Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 208, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 20, 1985 Page: 15 of 20
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FILMETER
A capsule look at cinema
FILMETER is compiled by Dick Kleiner in
Hollywood and the NEA staff in Hollywood
and New York
, BACK TO THE FUTURE (PG) - Michael
J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea
Thompson (Adventure) Steven Spielbergs
latest production is so rich with compassion
you'll swear you re watching the best of Dis
ney Fox breaks his conservative TV ties and
plays a teenage misfit transported 30 years
back in time after inadvertently tangling with
a wacky inventor's time machine On the sur-
face the film seems simple, but writers Bob
Gale and Robert Zemeckis have infused the
plot with subtle nuances that add color, humor
and tenderness This film is a loving reminder
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also dull Miss Beals looks, sounds and traneous laughs here Hector Babenco has oddities haven’t tried to stop him T
screams are frightfully tiresome, and Geral turned Manuel Puig’s cult-classic novel into is a vulnerable Veru PR him Miss Turner stick and into a bizarre world ut juvenha
dine Page is wasted in a cameo role Stay an extraordinary film A flamboyant homo angst could be S su, ( " k pranks riddles tears and tears You II laugh
home and tune in Elsa Lancaster instead sexual longing to be a movie star and a politi- ' DPus and laugh and laugh A must' GR ADE
GRADE: F cal activist determined to die for his beliefs NATIONAL LAMPOON’S EUROPEAN '
COMPROMISING positions.share their lives ina decaying prison cell VACATION (PG-13) - Chevy Chase Beverly
S COMPROMISING POSITIONS (R) Susan Spider proves that our limitations link us to D’Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively Comedy, TEEN WOLF (PG) Michael I Fox.
Saradon. Raul Julia EdwardHerrman, Judith gether: our desperations make us human This The Griswolds are just a typical American James Hampton, Susan I rsitti ( omedy)
Ivey. (Comedy) Dr Bruce Fleckstein is a hip. is a relentless, disturbing gaudy film that family on vacation but Europe n Scott Howard is an average high shoml slu
chauvinistic, oversexed Long Island periodon- grabs you from the opening credits and be the same Chevy Chase is in top form MS Ne dent He cant perfect his jump shot to can I
stabbed withhis own The murder (he was doesn’t let h° until the final note of John leads his clan in destroying landmarks and in impress girls, he can’t find a better job But
stabbed withhis own de ofallinstrument) took Neschling’s haunting score Brilliantly craft juring various natives all while keeping one full moonlit night Scott finds himself in a
that man should never tamper with the inev a ter an afternoon of filling and flirting d unequivocally original Spider boasts that dumb, innocent expression on his race hairy situation he turns into a werewoli
itable Fox’s performance ^ carefully Tiealsanda kesiplac atithei beginnings of this performances that smolder, seduce and scar There isn’t much of a plot, but the steady sup. Now a champion basketball player seou M
Ss Vawliiallover, andthe quintenisente Reulptre-s nymphomaniac: The com MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME minus. maoun *4WarMo‘nenaa
pulsive, plant-loving recluse The dentists (PG-13) — Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (PG) _ bizarre? It is, but it's also guilelessly funny
THE BRIDE (PG-13) - Sting Jennifer obese brother’We re not saying. What we will Rossitto, Frank Thring. (Adventure) The Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Hof Director Rod Daniel never loses sight of the
Beals, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport. Hor sthat director Frank Perry hasensem world has been destroyed this film is its phoe- ton, Diane Salinger (Comedy) Peewee Her film’s moral (Yes, it has one.) Fox is engaging
ror) After her resounding success in "Flash- bled an impressive cast that works hard at nix Most people have given up, but some man is an entertainment oddity With his as his hirsute alter ego and newcomer I rsitti
dance," Jennifer Beals claims it took two keeping as puzzled a and laughing But they like Mad Max — fight to rebuild and claim short-cropped, slicked back hair shrill voice is an infectious delight Teen Wolf may be
years to find her next project, this remake or still can’t save the film from becoming a pe- their property. This is an ugly, loud film - and fey persona, Herman exudes as much sex come do we dare? a monstrous hit
the 1935 classic “Bride of Frankenstein. She destrian suburban farce Joe Mantegna, in his snarling creatures, sweating ogres and twist- appeal as Olive Oyl But like his cartoon coun GRADE B-plus
should have held out longer This Bride is a GameE flirtatious leckstein, is ed dreadful gray shadows rise out of ‘^ post- terpart. Peewee is real, funny and real funny
confused enigma, director Franc Roddam brilliant GRADE B. nuclear ashes but it s also a mesmerizing And that’s why we love him in his big screen
isn’t sure if he should make us laugh cry or KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (R wa explosive apocalypticfantasy Gibson infuses debut, Pee-wee searches for his cherished life (Film grading: A — superb; B - good; C -
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