Great Balls of Fire!; get shagged, meet Harry and
Sally at your local video shack in December
It’s getting to be that time of year when you’ve seen
everything there is to rent on video. Thanksgiving week
end usually takes care of November releases. Well stop
moping and plug that VCR back in. December releases
are almost here and they’re hot.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.... Try as they might,
men and women cannot have a platonic relationship for
long. Sex somehow always gets in the way. Director Rob
Reiner feels this way anyhow and consistently proves it in
this 5-star comedy flick. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are
mere acquaintances for 12 years until they realize their
love for each other..mostly through weeding out every-
one else in their lives and in
evitably through the eyes of
jealousy. Reiner also provided
the storyline for the script in
which he based on his own
personal life., (Nora Ephron
(Heartbum ) gets the credit as
screenwriter). Crystal couldn’t
have landed a better role and
Ryan never looked better. A
laugh a minute. Don’t miss;
better yet, call your videostore
ahead a reserve a copy. (12/14)
discovery by Bernie’s friends that make you laugh in be
tween romance under the moonlit beach, massive par
ties, and expensive recreational romps. (12/28)
HOWTO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING : This
independently produced off-the-wall satirical comedy
wins the Wentworth original script award for the 1989
year. An adman (Richard E. Grant) is faced with task of
thinking up an ad campaign for zit cream, but becomes
creatively defunct.
While stressing out over his block, he develops on
STAR TREKV: THE FINAL FRONTIER. While
Clackamas trekkers are still in search for No. 5 on video
cassette, Captain Kirk, Spock and McCoy are still search
ing for the ultimate being. It was held over by Paramount
until late December to catch Christmas vacation renters
who’ve already been slimed and are literally sick of the
caped crusader. Although most likely the weakest of the
five, it is worth renting. Remember: if you managed to
get engrossed by the whales in IV, then you can handle
the "ultimate search" in V. (12/21)
LOCK UP: This Stallone flick did okay at the sum
mer box-office, and even better at the drive in. Hopefully
Sly can find some dough severance in
the video market Stallone plays a never-
back-down reformed jailbird who has
minimal time to serve until the war
den from hell, played magnificently by
Donald Sutherland, steps in and puts
Sly through a little hell of his own. Al
though dark, this movie has some great
scenes: nothing new in character for
Stallone though. (12/21)
SEENOEVIL.HEARNOEVIL
: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor team
up once again (the last being Stir Crazy)
in this sense-less comedy; one is deaf
and the other is blind. The two buddies
hilariously act as the other’s missing
sense. There are funny moments, but
nothing in this movie exceeds your up
permost expectations. Also starring
Joan Severance. (12/7)
SHAG: THE MOVIE :
Circa 1963, four teenage girls
walk on the wildside and head
to Myrtle Beach for a last sum
mertime fling. This flick is
mostly entertaining in its char
acter development and shows
depth in their friendships.
Dreadfully mismatched couples
turn out better than before and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" is finally out on video this Christmas. Spock, Kirk, and the
More December releases:
all the while doing the “shag,” rest of the Enterprise crew are ready to go boldly, once again, where no man has gone
Freddy’s back in Nightmare on Elm
a popular dance at the time. before.
Photo courtesy Paramount
Street V: The Dream Child. Nothing
Although this movie is funny,
new here except that his glove got sharpened and deals
it is mostly a retrospective of a
with conception and birth. (EwwL.Gross!) Almost a par-
ody of the past four Freddy flicks;.. Road House gets Pat
more naive time in America faced with the same general his neck a boil with a mind (and voice) of its own. Sound
rick Swayze out of his dancing shoes and into a bouncer
problems youths deal with today. Starring Annabelle weird? It is; but also very funny while making terrific
with a Ph.D. in philosophy who takes a job to ‘clean up’ a
Gish (Desert Bloom), Phoebe Cates, Page Hannah (Daryl’s social comments. Rachel Ward stars as his wife(12/6)
rough n’ rowdy bar. Former Oregonian Sam Elliott (Prancer)
sis), Bridget Fonda (Peter’s offspring), Scott Coffey, and
also stars as does Kelly Lynch (Drugstore Cowboy)....Keiter
Tyrone Power, Jr. (12/20)
Sutherland and Lou Diamond Philips were buddies in
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE : Dennis Quaid acts as
Young Guns, and team up once again to fight the biggest
though he’s been waiting his whole life for this part. Re
crime lord in the city in Renegades. Jami Gertz makes the
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S: This summer flick ba alistically based on “The Killer” himself, Jerry Lee Le
brat pack II circle complete co-starring....Kirk Cameron
sically shows just how ignorant and oblivious people can wis, Quaid makes us believe for 90 minutes that he IS
shows off on the big screen in Listen Tto Me as a college
be. Bernie (Terry Kiser) spends most of the movie as a Lewis, from his southern drawl to his hell-raising on the
student who shows a gift at forensics while in their spare
dead man, in public, and no one except Larry and Rick ivories. Wynona Ryder also believeably plays Myra Lewis,
time they come of age, with Jami Gertz co-starring, among
notices the entire weekend. Andrew McCarthy (Manne 13-year-old bride, whom is also his cousin; probably the
others....a Vietnam Army cameraman shows us a power
quin, Less Than Zero) and Jonathan Silverman (Stealing best she’s done (although close with her performance in
ful, emotional side of the Vietnam war soldier that hasn’t
Home) are two buddies who get invited to their bosses’ Heathers. The screenplay was tightly based on Myra
been shown as candidly before with 84 Charlie Mopic... .Terry
art-deco beach house only to find him dead upon their Lewis’ biographical novel. All music was specially re-re
Gilliam’s totally overbudget fantasy flick The Adventures
arrival. They try to keep his death unknown in a panic corded to accommodate the film. Alec Baldwin also
of Baron Munchausen is to be released on Dec. 7, and the
after discovering that all this was premeditated and they stars.
critically acclaimed sleeper Miracle Mile takes a bold look
may be next for uncovering a big embezzlement scheme
at the Holocaust, starring Anthony Edwards (Top Gun)
in the office. It’s 90 minutes of unbelievable close calls of
and Mare Winningham (St. Elmo’s Fire).
CCC floral designers set to participate in 7th
Tree Festival benefitting Providence Medical
The Festival of Trees has become an annual event
that Portlanders anticpate with delight each holiday sea
son. This silly ritual of hanging ornaments to stringed
popcorn on pine trees has become a respected art form.
This marks the seventh year of the Festival which is
sponsored by the Providence Medical Foundation as a
gift to our community. All the proceeds this year go
toward a charitable fund benefitting Providence outpa
tients unable to pay for their required medical treatment
from four of the Providence Med Center’s specific care
programs.
For S2.50 minus coupon you can experience
almost 1(X) trees elaborately decorated with a yuletide
theme among other various decorated holiday displays.
The Oregonian is currently running hints for a riddle
contest awarding a fully decorated tree worth almost
$1,000 in which everyone is elegible to play. Your buck
also cheers you non-stop by a large variety of local en
tertainment.
Floral design students from Clackamas Com
munity College are participating among others in a new
event to the 1989 Festival: Christmas Carol Lane, in
which 12 table top trees decorated thematically based
on a specific carol or a song. Each of these Evans’ Farms
donated trees will be for sale at a minimum bid of $50.
The fun at the Festival of Trees is taking place
Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 in the Memorial Coliseum Exhibit Hall.
Free Life Tow service offered
statewide over holiday
The Holiday season is filled with fun, entertain
ment, and joy; and at times alcohol is a part of these
festive occasions. The 1989-90 season is no exception.
Committed to reducing the number of drunk
driving-caused deaths and injuries, Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD) and the Oregon Tow Truck
Association (OTTA) have united to provide a free
statewide towing service and a safe ride home to
enibriated drivers now until New Year’s Day. This is a
first of it’s kind in the nation.
The, officially called Oregon Life Tow, service
is offered 24 hours a day.
Many sponsors have donated funds and services to
the cause. AM/PM conviences store chains are provid
ing free window banners.
The 24 hour number is 800-243-4 50.