Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, February 21, 1996, Page 11, Image 11

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Please, Don’t Shoot At The Nuclear Weapons
nroKcn Arrow, the latest entry
in John Travolta’s prolific film
comeback is a wonderful example
of miscasting and poor acting. This
movie fails to create empathy with
any of its characters and a familiar
plot that’s poorly executed. In fact,
I walked away wondering ifTravolta
and Christian Slater got their scripts
mixed-up.
"Broken A rrow ” , is m ilitary
m um ble jum ble for lost nuclear
w eapons w hich T ra v o lta and
S la te r are flying a c ro ss the
desert 1 ravolta decides to bum
rush the nukes and a tired cat
and m ouse film plo t, plods
through out this movie. Factor in
Samantha Mathis, who is as believ­
able as a park Ranger as Mr. Ranger
is in the Yogi Bear cartoons, and
you have the m akings o f a m e­
diocre film .
I he nuclear cat and m ouse
gam e gets old quick and b e­
com es p red ictab le. A nuclear
exp lo sio n is treated as c a su ­
ally as popping a pim ple. The
b est lin e in th e m o v ie is
I ravolta advising his partner in
crime not to shoot at the nuclear
weapon. Slater siioukl give his agent
50percent of his wages for.securing
him a staring role when he does
not have th at ta le n t or the
screen p resence to pull it off.
I ravoltra su b stitu te s sm ok­
ing a cig arette for real acting
and this is the only m ovie
w here you root for the other
nuclear w eapon to explode just
so this film w ill end.
Antique Show At Expo
The hotly anticipated debut o f the album Leftism by Leftfield
featuring Paul Daley and Neil Barnes has been released by
Columbia music. The duo adds Brazilian spice to African-house
percussion with several reconfigured U.K. hits.
E x h ib ito rs and c o lle c to r s
from all over the c o u n ty will
flock to P o rtland for the 42nd
A n tiq u e and C o lle c tib le show .
T he ev ent is held M arch 2-
3 at the P o rtlan d E xpo C en ter.
O v e r 12 h u n d re d b o o th s,
re p re se n tin g every state in the
co u n try will draw d e a le rs and
b ro w se rs.
A rea re sid e n ts are in v ite d to
p u rc h a se in v entory or ju s t ooh
and aah and re m em b er days
past.
th e show in clu d es e v e ry ­
thing from old bicycles to Davy
C ro c k e tt ra c c o o n c a p s, fine
an tique ch in a and class, turn o f
the century toys, vintage c lo th ­
ing, A m erican oak furniture,
po stcard s, e sta te je w e lry , s il­
ver q u ilts, a n tiq u e d o lls, 60s
m em orabilia and m ore.
T h e re 's d e f in ite ly so m e ­
thing for e v e ry o n e , no m atter
w hat their in te re st," said show
p ro m o ter C h ristin e Palm er.
R esource publications, price
g u id e s, fu rn itu re re sto ra tio n
pro d u cts and glass rep air kits
will also be a v ailab le.
It's estim ated that more than
$2.5 m illio n c h a n g e s hands
during the w eekend event.
A dm ission is $5 for adults
and $2 for ch ild ren with kids
under 12 free. A dm ission is
good for both days (som etim es
it takes tw o days to see it all.)
antique &
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In 1960, a CIA spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.
Overnight, the plane, the U-2, became the most famous aircraft in
the world and pilot Francis Gary Powers, who miraculously survived
the crash, achieved a notoriety that would haunt him for the rest of
his life. The story is brought to life in The American Experience: Spy
in the Sky, airing Monday at 9 p.m. on PBS.
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I latched from a cosmic egg and reared by a giddv parrot, a shy
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