of the hotel where the governor
is set to speak — which looks re-
markably like the Renaissance
Center. Additionally, there is one
vertigo-inducing scene which is

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worst "falling dream" ever. You
know, the one where if you don't
wake up, and you hit the floor,
you'll die in your sleep.

Nick of Time should do for
Johnny Depp what Speed did for
Keanu Reeves. 3 out of 4 bagels.

—Dick Rockwell

he nature of love has long
been a subject of filmmak-
ing and, over the years,
many different forms of
love have been examined. Ro-
mantic love, platonic love, het-
erosexual and homosexual love
have all been topics at one time
or another.
Gramercy Pictures' Carring-
ton tells the peculiar, but true sto-
ry of a woman whose life was
touched by these various forms
of love while living on the fringes
of Great Britain's Bohemian
community in the
Carrington:
early 1900s.
Pushing
Emma Thomp- conventional
son plays Dora Car- relationships
rington, a boyish
into taboo
young painter who
territory.
falls in love with
Strachey
Lytton
writer
(Jonathan Pryce), a frail, celibate
homosexual. Though each is ap-
parently committed to his or her
own sexual allegiance, this odd
couple move into a country house
together, and the relationship
evolves geometrically. Love tri-
angles develop into rectangles
and even pentagons as new
lovers are added to the mix.
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film is a comedy. If any-
Carrington
thing,
shares a kinship with
the film Remains of the
Day, in theme and in
tone. Both these films
study the consequences
of stubborn, deferred
love in a heavily man-
nered British society
and rely on
exceptional acting,
exquisite cinematogra-
phy and clever dia-
logue.
On the negative side
for some viewers, Car-
rington also follows the
pacing of Remains of
the Day and may not
please the
Schwarzenegger/Stal-
lone crowd.
Early in the movie,
tanglements and amorous mis- a train is followed as it deliber-
adventures, this film could have ately chugs through beautiful,
easily deteriorated into a Blake hilly terrain. Carrington is much
type
like that train. The film
Edwards
knows where it is go-
of farce, with slapstick and
MOVIES
ing and takes its time
tomfoolery. Fortunately, Di-
getting there. The pa-
rector Christopher Hamp-
ton steers toward the high road, tient passenger is rewarded with
skipping easy laughs and crude a lovely view of unfamiliar terri-
sight gags in favor of subtle wit tory. 3 bagels out of four
and dry irony.
— Rick Halprin
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'Casino'

Stylistically, this film is nearly serves it, but because it feels like
identical to Goodfellas and, like proper recrimination for Stones
entire body of work to date. In
ince the beginning of his ca- Goodfellas, Robert DeNiro and Casino, she is the weak link in an
reer, Director Martin Scors- Joe Pesci carry much of the load.
otherwise first-rate cast.
ese has had an infatuation DeNiro plays a mid-level
As a matter of fact, al-
with the dark world of or- crime boss and Pesci es-
MOVIES
most everything about
sentially
reprises
ganized crime. In
Casino is first-rate: the
his role as a loose-
his latest film, Casi-
acting, the screenplay and the cin-
cannon
wise
guy.
no, he shifts his focus
New to the Scorsese ematography. It is a very well-
from the mean
ensemble
is Sharon made film. But that does not
streets of New York
Stone, playing a shrill, mean that it is a good movie. Ug-
City to the dirty
substance-abusing liness and vulgarity abound.
deserts of T as Vegas.
shrew. Her presence Against the backdrop of Las Ve-
Although he may
brings
both negatives gas, it is a film about excess: ex-
have traveled some
and positives. The down- cessive corruption, excessive
distance geographi-
side is that the audience wealth, excessive violence.
cally, Scorsese does
And at nearly three hours,
must witness two brief
not stray far from
Casino is excessively long. This is
sex
scenes
between
Pesci
the formula that he
and Stone. That is two a story that Scorsese has told be-
has followed in pre- No dice for Sha ran Stone.
more than anyone fore, utilizing actors that he has
vious outings.
used before, in a style that is ex-
While Scorsese has been a true should have to watch.
cessively familiar. In the high-
By
way
of
balance,
however,
innovator in the crime movie
stakes game of filmmaking,
genre, Casino disappoints, in part, the viewer is also treated to a se- Casino is just another player who
quence
where
Pesci
lectures
Stone
because Scorsese hardly gambles
stays at the tables too long. 2 out
at all. He simply tells another sto- — Pesci style. This is particular- of 4 bagels
ly
satisfying,
not
just
because
ry about ruthless criminals get-
— Rick Halprin
Stone's character in this movie de-
ting their comeuppances.

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