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'Boys'

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Rated PG-13

AMC ABBEY 8
14 MILE/I-75
(810) 588-0881
James and the Giant Peach (PG-13)
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
Quest (PG-13)
Mr. Holland's Opus (PG)
Barb Wire (R)
Twister (PG-13)
Boys (PG-13)
Original Gangstas (R)

we first met
Lukas Haas in
Lukas
1985, he was play-
ing a little Amish
boy who observed a brutal mar-
der in the thriller Witness. Eleven
years later, he has emerged as
Winona Ryder's love interest in
Boys. By way of simple compari-
son, the company he kept in Wit-
ness was much more interesting
than the group he hangs out with
in this film.
Ryder stars as a woman with
a secret who gets thrown from
her horse while riding in the
countryside and is discovered by
a band of young prep school boys
who bring her back to their dor-
mitory. Haas takes control of the
situation, playing nurse,
guardian and confidant, while
trying to keep the faculty and oth-
er students at bay.
It's an all-boys school so, nat-
urally, the other students either Lukas Haas plays a high-school senior who falls in love with Winona Ryder.
want to catch a peek at this dis-
members or policemen just try- to start acting her age.
tressed damsel or turn Haas in
ing to do their job, everyone in
for hiding a girl in his
1/2
this story, except the mis-
room. In between sneak-
understood couple, is
MOVIES
ing around the dorm.
painted as uncaring and
— Richard Halprin
and sneaking out of it,
out of touch. And when I
Haas has lots of time to act ro-
say painted, I mean with very
mantic and defiant, a combina-
broad strokes. There are no char-
tion that always seems to woo
acters in this movie, just snap-
women in the movies. Of course,
Boys
1/2 Bagel
shots of characters.
it works on Winona and they are
With Winona Ryder starring,
soon tumbling in the grass, while
3 1/2 Bagels
Twister
one would at least expect a high-
a carnival looms in the back-
energy Generation X frolic, but
Ghost in the Shell
1 1/2 Bagels
ground.
the film moves at a glacial pace
Because this is a movie, forces
and offers no explanation why
3 Bagels
The Pallbearer
beyond their control quickly
she would choose a role where
swoop down and threaten to shat-
she makes whoopee with a school
2 Bagels
Mulholland Falls
ter their semi-innocent bliss. Be
boy. Maybe it's time for Winona
it concerned parents, faculty
Truth About Cats & Dogs 2 Bagels

AMC AMERICANA WEST 6
ORCHARD LK. RD. S. OF 15 MILE
(810) 855-4200
Mulholland Falls (R)
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
Heaven's Prisoners (R)
Flipper (PG)

AMC LAUREL PARK 10
6 MILE BETWEEN NEWBURGH
& 1-275
(810) 462-6200
Quest (PG-13)
Birdcage (R)
The Craft (R)
Mulholland Falls (R)
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
Flipper (PG)
Twister (PG1-13)
Pallbearer (PG-13)
Mission Impossible (PG-13)

WHAT WE THINK

Last Dance

Box Office grosses, nationally and regionally

"For the period between Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, 1996)

Top 10 films (in order of local rank)

Film

Nat'l rank

Local box office

Nat'l box office

Twister

1

$ 733,631

$41,059,405

Original Gangsters

9

$ 70,395

$ 1,157,721

Truth About
Cats & Dogs

$ 67,727

$ 3,882,261

The Craft

$ 56,131

$ 3,611,880

AMC OLD ORCHARD
ORCHARD LK. - N. OF
1-696 & 12 MILE
(810) 553-9965
Twister (PG-13)
Young Poisoners' Handbook (NR)

2 Bagels

Jane Eyre

2.5 Bagels

Primal Fear

2.5 Bagels

A Family Thing

AMC MAPLE 3
W. MAPLE, W. OF TELEGRAPH
(810) 855-9090
Fargo (R)
Pallbearer (PG-13)
Birdcage (R)

AMC TOWNE 4
ON GREENFIELD, N. OF
10 1/2 MILE
(810) 968-5174
Jumanji (PG-13)
All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 (G)
A Family Thing (PG-13)
Executive Decision (R)
Sgt. Bilko (PG)
Don't Be A Menace (R)

3 Bagels

Executive Decision

2.5 Bagels

The Birdcage

3.5 Bagels

Fargo

3 Bagels

Jumanji

3 Bagels

Bagel Barometer

Primal Fear

4

$ 41,693

$ 2,406,324

Great White Hype

7

$ 36,967

$ 1,323,594

The Quest

5

$ 28,704

$ 2,144,300

Outstanding

Mulholland Falls

12

$ 25,027

$ 962,202

Very Good

The Birdcage

6

$ 24,502

$ 1,606,421

The Pallbearer

10

$ 24,091

$ 1,015,913

Good

Fair

.

GC NOVI TOWN CENTER 8
NOVI RD., S. OF 1-96
(810) 344-0077
Quest (PG-13)
The Craft (R)
Birdcage (R)
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
Pallbearer (R)
Twister (PG-13)
Flipper (PG)

MAIN ART THEATRE III
ROYAL OAK - MAIN-11 MILE

(810) 542-0180
Jane Eyre (PG)
I Shot Andy Warhol (NR)
Dead Men (R)

SHOWCASE PONTIAC 1-5
TELEGRAPH-SQUARE LK. RD.
WEST SIDE OF TELEGRAPH
(810) 332-0241
Primal Fear (R)
Pallbearer (PG-13)
Twister (PG-13)
Heaven's Prisoner (R)
The Quest (PG-13)

SHOWCASE PONTIAC 6-12
2405 TELEGRAPH RD.
EAST SIDE OF TELEGRAPH
(810) 334-6777
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
The Craft (R)
James and the Giant Peach (PG-13)
Birdcage (R)
Original Gangstas (R)
Boys (PG-13)
Flipper (PG-13)

STAR JOHN R
32289 JOHN R RD.
JOHN R, S. OF 14 MILE, E. OF 1-75
(810) 585-2070
The Substitute (R)
Mrs. Winterbourne (PG-13)
A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (R)
Primal Fear (R)
Oliver & Co. (G)
Executive Decision (R)
The Birdcage (R)
Fargo (R)
Last Dance (R)
The Craft (R)
Mulholland Falls (R)
Ghost In The Shell (NR)

UNITED ARTISTS 12 OAKS
INSIDE TWELVE OAKS MALL
NOVI RD., N. OF 1-96
(810) 349-4311
James & The Giant Peach (PG)
Primal Fear (R)
Great White Hype (R)
Mulholland Falls (R)
Boys (PG-13)
Heaven's Prisoner (R)
Mission Impossible (PG-13)

UNITED ARTISTS WEST RIVER
9 MILE, 1/2 BLK.
W. OF MIDDLEBELT
(810) 988-6943
James & The Giant Peach (PG)
Primal Fear (R)
The Great White Hype (R)
Truth About Cats & Dogs (PG-13)
Mulholland Falls (R)
The Pallbearer (R)
The Quest (PG-13)
Original Gangstas (R)
Mission Impossible (PG-13)
Flipper (PG)
Heaven's Prisoner (R)

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