Page 6 -The Michigan Daily- Friday, June 7, 1985

CREATURES GOONIES
No information at press timebut iftthe title is any Steven Spielberg is presenting this Richard
indication...At the State Theater, 231 S. State; 662- Donner-directedopus which looks a lot like a bun-
g6264. ch of kids pretending to be Harrison Ford. Thrills,
R un spils, and excitement, if that's what you're
lookingfor. Atthe Ann Arbor Theater, 210S. Fifth
Film sAve.; 761-0700.
BEVERLY HILLS COP DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN
Eddie Murphy goes through hisusual fast jiving, Film vehicle for transient popster Madonna. At
smart ass routines in this moderately amusing the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769- MARIA'SLOVERS
thriller/comedy about a streetwise Detroit cop 8780N StateTheater,i231.lState; 2-A2t4.
who goes to California to investigate a friend's
murder. The script is just a sketchy outline,
existing solely for Murphy to improvise around.
Murphy's antics are cute even if they're strictly
lowbrow. The laughs are fast and plentiful, but FLETCH
lightweight, and you're always aware of just how Chevy Chase as a wise-cracking reporter in a A NIGHTMAREON ELM STREET
shabbily slapped together the whole film is. At the mystery-comedy by the director of The Bad News Low budget horror yarn about a group of
Movies at Briarwood Mall; 769-8780. Bears. At the State Theater, 231 S. State, 662-6264, adolescents who are stalked in their dreams by a
and the Wayside,3020Washtenaw; 434-1782. vengeful ghoul. If he gets his claws on them, they
don't wake up. The plotting is weak and predic-
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS table and the acting stiff, but the film is made
Latest Richard Pryor comedy wherein he is oft- directr Wes Craven's snappy direction sathe
tered megamittians hy an aging wealthy eccentric drco e rvnssap ieto fte
provided he canfirst manage tospend thirtyoftit in FR ATERNITY VACATION more chilling moments. A B-movie classic in the
one month. At the Campus Theater 1214 S. Univer- Yet another spawn of Animal House seeking its same league as Halloween or The Terminator. At
sity; 668-6416. cut of the summer teen-sex box office. At the theWayside Theatre, 3020 Washtenaw,434-1782.
Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769-8780.

Curtis and Marilu Henner help answer. At the
Movies at Briarwood,Briarwood Mall; 769-8780.
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD II
Sytvestor Stattone reprises the roe ofthe
resttess Vietaam vet wha, in shin sequelto First
Blood, is sent back into the jungles to rescue
American POWs still in captivity. Does this sound
familiar to anyone else? At the Fox Village, 375 N.
Maple; 769-1300.
A VIEW TO A KILL
Latest James Bond opus, with Roger Moore
(who's beginning to look a little long toothed to
make a believable 007) and Grace Jones as a
somewhat funky nemesis. At the Fox Village
Theater, 375 N. Maple; 769-1300.
WITNESS
Harrison Ford plays a Philadelphia detective
who uncovers an extensive narcotics network
operated from within the agency, and his life is in
danger, flees into the Pennsylvania countryside
taking refuge in an Amish farmin communit

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THE CARE BEARS MOVIE
Animated fantasy based on the hugely successful
line of teddy bears. At the Movies at Briarwood,
Briarwood Mall, 769-8780.
CODE OF SILENCE
Chuck Norris vehicle. Lasotf quasi-martial arts
ass-kicking. At the Fox Village Theater, 375 N.
Maple; 769-1300.

L-11 ILUC 11Al H11A1 1~llllb cg mn y.
Australian director Peter Weir successfully takes
a second rate script and elevates it to absolute
PARIS, TEXAS sublimity. This film is one of the richest in mood
Soul-searching ina small Texas town. Directed and texture I've ever seen. Very highly recom-
A marvelosly imginaYive bomedy alout an hy Wilm Wenders from a piece by Sam Shephard. mended. At the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood
iAn m hmae wshy mgishesa Coey tOe that At the State Theater, 231 S. State; 662-6264. Mall; 769-8780.
African bushman who mistakes a Coke bottle that
falls from an airplane as a dropped trinket of the
gods, and decides totry to return it. Thetlaughs are
pure slapstick, but ingenious and relentless. The PERFECT
newest cult classic in town and deservedly so. At John Travolta plays a Rolling Stone reporter
the Movies at Briarwood, Briarwood Mall; 769- who goes undercover to discover whether the - Compi/ed hy Byron I . Bull
8780. exercise spa is the eighties singles bar. Jamie Lee


FRIDAY
Bars and Clubs
The Apartment - (769-4060) -
Break to the top-40 sound of Glass.
The Ark - (761-1451) - Footloose
plays jazz-tinged bluegrass.
The Bird of Paradise - (662-8310)
- Detroit jazz vocalist Ursula
Walker.
The Blind Pig - (996-8555) - Steve
Nardella and his Rock'n'Roll Trio
stomp.
The Earle - (994-0211) - Burgess
and O'Connor entertain.
Main Street Comedy Showcase -
(996-9980) - John Caponera makes
you chortle.
Mr. Flood's Party-(995-2132)-
Jump with the Fabulous Checkers.
Mountain Jack's -- (665-1133) Bob
Gardner and Jeff Baldori duet.
The Nectarine Ballroom - (994-
543t) - Yaw! The Weekend Dance
Party hegins.
Rick's American Cafe - (996-2747)
From the Motor City . . . The Sun
Messengers!
U-Club - (763-2236) - DJ Tom
Simonian spins the extruded
polyvinyl.
Windows - (769-9500) - Fast For-
ward provides the entertainment.
Performance
Latenight Concert Series -
Kerrytown Concert House
Works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
and Rachmaninoff will be featured in
tonight's performance by pianist
Deborah Berman and cellist Judy
Vendenburg: Wine reception at 10:15
p.m. 11 p.m. at the Concert House, 415
N. Fourth Avenue. $6. Call 769-2999 for
more information.

Translations - Performance word for this flick with Katherine so, then open invitation dancing rules
Network Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, and Cary the rest of the evening. No partner is
Translations is contemporary Irish Grant, verbal slapstick, and quick necessary. Angell School Gym-
playwright Brian Friel's story of 19th characterizations, this one is almost nasium, 1608 S. University. $1.50. Call
century Irish country people faced too much movie fun. Nat. Sci. 7:30 665-0219for more information.
with a British edict outlawing the p.m., 9:30p.m., $2.50.
teaching of Gaelic, their language, in Stardust Memories (Woody Allen,
public schools. Director Jim Moran 1980) Michigan Theatre Foundation
has rounded up an excellent cast, in- If you've only seen this film once SATURDAY
cluding members of the Attic and hated it, try it again. Rather than
Theater's 1981 production of the play. see a sharply acidic and mean-
Traditional Irish music will be spirited attack on his celebrity status, Bars and Clubs
provided before and after the show, you might get the impression that
and at intermission. 8 p.m. at the Per- Allen's struggle to figure out what the The Apartment-(769-4060)-Glass
formance Network, 408 W. heck's going on in his movies is sin- closes out a shattering two-night
Washington. Tickets are $5 for cere and understandable. And stand.
students tonight and Saturday night, besides, the film's pretty funny. Mich. The Ark-(761-1451)-By George! See
$4 Thursday and Sunday. Special 7:15 p.m. only. $2.50/single, Performance.
bargain price tonight only is two for $3.00/double. The Bird of Paradise-(662-8310)-
the price of one. Call 663-0681 for more Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983) MTF Jazz Vocalist Ursula Walker.
information. Not quite the real version of the The Blind Pig-(996-8555)-Luther
second coming that many critics "Guitar" Jr. Johnson. See Perfor-
claimed. Nevertheless, ingenious mance.
special effects and mild wit make this The Earle-(994-0211)-Burgess and
Campus Cinema short story of Leonard Zelig the O'Connor play jazz and more.
Human Chameleon a truly im- Main Street Comedy Showcase-
The Man Who Loved Women (Fran- pressive movie. Mich. 9 p.m. only. (996-9080)-John Caponera yuks it up.
cois Truffaut, 1977) Cinema 2 $2.50/single, $3.00/double.

A movie concerning two of Truf-
faut's main themes and obsessions.
Unfortunately, not exactly one of
Frank's better efforts. It's not just
that the action is predictable and the Furthermore
technique flat, but that's enough.
MLB 4 7:30 p.m. only. $2.50/single,
$3.50/double.
The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, Astrofest 148: Space History
1959) C2 Il-University Exhibit
Truffaut's first film and perhaps his Museum/University Department of
best. Startlingly clear camera work Aerospace Engineering
and an underplayed sense of pathos Films will include NASA documen-
as well as humor, turn this pre- taries on Apollo 13, the failed 1970
adolescent Rebel Without a Cause in- moon landing, and the historic
to the kind of dream that films are Apollo-Soyuz mission of 1975. Jim
made of. MLB 4 9:30 p.m. only. Loudon provides commentary. 7:30
$2.50/single, $3.50/double. p.m. in MLB Auditorium 3. Free. Call
The Philadelphia Story (George 426-5396 for more information.
Cukor,1940) Cinema Guild International Folk Dancing -
Film blurbs may over use the word University Folk Dance Club
"classic" when describing old Every Friday the Folk Dance Club
movies, but that's exactly the right teaches steps from 8 to 9:30 p.m, or

Sun Messengers
shine at Rick's
this weekend