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First Run Film
Always
Steven Spielberg's remake of A
Guy Named Joe has Richard
Dreyfuss yearning for Holly
Hunter from the afterlife. (At
Briarwood -12:00, 2:30, 5:00,
7:30, 9:50, 12:00; at Showcase -
2:25, 7:35, 10:05, 12:20)
Back to the Future I
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)
tries again in this basic rehash of
the original. (At Briarwood -
7:00, 9:15; at Showcase - 12:15,
4:45, 7:20, 9:35, 11:55)
Born on the Fourth of July
As big a draw as Tom Cruise is
for some, he's as much a
cinematic plague for others. But
his performance as paralyzed
Vietnam vet Ron Kovic is the
highlight of Oliver Stone's larger-
than-life film. (At Briarwood -
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45, 12:15; at
Showcase -1:00, 4:00, 7:15,
10:00)
Driving MISS Daisy
Elderly Southern woman Jessica
Tandy and chauffeur Morgan
Freeman break down some social
barriers. Adapted from Alfred
Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning
play, performed in Ann Arbor
last semester. Strange casting
award goes to Dan Ackroyd as
Miss Daisy's son Boolie. (At
Showcase - 12:05, 2:20, 4:25,
7:40,9:40, 11:35)
Flashback
Kiefer Sutherland is a fed. Dennis
Hopper is a hippie. The
combination is evidently worth
making a movie out of. (At
Briarwood - 12:00, 2:15, 4:30,
7:00, 9:20, 11:30; at Showcase -
12:25, 2:55, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55, 12:15)
Glory
Matthew Broderick, Morgan
Freeman, and Denzel
Washington star in this lauded
film about the 54th
Massachusetts Regiment, the
first Black battalion in the Civil
War. Directed by Edward
Zwick, a producer of
thirtysomething. But don't hold
that against him. (At Briarwood
-12:00, 2:20,4:40, 7:10,9:45,
12:00; at Showcase -12:00., 2:25,
4:45, 7:10, 9:40, 12:10)
Kiefer Sutherland (left) and Dennis Hopper search the university tunnels for a ticket
to Flashback, the hip new acid flick premiering this weekend in Ann Arbor.
Heart Condition
Bob Hoskins is a sloppy L.A. vice
cop, Denzel Washington is a
slick attorney, and Chloe Webb
is the mutual love interest. Cop
and attorney hate each other. So,
anyway, Hoskins has a heart
attack. He needs a transplant,
and lo and behold, Washington
dies. The vital organ in question
enters Hoskins' body, and
Hoskins finds himself haunted
by Washington's ghost. The
miracles of Hollywood medicine.
(At Showcase -12:35, 2:40, 4:35,
7:30, 9:30, 11:40)
Henry V
Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of
Shakespeare is grittier than
Olivier's version but makes an
admirable transition from stage
to film. (At Ann Arbor 1 & 2; call
for times.)
Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs is the division
watching the watchmen in a
film evidently about
bureaucracy running rampant.
Andy Garcia fights corruption
within the police department,
namely Richard Gere. (At*
Briarwood - 12:30, 2:45, 5:00,
7:30, 9:50, 12:00; at Showcase -
12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:45, 10:00, 12:05)
The Little Mermald
Disney returns to fairytales with
great success in this tale of the
little fish girl who wants legs. (At
Showcase -12:00, 2:00, 4:00,
6:00)
Look Who's Talking
John Travolta makes a
comeback, and Bruce Willis is
the voice that summons him
from the land of the lost. How
frightening. (At Showcase -
3:00, 9:55, 11:40)
The Music Box
Jessica Lange is a lawyer who
defends her Hungarian father
from allegations that he's a Nazi
war criminal. This is the first of
a mini slew of Holocaust-related
films to reach Ann Arbor. Costa-
Gravas directs the drama. (At
Briarwood - 7:00, 9:15)
The Rocky Horror PIcture show
Just see it already, dammit. (At
Briarwood, 11:45 p.m.)
Roger & Me
Creator Michael Moore is giving
$25,000 of his film's profits to the
four Flint, Michigan families
that were evicted while his
camera was running on the
underbelly of the town General
Motors built. Is it a token sum
from a malicious artist or a
tender gesture from a native son?
Decide for yourself. (At
Showcase - 12:30, 2:45, 5:05,
7:20, 9:40, 12:00)
Steel Magnolias
Southern women show strength
and bond, to boot. Shirley
MacLaine, Sally Field, and Dolly
Parton are but a sampling of the
big names to be found in the film.
(At Briarwood - 12:00, 2:20,
4:40, 7:05, 9:30; at Showcase -
12:45, 5:15, 7:45)
Stella
Bette Midler as Stella is a (sniff)
hardworking single parent who
sends her (sob) daughter Trini
Alvarado to live a (choke) better
life with her father - it's the
"ultimate sacrifice."
BOOHOOHOOO!!! (At
Showcase -12:10, 2:30, 4:55,
7:25, 9:45, 12:15; at Ann Arbor 1
& 2 - call for times.)
Tango & Cash
Sylvester Stallone (who has sung
only once in his film career in
Rhinestone) and Kurt Russell (who
might have sung off-key in Big
Trouble in Little China, though the
scene isn't memorable) star in
this cop-buddy movie. Neither
sing. (At Briarwood - 7:15, 9:30;
at Showcase - 1:05, 3:10, 5:20,
7:35, 9:45, 11:50)
Tremors
A horror B-movie featuring
Kevin Bacon in which four
gigantic worms with teeth
terrorize a town. It's Dune for
those who don't like the sight of
pus extraction. (At Briarwood -
7:15, 9:30; at Showcase - 12:40,
2:35, 4:40, 7:15, 9:25, 11:30)
War of the Roses
Divorce and pets just don't mix
in this black comedy from
director Danny DeVito, who pits
Michael Douglas against
Kathleen Turner. (At Briarwood
- 12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45,
11:55; at Showcase- 12:20, 2:35,
4:50, 7:25, 9:35, 11:55)
Campus
Cinema
FRIDAY
Killer of Sheep
Lorch, 7 p.m.
This installment of the Black
Filmmakers Series kicks off the
free festival. See story in this
issue.
Raging Bull
MLB4, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
The '80s are gone. Now it's time
for you to see why almost all film
critics chose this as a top film of
the decade. Sponsored by Cinema
Guild.
A Clockwork Orange
MLB3, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Ah, the Ann Arbor Film Co-op
makes some money with a little
of the old ultra-violence. While
squirming through the in-out, in-
out scenes, just remember that
"yarbles" are testicles.
Young and innocent
Aud A, 7 & 10 p.m./DBL
A night of Hitchcock brought to
you by Mediatrics. A young girl
helps an innocent man accused of
murder to find the real culprit.
Secret Agent
Aud A, 8:45 p.m./DBL
Finishing the night of thrills la
Hitchcock, Madeleine Carroll and
John Gielgud play moles who
pose as man and wife while on
assignment in Switzerland to kill
an enemy spy.
War Requem
Michigan Theater, 7 p.m.
Director Derek Jarman depicts
the life of poet Wilfred Owen. No
dialogue, but Owen's poetry is set
against the backdrop of Benjamin
Britten's "War Requiem." With
Sir Laurence Olivier and Tilda
Swi nton.
Drugstore Cowboy
Michigan Theater, 8:45 p.m.
A sublime drug film until
someone puts a hat on the bed.
Matt Dillon turns in an
admirable performance as the
ringleader of addicts who knock
over pharmacies to feed their
habits.
sex, lies, and videotape
Michigan Theater, 10:45 p.m.
Sex between a yuppie and his
sister-in-law, sex and the VCR,
and sex obliterated by thoughts of
garbage. Sex, TV, garbage...
America finally has a national
identity! Steve Soderbergh's gem
won the Best Film Award at last
summer's Cannes Film Festival.
SATURDAY
sex, lies, and videotape
Michigan Theater, 5 & 10:45 p.m.
See Friday's listing.
War Requiem
Michigan Theater, 7 p.m.
See Friday's listing.
Indiscreet
MLB4, 7 p.m./DBL
Once notorious, now Cary Grant
and Ingrid Bergman simply lack
propriety in Stanley Donen's film
presented by Cinema Guild. He's
an American diplomat; she's an
actor in London. He romances
her; she believes him when he says
he has a wife in New York he
can't get rid of. She nails him.
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Find out what the legendary steam tunnels are really like.
The tunnels of Iwo Jima
University senior Brad Hartsell unearths Japanese WWII relics
Asian, Black fillm tests
Common Ground
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dep'artments
Slings and Arrows Ann Arbor vs. the homeless 4
Alox About Town Let's have some fun for a change 4
Rob Earle Wait list nightmares5
Wieekend list First-run and campus flicks 14
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WEEKEND February 2,1990