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SUMMER
PLEASURES
SUMMER SIZZLERS
Heat up the summer with these movies and books.
CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ SECTION EDITOR
Far right: Best
Friends share
the perfect
relationship
until they decide
to get married.
Above: Jeff Goldblum, with newcomer
Julianne Moore, is on the run from
prehistoric survivors of Jurassic Parkin
the sequel, The Lost World.
Right: In Con AirNicholas Cage is
Cameron Poe, a prison parolee turned
victim when his plane is hijacked.
Movies
Air Force One: When Air
Force One is hijacked, the pres-
ident of the United States (Har-
rison Ford) is put to the ultimate
test because his child and wife
are hostages. Glenn Close por-
trays the vice president.
Batman And Robin: George
Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman
and Alicia Silverstone star in the
fourth "Batman" series.
Buddy: Rene Russo plays an
eccentric socialite who nurses an
infant gorilla to health and rais-
es him as if he were her child.
This is a true story based on the
book Animals Are My Hobby by
Gertrude Linz.
In The Company Of Men:
Two executives frustrated with
corporate life indulge in sexual
politics. This movie won the Film-
makers Trophy as Best Dramat-
ic Feature at the Sundance Film
Festival.
Con Air: Nicholas Cage plays
a prison parolee on a hijacked air-
plane.
Conspiracy Theory: Mel
Gibson and Julia Roberts star in
this romantic comedy about a
paranoid taxi driver exposing evil
plots to the government.
Face Off: John Travolta plays
a detective who surgically alters
his face to look like a terrorist
played by Nicolas Cage.
Gone Fishin': A comedy
about fishermen who become in-
volved with a petty thief. Joe
Pesci, Danny Glover and Rossana
Arquette star in this action
comedy.
Hercules: An animated
Disney film about this Greek
god who comes to Earth.
Leave It To Beaver: An-
other TV series hits the silver
screen. The Beaver is a regu-
lar kid with lots of issues in a
perfect family — which
equals a perfect film for the
entire family.
The Lost World: The
dinosaurs are back. Steven Spiel-
berg directs this sequel to Juras-
sic Park and Jeff Goldblum
returns as the Dr. Ian Malcolm,
the eccentric scientist.
Men In Black: This sci-fi ad-
venture comedy features Tommy
Lee Jones and Wil Smith. They
are special agents who regulate
all aliens on earth. With Steven
Spielberg as the executive pro-
ducer and Barry Sonnefeld as the
director, this movie promises to
be a summer blockbuster.
My Best Friend's Wedding:
Julia Roberts and Dermot Mul-
roney are best friends who
promise to marry each other if
they haven't found anyone else
by age 28. This romantic comedy
turns out to be a classic love tri-
angle.
Nothing To Lose: Martin
Lawrence and Tim Robbins star
in this action comedy about kid-
napping, carjacking and love.
Out To Sea: Walter Matthau
and Jack Lemmon, always the
comedic odd couple, portray broth-