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read a mysterious book. and is can‘t help feeling as thotigh you‘ve been l miraculously drawn into the pages to emotionally manipulated by a bunch of undergo an exciting and dangerous I (‘indy Dolls. Strathclyde: WMR Film adventure in a land of fantasy. Passable ('entre.

adaptation of the Michael Iinde bestseller. ' I A Strange Place To Meet ( 15) (Francois with plenty ofcute furry folk to engage the I)upeyroii. France. 1988) Catherine kiddies. Edinburgh: Filmhouse. Denettve. (ierard Depardieu. Nathalie

I Nikita ( lb‘) (Luc Besson. France. 199(1) 1 (‘ardone 97 mins. Debut director

Anne Parillaud. 'l'cheky Karyn. Duperyon's film has a certain appealing Jean-l lughes Anglade. Jeanne Moreau. quirk-mess. A man puns mm ;. lay--by-I

11-1 mins. The latest exercise in stylislt losh throws his wife from a vehicle and speeds from (iallic maestro Besson. l’arillaud off. In the adjacent cafe Deneuve . certain stars- as a junkie waif resurrected from her that htibby will repent and return. remains dreary existence by the enigmatic KM)“ and here she meets the Iay-by‘s other

an agent for the government's most resident. l)epardieu. a doctor hiding from secretive undercover organistaion. and life. The two bring a genuine credibility to pretty soon she‘s a lopnnlch itssztssill- Bl" their rather odd roles in this emotionally does this make her any more fulfilled? intense yet curiottsly distanced tnovie_ Edinburgh: Filmhouse. lidinburgh Film (iuild.

I Pacific Heights ( 15) (John Schlcsingcr. I Taxi Driver ( is) ( Martin Scorsese. US. US. 199(1) Melanie Griffith. Matthew 1‘)7(i) Robert De Niro. ('ybill Shepherd. Modine. Michael Keaton. 'l'ippi llcdrcn. Jodie Foster. 1 larvev Keitel. 114 mins. An 10?. mins. (‘reepy suspense thriller with '

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1’ I I alienated taxi driver in New York is so mildlylmCthkiim undemmcsms 1.1-» . « Iv m '. '1 . rcpclletl lil‘llic sqtialorandthe moral (‘riffith an l Modin as a Iovev-dovev . I I I I II II . I I.‘ . _‘ couple strtiuulirig ttipav the mortgage on i 0"}9'” Down under (12) (Simon . mov'.e’. our hero' wm‘ help 0' the local 1:22:11lirC‘lllltlifilfllglll:(l::1l::]l:::lllllhlfiOf their desirable new Frisco home. Keaton 1 WIncqu19909 "slim-m Selle“. [taura é Abor'g'nest exams a comp'ehenswe the 1970‘. mm the SCMSCSUDC’ Nim is their undesirable new lodger. who not : 83" Glacomo. Al?" Blokmao, ChrlS revenge. 5 IIIIIIIICISIIIII III IIS IICIIk. “thyme: only fails to pay the rent. but also Haywood. 120 mins. Ouigley’s Down A kind of Crocodile Dundee in (mm-mm

introduces sotiie other unwanted tenants I Under and he's a|so none too happy

reverse, this is really an old-fashioned l Teenage Mutant Nihia Turtles ( PG) of the six-legged variety Well acted and when he realises he's been hired by

Western in everything except IocationI (Steve Barron. L's. two) Judith l loag. with director Wincer reinvigorahng the Iilias Koleas. Josh l’ais. Michelan Sisti.

not without its moments. but rather rancher Elfin" Marston (Hickman) to

‘I'T.52mm}:If???"‘L'"‘ L’l‘L‘g‘m' murder Aborigines. It's the 1860s and lorm by switching continents, but 11°”.‘I'l‘lff‘i ““I‘l‘l"‘f’mffl "3 "‘_”_‘;‘- I

I PianésI‘Trains 5nd A/mombmu 15) Ouigley is an “American cowboy and. an maintaining the traditional big gull ‘dL" (Mm Hugh“. Le 1937, 51m. Martin. expert shot with his huge,ISIx-loot rille. between good and evil. A towering, IIIIIIhI’I‘IIW plum, “I‘II'I hm III“. we" the John Candy. l.aila Robbins. 92 mins. I Getting ofttbe boat with his saddle on laconic performance from Selleclt, pm, (mu m: in.” _. L.” [mu 'murscmo llughes relinquishes his position as the ' his shoulder, he quickly gets into a some perfectly judged framing 01 the the real garbage. Made cheaply. made mm! Pertinent commutator 0“ tccnugc g tightwith some of Marston's men, hero against the spectacular millions. Strathclyde: ()LlL‘OII Ayr. WMR “PCS and gradual“ “"11 “0mm” in 1h“ I meets the weird Crazy Cora (San landscapes and just the right mix of Film ('cntrc.

S'dc‘spl'mng “M1 9""‘L‘L’9‘ “."k“”' Wm" i Giacomo), another expatriate, who revisionist history (the movie pulls no I 79‘35V1'19 l 15) l l’s‘tcr Buildanm'ich. pm“ " mmmm h'mg“ hmmcssmim 1 thinks he's her long-lost husband and punches on the white settlers' 13“ 19"“) ~16” Bridges. (‘rbill Shepherd.

desperate to return home from New York

for Thanksgiving. After missing the last “ands out "am the flow“ m 3 ["9 way-

treatmem of the Aborigines). solid :\lllllL‘ l’otts.('1oris Leachinan.Timothy

I I l , , Bottoms. Raiideuaid. 126 mins. ‘\ flight home he undergoes a seriesof 0‘" at "'8 raneh' Marsmn 'nloIrms mm i acuon and unbeachmedy' It works on melancholic sequel to 1971‘s [.(I.S‘!I;f(‘lllr(’ fraught misadventures. reluctantly 0' the nature 0' the work. and '5 ' every level- surpnsmgly 900d. (Tom Show. w hich brings most of the original enduring the accident-prone ('andy as promptly thrown through a Closed door. I TUHHBY) cast together after two decades and ages "awningwml’immn- l’erlCWth find The UpShOl 01 this is Ouigley and Cora ' F F .SA .I GI .c Th them all a further teii years. sentimental ()dd ('ouple road movie being taken out into the Outback to be ' mm H p" asgow'" gnnon e Bogdanovich's attempted comeback is which is nonetheless genuinely funny. d d H r v - , Fd'ge' cannon Saucmeha tree" subll‘ intelli ' ‘nt w ‘11' 't r 1' 1'1 ' "

. . . ml" ere - Dweller. It (1088" quIle - Edinbur b' on Strathcl de' UCICI debanlt L' 3*“ ' L “L L‘ “m " “m” l:dmburgh:( ameo. I work am like that and tonne test 0' the UCI E IgKIIb y ' y beautiful to look at. but there's no I Postcards From The Edge 1 51(thkc as ' n 8' mistaking the absence of the spark that

NlLllL’ls‘ LJS‘ 1W”) Meryl Strccp‘smrlcy fired the earlier film. lidinburgh: Cameo.

M; ‘I.; in a l) ‘nnis uaid. (‘ ‘ne I I _ . - . I. . I l. L -L.} . d?) . .f .’.L “)1 ~ _ gangster movie. reputedly based on .lohii I Romuald and Juliette (( oline Serreati. 'Th'e? Mall AMAme Laqylm’NE-m'lt H‘ld‘m‘m‘ R'L 1‘" LL) “55' mm‘s' :‘trdolino.l S. 199(1) Iom Sclleck. Steve

(‘1 _ .t I ,. , I, , . {(3 .I liustons'sAsp/iuIIJung/t'. In a seriesof France. lL)8L))l);llllCl:\ll1Cllll.l"lrmlnC I H I H I 055) “‘1 10m“ M ‘lpl‘m‘m" am“ (tuttenbcrg. led Danson. .\ancy Iravts.

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II..IkIIII1IIp with strum.ch ,I plummeting code among several groups of underworld exec falls for his black cleaning lady thplcnmyillc hm. mild). pupumr Ilm’c‘wm c . t .. ' . . - s r - ' re‘put'ition and the degr'td‘ttionofthc characters. through a story centringon a - Richard and as theiraffairbreaks down ‘1"; 'l I ‘I’.’-‘ lumilsle‘I L’L'l hunk} m” dam CIIIIIC III III“ “Lee IIIC younger” daringjewel robbery tn the centre of the both class arid racial barriers. hershrewd "LIL L, "M “"1”er If‘R'SfiLL’ELLerI phwd mm mm“ III, SIICCP 'I,ICC\_‘IIIC city. [2dinburgh: ( ameo. I insight into the absurdity of corporate “uh L'S'n‘L'l‘L‘ LhL hL’mLLLh'Idjm’“ “LL IIdLiIIIIInIII Ir‘IIIuhIII'In Mm ,IICIIhIIIIC mum , I Red Sorghum ( 1)) (Xhang \ imou. power-broking helps him todiscovera “MI”! ".gL' l “mll-l Lr'SL" “I'LL “h'Lh (“Id ,IIIIcI IIIII Um CIIIIIIIII, .II. “HIM” I ( hina. 198M (tong I.i. Jian \\ eng..liu.1i. new set of more worthwhile values. I "IL"?Prlmll}\slm0110 itlcndand .‘ f A .3) ~ .- - . .. .7 i .- 90mins.'l'hiscombletelvstartlinubicceof l-‘ollowingon from her huge French hit ILL lL' SLHLLl‘ShL’L'lLl "1"”) hdHSl‘L‘L‘p saycthe day. Sensitiyely assembled with . . . .. . ' . . x ,. . ~ . . . ~ l . . ,_ , ..., .\ew( hinesc ( inema is a family saga set [I'UIS Hummus 1-,! l n( ()llHlIl . an admirablelightness oftouch.this isa . _ . v ; _ I I .. I_ _ , . . . . . - ina ruralcommunityduringthe lL).\1l\.ilIl(l (successfully .»\mericanised as I/irt't'fllt'n reasonably honest and generally charming ' . ~ - . . . . ' I. follows a young woman sadveiitures; :imlxl [iii/iv) Serrcau comes up with movie.(ilasgow.()deon. I. II II II‘ I II. I II . -. III. I II. I. I. . L . . intii "l tis 'iiit .sc lll’ll a ir ‘w i v ano i‘rinsi '1 ti ant unnvexat itna ion IThe PrinceSSBrlde(l’(i)(RobReincr. nd 3“ II. I‘I II . I L p .L Liv III L L I. III - II .I I I .. . - . - 'l re e in, ar aric ; wan ‘S‘lllVi s. o ‘wav we we now. out 1 toes wear LS.1987).(arvlzlwes.RobinWright. I 1‘ I . :l I L LI I'LIILr II‘TI . _ _I I I III; I II . .' . onceivet on a orious v iroat ; ' ‘. a l’l v coiiictt ‘n a resem ance o te Mandvl’atinkin.Billv( rvstal.‘)‘)mins. .. . . 3‘ .- p'L L ‘17 - _ I L I I I I w _ ,. '. _I- . -' ~' . \ imou s film controversiallvexploresthe outline of I retry 11 (mum. (llilSflU\VI(ll‘ l. 5.x /_A lhe princessin question is oncButtercup. . . . ' . . . ~ _~ / I I _ I , , . I . I, stirringsoffemale sexuality. and includes I Sleeping With The Enemy( IS) (Joseph Chosean the nasty l rincellumperdinck ~ . v , . . I . I , .I' . ' _ , I some endearingknockabout comedy Ruben.l S. lL)L)1l).lllllil Roberts.l atrtck to be his bride. llerhcart.howev cr. . .. ' . . - , _ . , . I . beforethe tone darkensforthefinal Bergin.1se\iii Anderson. llfimtns. belongs to Vt estlev . a farm boy w hohas .. ~. .. . . ~ . ' . y I . cataclvsm.\\ith a marvellouslvrich red l’rcvicwctlatone-offscreeningsthis disappeared. The princess kidnapping - . - . . . ~ . _ - . . . _ , _ colour scheme. thisa magnificentdebttt. fortnight isthc latest ll‘ltn‘lc‘sléirrlllulllc promptsthe return of \\ estlev . w hohas . . , . ~ , ~ , ~ - , '.. o Glasgow: (11‘ l. soaringlv successful Ms Roberts. A become apirate.andlaunchesa seriesof , ~ _ . . I I I . I I , .. lReversalOf Fortune(15)(Barbet spookv and disturbingtalc.itccntreson a swashbucklingadventures. after which . . . ' ... ~ . . I . ,. -, v , .. i Schroeder. LS. 1‘)‘)ll)Jeremvlrons. woman soterrified bvthe sinistersecrcts true love can prevail. \\ illiam(ioldman s , I h . _ 7 _ , . . . . . I I .. .. I , . . (ilenn(1ose.Ron Silver. lllmiiis. of hermarriagcthatshetakesdesperatc heavily ironic fairy tale is giv en aspirited - . . . . i I ' _ '. I a . I Dramatic reconstruction.viaJewtsh stepstocscapeherhtisband.(tlasgow: treatment by the directorof .S!(II1(IB\ Me . I ' I I I . Ind mLmhII‘IIqicIIIIupL thn“; , American defence lawyer Alan ( annon lhel-orge.()deon.1-.dinburgli: 70w FISHM _ - ' r . r. ‘. Le . . . ' . . L . . ARK ‘(.FI‘. Dershowitz book. of the famous\ on ()deon. ( entral: ( annon. Strathclyde: 031622;:2915; someone" i I ' ' r . .- Bulowc'tse. in which a [cum wean () l‘till.-\\‘r.()tl‘Ollll;llllll10ll.l.'(‘l . IOnigleyoownUnder(12)(stmon _ . . l. . . .LL - , .L . .. . ' . ,- v- H s s .. . , ; anstocratappealedagainsthisconvtction (lvdebank.L(lizastlsilbride. r G S S e r I e t V1: incer. LS. 1 ))(l)1 om Selleck. Laura . . . . - . I . ' . I , , a - . forattcmptingtomurderhisfantasticallv lSteelMagnoliasil (il(llerbert Ross. __-______._ _ _. _ _ __ I San(nacomo.Alan Rickman. l..(lmins. I . . .. ~ . - .. , . . . he, Sec review (IIIISEOWI (.vmmmTthymgc rich wife. lhe filmfollowstheappeal.led LS. 1%”)ShirleyMacl.aiiic.l)olly open seven days I . . . L . . . bv 'xane at ‘dlvllambovan S v- ; ’z ) I; 5 ' l ()Iv ; )ikakis. 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' ' ~ - I - e “(mum “In mp II I HI) . detached performanceinthe centralrole courageouswomenlolkofhishometown. “(9 v .’ t. ."C(.'L,‘C.~ 3“ . .. .. ‘. I010, mine) ‘0 NI \1 II.” Pmln. (wt I won him an()scar. lzdinburghzl ( l. weiidsttswccpy wav acrossthc bigscreen. Q I 0. J‘ \ l _ .. z:.'c.e'ie - . . ~ - - “rm‘m Strathclyde: ( annon. Loads of local colour and tragedy. but you |

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