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FILMS OPENING FRIDAY:
THURSDAY
T H U R S D A Y T H U R S D A Y
ASPEN EXTREME You might have noticed that all the studios release their
Oscar contenders in late December. Then, in early January, they dump all
their dreck on us. Exhibit A. With no stars, just talent. At Briarwood:
10:05, 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 10, 12:10. At Showcase: 1:45, 4:20, 7:35,
10:05, 12:25.
DAMAGE Then there are the great films of '92 then just haven't hit Ann
Arbor yet. Louis Malle directs Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche and the
ubiquitous Miranda Richardson in this tale o' obsession. At Showcase:
12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20, 12:30.
HExED Exhibit B, a derivative comedy. Poor Adrienne Shelley ("The
Unbelievable Truth") must really need the money. At Showcase: 12:00,
2:55, 5:00, 7:25, 9:35, 11:35.
KNiGHT MOVES Exhibit C: The Highlander himself, Christopher Lambert,
stars with second-stringers Tom Skerritt and Daniel Baldwin in this thriller
from director Carl Schenkel. We've never heard of him either. At Show-
case: 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10, 12:25.
LoREo's OIL Though this miracle cure movie has the potential to be
another "Awakenings," with "Mad Max" meister George Miller at the
helm, it just might lay off the sentimental crap. The great Nick Nolte tries
an Italian accent; also with Susan Sarandon. At Showcase: 1:10, 4:10, 7:20,
10:10, 12:30.
THE LOVER The latest from director Jean-Jacques Annaud ("Quest for
Fire," "The Bear") is an adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novel. This is
one of those French sex movies you've always heard about. At Ann Arbor
1 & 2: 12:30, 2:35, 4:45, 7:05, 9:20
USED PEOPLE Don't let the good cast fool you. The director of "Antonia
and Jane" wastes a decent cast that includes Marcia Gay Harden in this
"Fried Green Magnolias." Poor Marcello Mastroianni must really need the
money. At Showcase: 1:20, 3:55, 7:15, 9:50, 12:10.
Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon in George Miller's "Lorenzo's Oil."
FILMS HOLDING:
ALADDIN It's probably the best movie of the Christmas season - it's an
animated feature, not a cartoon, damnit! Robin Williams will never find a
better role (at least it's not in "Toys.") At Briarwood: 10:05, 12, 2:10, 4:15,
7 9, 11:15. At Showcase: 12:35, 2:40, 4:45, 7, 9, 11.
AuvE Disney goes cannibal in this inspiring tale about some schmucks
who have to eat each other to survive - all handled quite tastefully, we
hear. We hope Ethan Hawke's the one who gets eaten. At Showcase: 1:35,
4:20, 7:25, 10:05, 12:25.
THE BODYGUARD The public has decided to chuck the critics and make
this one of the biggest hits of the holiday season. Trust us, it's really is
awful. At Briarwood: 7:15, 9:45, 12:05. At Showcase: 3:45, 9:35, 12:05.
BODY OF EVIDENCE Madonna stars as Sharon Stone, with Willem Dafoe
as Michael Douglas in this almost-NC-17 pseudo-smoker. So bad it's
almost good ... no, it's still bad. At Briarwood: 10:15, 12:15, 2:15, 4:45,
7:25, 9:30, 11:30. At Showcase: 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:55, 11:55.
CHAPLIN Robert Downey Jr. of the criminally long eyelashes actually
gives a good, hell, call it great performance as the Tramp; too bad director
Dick Attenborough ("Cry Freedom") couldn't make a decent picture to
save his life. At Showcase: 12:00.
A FEw GOOD MEN Rob Reiner's latest lowest common denominator
blockbuster manages a Few Good Scenes with Jack, but little more. But,
boy, oh boy, that Tom Cruise really is irresistible. At Briarwood: 10, 12:45,
3:45, 7, 9:40, 12:05. At Showcase: 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 10:00, 12:35.
FOREVER YOUNG This remake of "Always" stars Mel Gibson and his butt.
People who like this sort of shit will find this the sort of shit they like. At
Showcase: 12:25,4:55, 9:30, 11:40.
HomA Lousy director Danny DeVito teams up with lousy screenwriter
David Mamet for a, well, fucking abominable biopic. If we see one more
overhead crane shot ... At Ann Arbor 1 & 2: 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55.
HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEw YORK Even folks who were suckers for
Macaulay in the first one can't stand the remake, er, sequel. At Briarwood:
10, 12:15, 2:35, 4:55.
HOWARDS END Somebody told us that this flick ain't so bad. At State: 2,
4:30, 9:15, 11:45.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS Daniel Day-Lewis as the next action hero?
Well, he's better looking than Arnie. At State: 7 p.m. only.
NOwHERE TO RUN We do not like him, Sam I Am. We do not like Jean-
Claude Van Damme. At Briarwood: 10:15, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7:45, 9:50,
11:45. At Showcase: 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:30, 9:40, 11:35.
PETER'S FRENDS See Kenneth Branagh get drunk and say "fuck!" See
Kenneth Branagh take off his shirt! What else do you want? Also with
1993 Academy Award winner Emma Thompson. At Ann Arbor 1 & 2:
12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:40. At Showcase: 2:40, 7:10.
A RIVER RUmS THROUGH IT Bob Redford's sleep-a-thon is about as
exciting as "Bassmasters." At Showcase: 1, 7.
SCENT OF A WOMAN Hoo-hah? Al Pacino gives a performance that can
only be called a tour-de-force; too bad the movie's not really about him.
Chris O'Donnell stars as a boarding school kid who gains redemption not
ratting on a bunch of upper-class prigs who hate his guts anyway. Smells
like a dog. At Briarwood: 10, 1, 4, 7:05, 10:15. At Showcase: 12:30, 3:45,
7:10 10:15.
THE PLAYER At State: Friday at 4:30, 7:15, 9:30, 11:45; Saturday at 2,
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GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992)
Pacino and Lemmon shine in this
claustrophobic drama. Mich Th
7:20.
SwOON (1991) Revisionist take
on the famous Leopold- Loeb trial
of the 1920's. Mich Th 9:30.
F R I D A Y
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1991)
Kevin Costner's appeal for New
Age Sensitive Guy of 1991.
Chrysler Cent Aud (N. Campus)
5:00 free.
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL Cheer
on your schoolmates. Many
directorial debuts. 7:00 free.
DERSU UZALA (1975) A Russian
scientist and his guide bond in the
Siberian wilderness, directed by the
great Akira Kurosawa. Aud A 7:00
& 9:30.
EUROPA, EUROPA (1991)
Powerful film set in Nazi Gennany.
Playing at Int'l Center 7:00 free.
SwOON (1991) See Thursday.
Mich Th 7:30.
EYE AND EAR CONTROL: AVANT
GARDE DISSONANE & FILmS
Seven pretentious films by seven
pretentious directors. Intended for
pretentious people. MLB 4 8:00.
A/V HISTORY 101 Tips for
manufacturing better nuclear-age
teenagers. MLB 4 8:00 & 9:30.
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) Ultra-
violent morality tale about crooks.
Mich Th 9:20. (See film review,
page 4.)
THE BIG RED ONE (1980) The
masterful Samuel Fuller directs Lee
Marvin imitating Clint Eastwood.
Could be fun. Nat Sci 10:00.
SICK & TWISTED ANIMATION
Disgusting. Perverse. Gross.
Raunchy. Mich Th 11:30.
SATURDAY
RESERVOIR DOcS (1992) See
Friday. Mich Th 7:15.
*ORPHEUS DESCENDING (1990)
Another Tennessee Williams classic
goes silver. Aud A 7:30 free.
EUROPA, EUROPA (1991) See
Friday. Nat Sci 8:00 (only).
CHINESE GHOST STORY III Kung-
fu and special effects too. Lorch
8:00. Free.
EYE AND EAR CONTROL See
Friday. MLB 4 8:00.
A/V HISTORY 101 See Friday.
MLB 4 9:15.
SwOON (1991) See Thursday.
Mich Th 9:25.
THE BIG RED ONE (1980) See
Friday. Nat Sci 10:00.
SICK 8 TWISTED ANIMATION
See Friday. Mich Th 11:30.
S U N D A Y
PLANET OF STORMS (1962)
MLB 2018 4:30. Free.
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
Need anything else be said? Mich
Th 5:00.
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) See
Friday. Mich Th 7:00.
SwOON (1991) See Thursday.
Mich Th 9:05.
MONDAY
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) See
Sunday. Mich Th 4:15.
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) See
Friday. Mich Th 7:15.
SwOON (1991) See Thursday.
Mich Th 9:20.
TUESDAY
SwOON (1991) See Thursday.
Mich Th 5:00.
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) See
Sunday. Mich Th 7:00.
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) See
Friday. Mich Th 9:00.
UNCLE CHUNK Peppy polyester popsters who just can't get enough of
your love drop that funky stuff at Rick's to the beat of great beer specials,
9:00 p.m., 996-2748.
VuDu HIPPIES A2's hip spellcasters will leave ya hexed after Beyond
Zero ponder the Fixx and Brett Easton Ellis at the Blind Pig, 996-8555.
GIFTS OF ART The Continental Brass Quintet, University Hospital
Lobby, 12:30 p.m., free, 936-ARTS.
MIDWESTERN MUSIC CONCERT U-M hosts a conference which features
junior high and high school bands, orchestras, and choirs. The opening
Gala Concert features the EMU Symphony Orchestra, Hill Auditorium, 8
p.m., free, 764-0594.
F R I D A Y
JES GRu/GOING PuBuC Do the college rock thang, do not pass go, and
collect $200 if either band covers Van Morrisson or the Grateful Dead at
Rick's, 996-2748.
TERRY FARMER AND THE BEAD BAND You won't be needin' any
miracles by the time Terry's crew (as well as openers Assembly Required)
hit you with those deadly dishes, Blind Pig, 996-8555.
DETROrr SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Neeme Jarvi and pianist Alexandre
Toradze perform Prokofiev's third concerto, and Neeme will conduct
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" and Schumann's third sym-
phony, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, 8 p.m., 833-3700.
IN AN ENGuSH GARDEN The Museum Chamber Strings complement the
exhibition "The Cultivated Image: Garden Photographs by Michael
Kenna" with British classics by Handel, Vaughn Williams, Holst, and
Elgar, U-M Museum of Art, 8 p.m., $7-$12, 764-0395.
COLLAGE CONCERT Ensembles and soloists from the School of Music,
Hill Auditorium, 8:15 p.m., free, 763-4726.
MIDWESTERN MUSIC CONCERT See Thursday, Hill, all day (call for a
complete schedule), free, 764-0594.
S A T U R D A Y
PIGFACE Be prepared for the wildest night of industrial debauchery
imaginable as the electro supertribe mess with your mind, Blind Pig, 9:30
p.m., $9.50 (p.e.s.c), 996-8555.
LONNIE BROOKS Well alright! A true bluesmaster, my man Brooks will
have ya cryin' in your beer and shoutin' in the aisles. And the kind folks at
Rick's ain't letting anybody leave 'til they too sing the blues, 996-2748.
SUN MESSENGERS Tropicana OJ would kill to have these ray-catchers on
their team. Get down to the Blind Pig and feel the heat, 996-8555.
JAAP SCHR6DER Dutch specialist in period performnce and "The Acad-
emy of Early Music" perform choral works, St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church (306 N. Division), 8 p.m., $10-$12.
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA See Friday. 8:30 p.m., 833-3700.
OLEG Voucov This Russian-born pianist has received phenomenal
critical acclaim, and will perform Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev, and,
Chopin, Kerrytown Concert House, 8 p.m., $5-$15, 769-2999.
MIDWESTERN MUSIC CONCERT See Thursday, Hill, all day (call for a
complete schedule), free, 764-0594.
S U N D A Y
ROOMFUL OF BLUES Put on those dancing shoes, because this killer nine-
piece groove machine has got it goin' on bigtime, the Blind Pig, $10
(p.e.s.c.), 8 p.m., 996-8555.
HARPSICHORD AND FLUTE RECITAL Kreft Center for the Arts
(Concordia College), 3:30 p.m., free, 995-7612.
DAVID RUSSELL Talented young guitarist in recital, Kerrytown Concert
House, 4 p.m., $5-$15, 769-2999.
GARY'S BLUES JAM Bring your axe and show Clapton how it's done at
the Blind Pig, 996-8555.
T U E S D A Y
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN These adorable Brit boys aren't sleeping
around, but they will be making some guitar-heavy, power poppy, mosh-
happy thrash. Supreme Love Gods and Flowerhead open the all ages
show, St. Andrews Hall, 7:30 p.m., 961-MELT.
LEN WALLACE Ever wondered what "speed drunk Celto-Slavic fusion
with underlying social commentary" would sound like played on an
accordion by a Canadian nationalist? Wonder no more, as Wallice lights
up the Ark, 8:00 p.m., 761-1451.
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY/PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRAS Surinach,
Stravinsky's "Symphony in Three Movements," and Tchaikovsky's
Symphony No. 4, Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m., free, 763-4726.
CREATURES OF HABIT Shining examples to us all, this local crew brush
and floss after every meal. There'll be no cavities at the Blind Pig, 996-
8555.
WE D N E S D A Y
Mozmur BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Gustav Meier conducts a Mozart
overdose, Rackham, 8 p.m, free, 763-4726.
DIG They've got two drummers but sound nothing like April Wine.
Calypso love stuff at the Blind Pig, 996-8555.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Can an enormous budget overcome
an utter lack of substance? Pay 60
bucks and find out. The New
Masonic Temple Theatre, 500
Temple Ave., Detroit, 8 p.m.,
$22.50-$60, 832-2232 or 645-6666.
NECESSmnES The Purple Rose
Theatre presents this new play by
Velina Hasu which tells the story of
an infertile woman who contem-
plates buying a baby through the
newspaper. Purple Rose Theatre, 137
Park St., Chelsea, 8 p.m., $10-$25,
475-7902.
HIGHLY IMPROVABLE This comedy
ensemble comprised of five Univer-
sity seniors takes audience sugges-
tions throughout the show - hence
the name. Original shows each week.
U-Club, 10 p.m., $2, 996-5979.
DREAMLIGHT A mime drama that
includes professional actors, mime
artists, and homeless persons from
Detroit's Cass Corridor. Perfor-
mance Network, 408 W. Washing-
ton, 8 p.m., $8-$10, 663-0681.
BURN THIS Lanford Wilson's
celebrated work about a young
dancer who is forced to deal with the
sudden death of her roommate is
brought to life by the Ann Arbor
Civic Theatre. AACT, 2275 Platt, 8
p.m., $7 (Thurs. 2-for-1), 971-
AACT.
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY University
graduate, Jon Hammond, rounds out
the cast of four in this extremely
fast-paced satire on the actors and
artists that make up Broadway. Gem
Theatre, Woodward Ave. (across
from the Fox), 2 and 7:30 p.m.,
$19.50-$24.50, 645-6666 or 963-
9800.
F R I D A Y
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
See Thursday, 8 p.m.
NECESSITES See Thursday, 8 p.m.
DREAMLIGHT See Thursday, 8 p.m.
BURN THIS See Thursday, 8 p.m.
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY See
Thursday, 9:30 p.m.
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S A T U R D A Y
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
See Thursday, 2 and 8 p.m.
NECESSITIES See Thursday, 8 p.m..
DREAMLIGHT See Thursday, 8 p.m.
BURN THIS See Thursday, 8 p.m. -
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY See
Thursday, 1 and 7 p.m.
S U N D A Y
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LITTLE ANGELS CHILDREN'S FOLC
BALLET OF KOREA Youngsters,
ages eight to fifteen, celebrate the
music and dances from their native
country. Power Center, 4 p.m., $10-:
$20, 747-1178.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
See Thursday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
NECSSirIES See Thursday, 8 p.m.
DREAMUGHT See Thursday, 2 and
6:30 p.m.
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY See
Thursday 4:30 p.m.
T U E S D A Y
JAMAICA KINCAID READS
HOPWOOD FicnION Jamaica
Kincaid discusses her career as a
writer. Rackham Aud., 3:30 p.m.,
free, 764-6296.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
See Thursday, 8 p.m.
W E D N E S D A Y
ARTVIDEOS AT NOON Museum of
Art, 12:10 p.m., free, 764-0395.
U DANCE Co. LEcTrE/DEMo
Members of the U Dance Co. present
a free lecture/demonstration to
preview their performance next
month. Power Center, 8 p.m., free,
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