«e Violence? Von would think that Tarantino end Rodrigue* thought thel they had invented it See? Um. well. Tarantino't character t* « ten offender and alt around tick freak, and the head vampire it M* Salma Mavek. who may quite puttibly be one of the mmt nouiiitv and alluring women on the fare of the planet At for the acting, well it iant all that bad. If you don't count Tarantino that It I applaud him for at lent! Irving to act. hut he need» to *tt« k to what got him noticed in the firtt place —« directing, writing, and nilartou* cameo appearance* where he utually goes off on comethtug totally Unity Clooney it the tame pretty hoy he it in KH. but with a tattoo and a cerium homicidal attitude And I am glad that he dne*nt •quint to damn muc h a* tier hit Ink) habit in HI lultet Lewi* t« finally in a role whw» *h» i*n't epitomising white trash again I can **m it n*m, lultet Uwn 4i Tonya Harding in iha ABC Movie of the Week I wouldn't know what In do first, puke or thool I he tick© who would make *w,h an olrt* it v I Harvey Keitel at luallv play* a warm furry pari for ont:a. resplendent with a heard and everything That i» until he become*. a* ( looney pul* it. 'a mean mot her %**•$'A * ten ant of God.* Ah yea. pure Tarantino dialogue, The film Hart* out with promise after the Gecko* plug a Texaa Ranger and an unfortunate 'tore clerk After thl* they walk out the front arguing, oblivious to the fact that the entire store behind them blow* up Unfortunately that «cenn and the very la*t one are the only really interesting aspect* of the film Would I ret out mend It? Depend*, if you are a fan of either Tarantino or Rodrigues, or really bored Go tee it to «ee what those two nitwit* are up to If not. you won't mis* much Watch Friends,’ guzzle Diet Coke, suck down the hype NEW YORK lAi’) — Who * gonna drink the Diet Coke? That'* the quaation on everybody's lips. at least the Aspartame-admitting lip* whose owners Coke court* with it* latest ads The solution to the riddle Coke poses t» one of your friends from NBC’s sitcom Friend*-. Kom. Phoebe, ('handler, Rachel. Monica and Joey But here'* a better riddle: Who's had it up to here7 Who's gonna say “Enough!*'? Answer. I, fur one. Enough! Enough puff! (if course, mine i* a feeble outcry against the thunder of cross promotion*, product tie ins and hucksterism that will rise to a deafening row this weekend with Super Bow l XXX For instance, a notable part of Sunday s international bazaar masquerading as a foot ball game will be Friend* and its oh so friendly tie-in with Diet Cuke. A special hour long episode will air Sun day right after the Super Bowl Better yet. if the Fnends character on your buttle cap turn* out to bn the mi# who drank the Dih (<>lm on ow of the neighboring commercial*. you win a big pri jew Or something like that U the episode good? to it funny? Will Km* k vetch endearingly? Will Monica flash her naval? You’ll have to **»e Iw yourself. *tm.e no review copy was available Bui all that to beside the point Thto to not a program, B'* an ev ent A ude* event Who * gonna get pitched? It1* gonna lie you So make sure you're tuned in And have plenty of Diet Coke on hand A merging of amusement with consumption life's perfect state It's simple The show serves as a draw that deliver* you to the commercials Meanwhile, vour hope of winning something draw* you to the commercials that accompany live show A *i* |cm k of wet* A six pack of charac ter* Back and forth, yin and yang It's all mer chandto* it's ail mart handtsing Grant.*! thing* can get more complicated Coca-Cola and the program's other silver li«»n dnmand « vul In mhi Ihwtr I onmivn itli NBC wmli to guartnim cinnt vastnnaa In jmttfv th« bug* prk.n it b • barging them lt*r advorUstng unw {rnportad t> 50 pertnni above A'rirmiV usual rain of S4OO.IM0 |*» aO'MKHtd unit) rhnretuw, Sunday’« rjimatn of f ru-iuh will take no chant m A» an added audience draw. II Is pitching nstra spmrtal nuns! «lar* You’ll «* Hruoke Shield* wlumn hin t ruin. aft or all. b that of *tar Al*o. ltM>k fur truly big *lar« like )n«n (laude Van ham me and lulia Robert*. win*. I'hwik * on ihn small« mm will certify iluil. *m« n ihnv don’t really do TV. thb TV show mill bn n*i npiiooal How many morn thing* can the cast of Friend* sellt They have hawked milk long distant* phone cumpnniea and Window* «S and. of course, themaelv**. Ami now Dm (lake So don’i just kit Ihnrn and watch Friend* Sunday night Watch it with Dim Cnka Kick off the New Year ^ at tc aii(l«il»! Every Friday between 9-11:30 pm Food & beverages are (call us tor more details). Karaoke We also have Karaoke featuring Japanese, Chinese. Korean and English song titles every Friday and Saturday. Comedy Night Every Saturday trom 9-11 pm with dancing afterwards Dancing Dance the night away to Top 40s Music. 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