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First-run Film

ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN
Animator Don Bluth (A n
American Tale) presents his latest
film from his Hollywood Studios
about Charlie Barkin, a German
Shephard with Burt Reynold's
voice, who breaks out of a New
Orleans dog pound and gets
involved in a bunch of adventures
with his buddy, Itchy (Dom De
Luise). At Briarwood: 12:00, 2:00,
4:00, 6:00, 7:45, 9:30. At
Showcase: 11:40, 1:35, 3:30, 5:20,
7:20, 9:15, 11:00.
BACK TO THE FUTURE II
Michael J. Fox, Christopher
Lloyd, and Lea Thompson return in
the sequel of the 1985 smash. This
time McFly and Doc Brown travel
from 1985 to 2015 back to 1985
and finally to 1955 where they run
into the original film. Be warned
that this film ends on a cliffhanger
with the words "To Be Continued."
At Fox Village: 7:15, 9:30. At

Showcase: 12:15, 12:45, 2:30,
3:00, 4:50, 5:20, 7:20, 7:40, 9:40,
9.55, 11:45, 12:00.
THE BEAR
Aventure-nature-emotion-story
of an orphaned bear cub who sets
out ona journey to survive with
the help of a wounded mature
grizzly. At Briarwood: 12:00, 2:00,
4:00, 7:00, 9:00, 11:30. At
Showcase: 12:35, 2:35, 4:35, 7:15,
9:15, 11:15.
CRIMES AND MISDEMEAN-
ORS
New Woody Allen fare about
love, reality, faith, delusion,
success, failure, good and evil - in
typical Allen style. Also starring
Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Martin
Landau and Anjelica Huston. At
Briarwood: 12:30, 2:30, 4:40, 7:30,
9:45, 11:45. At Showcase: 12:30,
2:40, 4:45, 7:35, 9:45, 12:05.

DAD
Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson
star in a father/son family drama
about coming together and finding
out about yourself through family
crisis. Directed by Gary David
Goldberg of "Family Ties" fame.
At Showcase: 12:25, 2:45, 5:10,
7:40, 10:05, 12:25.
DRUGSTORE COWBOY
William Burroughs plays an old
junkie and Matt Dillon plays a
young junkie. This is a far better
bet for Burroughs disciples than his
appearance in Heavy Petting. At
Showcase: 12:20, 2:20, 4:30, 7:40,
9:50, 11:55. At Ann Arbor I & II:
Call for times.
THE FABULOUS BAKER
BOYS
Jeff and Beau Bridges star in a
story chronicling two cocktail-
lounge, piano-playing brothers
whose lives are disrupted when
Michelle Pfeiffer joins their failing
act and revitalizes their careers. At
Fox Village: 7:00, 9:15.
HARLEM NIGHTS
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor
do their rendition of The Cotton
Club in this 1930s slick
extraveganza. This time, it's the
Club Sugar Ray, but there
promises to be the usual assortment
of gangsters, music, dancing, and
comedy. At Briarwood: 12:00,
2:20, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50, 11:55. At
Showcase: 11:45, 12:00, 2:10,
2:25, 4:40, 4:55, 7:25, 7:45, 9:55,
10:10, 12:15, 12:30.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
It's Disney's 28th full length
animated feature, and their first
animated fairy tale since Cinderella
came out 30 years ago-and it's a

gem. Charming yarn about a lovely
mermaid who longs to be a human
so she marry a prince she has fallen
in love with. But first she must
deal with Ursela, the evil squid,
who has other plans. At Showcase:
11:30, 1:25, 3:15, 5:10, 7:00,
8:45, 10:30, 12:00.
LOOK WHO'S TALKING
Bruce Willis is a wise-crackin'
baby who presents the pre-natal
world from a different view. Cheers'
Kirstie Alley is the mother looking
for the perfect father- which she
finds, believe it or not, in John
Travolta. At Briarwood- 12:30,
2:45, 4:45, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30. At
Showcase - 12:55 2:50, 4:50,
7:30, 9:30, 11:45.
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S
CHRISTMAS VACATION
More holiday fun from the
Griswold's as Chevy and Beverly
return to the roles which enhanced
their careers so much. Not much of
a vacation, this year the Griswold's
are staying home where it's safer.
At Briarwood: 12:15, 2:15, 4:30,
7:00, 9:15, 11:30. At Showcase:
12:20, 2:55, 5:00, 7:45, 9:50,
11:55.
PRANCER
With a title like this, how
couldn't it be a Christmas movie?
Jessica Riggs, a 9-year old farm
girl, finds a wounded reindeer she
believes is Santa's. Apparently it
was out flying alone. So she sets
out to return it to St. Nick. I guess
we finally find out if Santa is real.
At Fox Village: 7:00, 9:15. At
Showcase: 12:30 2:45, 4:55, 7:10
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE
SHOW
You've seen it a few dozen

times. You've been showered with
rice. You know all the lines and
scream them out with everyone
else. It's that old cult favorite,
nearly 15 years old, but still going
strong. At Briarwood, F & S-
12:00 a.m.
SEA OF LOVE
Flash, dash, and the return of Al
Pacino. He's on the trail of a serial
murderer in New York. Also
starring Ellen Barkin and John
Goodman. Rated R. At Showcase
Cinemas: 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35,
9:50, 12:05.
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
The long awaited one-woman
Broadway production comes to the
big screen in the story of a
disillusioned middle aged woman
who travels to Greece to find
romance. She finds Tom Hulce,
and Ann Arbor finally gets this
film. At Fox Village: 7:15, 9:30.
SHOCKER
Wes Craven's new horror film
features Horace, who has just been
sentenced to death in the electric
chair. Now he's really mad. At
Showcase: 10:00, 12:10.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
The stories of six southern
women and their relationships are
told in the new, long-awaited
picture from director Herbert Ross.
The cast alone should cause a
healthy holiday harvest with the
likes of superstars Sally Field,
Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine,
Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis,
Julia Roberts, and Sam Shepard. At
Briarwood: 12:00, 2:30,4:50, 7:15,
9:40. At Showcase: 12:00, 2:30,
5:00, 7:30, 10:00, 12:15.
-Tony Silber

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THE PRINCESS YANG KWEI-
FEI (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1955)
Lorch 7:00
Mizoguchi's first color film
tells the melodramatic story of a
kitchen maid who causes the
downfall of the emperor after she
becomes his mistress. Part of the
continuing Japanese film festival in
Japanese with subtitles.
NEW TALES OF THE TAIRA
CLAN (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1955)
Lorch 8:40
Based on the medieval Japanese
epic "Heike Monogatari", the film
chronicles the rise and fall of the
great house of samurai. Japan's
transition from aristocracy to
military rule is captured in this, one
of Mizoguchi's most celebrated
pictures.
BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott,
1982) MLB 4 7:00 & 9:15
Stylish, futuristic thriller which
proved there was life after Star

Wars for Harrison Ford. He plays
an exterminator of criminal
replicates which look and talk like
humans, but they love to kill, too.
Fascinating, indepth, exciting, and
gripping from start to finish, the
production looks like something
out of Batman. Also starring
Rutger Hauer.
"10" (Blake Edwards, 1979) Aud A
7:30 & 9:45
The authority film on aging and
'70s disillusionment. Dudley
Moore plays the legendary George
Webber. Bored of his secure
lifestyle, but also terrified to turn
42, he finds Bo Derek and chases
her into a hilarious and unexpected
trip into understanding himself
better. Made Ravel's Bolero the
most hated classical piece in the
world.
ANIMAL FARM (J. Halas & J.
Batchelor, 1954) MLB 3 7:00 &
10: !5
Animated adaptation of the
greatest political satire of the
twentieth century by George
Orwell is loyal to the source and

impressive to be sure. Farm
animals overthrow their master and
and create a democracy which
doesn't last long. Some very
powerful statements on political
ideology here.
LORD OF THE FLIES (Peter
Glenville, 1963) MLB 3 8:30
Film adaptation of the William
Golding novel which all of us had
to have read by now. A group of
schoolboys set free on an island
start a new life with catastrophic
and disturbing results. An
appropriate film to follow Animal
Farm.
SA TU R DAY
WHITE CHRISTMAS (Michael
Curtiz, 1954) Mich Th. 4:30 &
6:45
The holiday season standard by
the director of Casablanca features
army buddies Bing Crosby and
Danny Kaye try to help out their
ex-officer with some memorable
tunes courtesy of Irving Berlin.
FUTUROPOLIS (Various, 1987)
MLB 4 7:00, 8:45, & 9:15 Called

"The world's smallest epic" is
understandable when it only runs 38
minutes. Animated misadventure of
good guys vs. bad guys in the
future. Accompanied by seven short
wondrous tales.
LA FEMME QUI PLEURE
(Jacques Doillon, 1978) Lorch 7,
8:40, & 10:20
Meaning "The Woman who
cries," the film tells the story of a
young man (Doillon) who tries to
satisfy the needs of a wife,
mistress, and daughter at the same
time.
THE SURE THING (Rob
Reiner, 1985) MLB 3 8 & 10
Adolescent adaptation of It
Happend One Night has two college
students who hate each other forced
together on a predictable, but
entertaining journey out west.
A TAXING WOMAN'S
RETURN (Juzo Itami, 1988) Mich
Th. 9:00
Sequel to 1987's A Taxing
Woman. This time, the tough
heroine a la Sam Spade fights the
rich and powerful as they initiate
tax fraud scams. A Japanese

approach to an American genre the
detective story. In Japanese with
subtitles.
TOXIC AVENGER III (1989)
Mich Th. Midnight
He's back...New Jersey's one and
only superhero in The Last
Temptation of Toxie. He's the
repulsive, slimy, toxic crimefighter
that really shocks the criminals of
Tromaville. And he's coming to
Ann Arbor, so bring your mops and
prepare to meet that radioactive
legend live, in person.
SUNDAY
MARY POPPINS (Robert
Stevenson, 1964) Mich Th. 1:30,
4:00, & 6:30
Bring the kids, the dogs, the
cats, and the mother-in-law too. It's
fun for everyone with the Disney
Classic based on P.T. Travers
story of the nutty nanny who does
it all, transporting children and
adults alike into a fantasy world.
LE PLAISIR (Max Ophuls, 1952)
Lorch 7:00

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