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The 1996 Asian St Pacific Film Tour
Bijou Arts Theater 499 e inn. Eugene
All Free t JO pm tfwwny »for additional nlormabcy 346 5067
Apm 99, *On the Seat" offers afasematmg look a 'real* China A
drytv hilarious him nc* to mm a version of COPS meets Beijing
Apr* 93, Her Honor* s the story of two young f thpmo
women who are victims of sexual violence and the* successful bathe
for justice
April 94, 'Naran* provides an intimate look at family We am*d the
stunrvng backfrop of the Mongolian Steppes
April 95, *My Sweetheart Got Married* When Tu left lor the war,
Na, his sweetheart, became a solder to be with him After the war. ttey
re&im to the* Vietnamese village to find a has not changed, they have
AptH 96, 'twetoay* A tale of forbidden love ri a umeof sectanan
violence One of the most controversial films made n Indus Passions
run high amidst savage noting Record attendance worldwide!
Earth Week 1996
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Wahlberg shows no ‘Fear’
of Hollywood cliches
Who would have tmn ihoujeht
that Mari "Mariy Mari"
Wahibarg would try to op*o «
thrtllar? What wu Universal
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through David and We* to k**p
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turn love* David even more
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mewing around with her bent
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If that summary
seemed all too
familiar, it was
You probably saw it
on TV last Sunday
night.
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and 1'm-high on life-but I'm
the biggest Iwd as* in town atti
tud*
In the film Fror Wahiberg
prove* h*'» a onetime media
sensation who managed to fool
the public, or at least Holly
wood. into thinking he could
act.
Take away the attitude
Wahl berg used in fie mm inner
Man and thahrt. and all you
have i* a twenty-something
nobody who think* be'# a movie
•tar.
The only thing worse than
Marky Mark * acting in fear i*
the storyline ... the plot ... the
soundtrack , the lighting „
To tell you the truth, there
ian't«me complete. quality scene
in the whole film
Using every known cliche
associated with a thriller movie,
fear it basically a big budget TV
movie.
It follows the life of Nicole
(Reese Witherspoon), a rebel
teenager |u*t looking for a bad
boy to rescue her from her mean
hither and new stepmother
Nicole hook* up with David
to oredictable that the movie
audience laughed at toon at
they began
For example. David it pudmi*
of one of Nicole's bett guy
friend* Walking home from
tchool, the guy walka into a ciark
and scary forest
HELLO! What do you think
happen*? Dead friend These
type of tcenet are a regular
occurrence in Fear
Putting the negative plot
atide. the soundtrack disap
pointed me even more by using
the pop Seattle-alternative
sound that went mainstream
about four year* ago. You would
think that the producer* of the
film would try to get some new.
cutting edge music for a movie
set in .Seattle.
But then again, that's why
they make the money they do.
They know we prefer regurgitat
ed Seattle pop music over new
music material What do we
know?
F«?or is the worst movie of
19«t» But be sure of this: There
will soon be a film worse than
Fear coming to a theater near
you.
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