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The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La. Saturday, April 29, 1989 C-5 Temptations' 'Get Ready' perfunctory, lacks emotion Video reviews ommended viewing during pregnancy. 1988. Media, $89.95. Coming soon: Full Moon in Blue Water, May 3 The Lair of the Worm, May 10 Madame Sousatzka, May 11 Miles From Home, May 3 The Soap Star Workout, May 10 1 1 1 7' WASA urn, JM I Maiden's Bruce Dickinson.

Hosting is "Mr. Hard Heavy," described as "a fully animated headbanger Unrated, 1989. MPI, $19.95. "Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul" is an hour retrospective on the Detroit gospel singer who earned r-e-s-p-e-c-t for hardcore 'n' Interspersed with concert footage are interviews with the Rev. James Cleveland, Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston and Smokey Robinson, to name a few of the names on this star-studded tribute.

Unrated, 1988. Pacific Arts, $19.95. Science fiction Few filmgoers saw "Dead Ringers." But Los Angeles film critics did. And they named David Cronenberg the best director of 1988 for his harrowing science fiction piece about twin doctors whose experiments in fertility go awry. The film also won 10 Genies, including best picture, from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Jeremy Irons plays the twin doctors. Genevieve Buj old is the unlucky patient Not rec Maria Conchita Alonso stars in series "One of the Boys" which the NBC (KALB-TV, Channel 5) airs at 7 tonight. TV Tonight reer woman who puts up with the matchmaking ways of her grandmother (Reizl Bozyk, who at 74 makes a grand, albeit prankish, film bow). But don't overlook Jeroen Krabbe, Peter Riegert and Sylvia Miles, all of whom give solid if brief support in this singularly minded, modern romantic comedy by Joan Micklin Silver. PG, 1988.

Warner, $89.95. Drama For her hard-nailed portrayal of anthropologist Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist," Sigourney Weaver earned a best actress Oscar nomination. The Oscar did not go to Weaver. But I still maintain it's her best film work to date, despite, Anna Phelan's wandering screenplay PG-13, 1 988. MCA, $89.95.

In "Tucker: The Man and his Dream," Jeff Bridges is at his pragmatic best. He's the ever-bubbling Preston Tucker, the man who built the safety-oriented "car of tomorrow" in the late '40s To the movie's detriment, Francis Ford Coppola makes Tucker terribly nice, but this true story of a David of a car builder fighting the corporate Goliaths steers as close to Cap-ra as we've seen this decade. Joan Allen, Martin Landau and Dean Stockwell top an unusually earnest cast. PG, 1 988. Paramount, $89.95.

Music MPI introduces "Hard Heavy," a bi-monthly 70-minute video magazine about hard rock and heavy metal. The first issue takes a look at Alice Cooper's career, a tour of Ronnie James Dio's home (talk about heavy!) and videos by Ozzy Osbourne, Anthrax and Iron By Steven H. Scheuer King Features Syndicate Today's best television shows as previewed and selected by Steven H. Scheuer and TV Tonight's staff in New York and Hollywood. 6 p.m.

The Disney Channel Movie. "Danny, the Champion of the World." (MTV 1989) l2. This charming family story, set in the English countryside during the mid-'50s, stars Jeremy Irons and his real son Samuel, as a father and son who share a strong bond. An unscrupulous land speculator tries to buy their little piece of property but they stand fast and won't sell. Ultimately, the young boy proves to be a hero saving his father from jail, as well as rescuing a nide of pheasants earmarked for slaughter in the name of gentlemanly sport.

Incidentally, Sam's maternal grandfather, Cyril Cusack, has a small role as the town doctor 7 p.m. NBC One of the Boys. "The Date." Maria Conchita Alonso is full of life and very appealing, making this rather ordinary new sitcom ZOO SATURDAY, MAY 6 9 TO 5 Food! Guest Performers! Guest Animals! CLOWNS JUGGLERS MAGICIANS MUSIC KARATE GROUPS DANCE CHORAL DRILL TEAM GAMES FOR CHILDREN! Don't Rfliss It! Top Sellers By Max McQueen Cox News Service Once upon a time in the land of Motown there lived a five-man music machine named the Temptations. The very mention of their name would have toes a-tap-ping and mouths a-humming. Even those without a trace of soul could carry a Temp tune.

The time came for the Temptations to make an in-concert video for their royal subjects who have stuck by them for 28 years some hit-filled, some hitless. But for "Get Ready," the Temptations must have had a wardrobe mix-up. For however well-intentioned, the Temps are caught wearing the emperor's clothes in this 55-minute video. Filmed in London last year, "Get Ready" finds the Temps looking and sounding like a third-rate Las Vegas act racing through set without passion or originality. And only a little bit of soul.

Black, white or otherwise. Even the introductions (especially those of bass Melvin Franklin) have the monotone, canned sound of a group that is present only to fulfill its contractual obligations, not to entertain. "Perfunctory" is the only way to describe the Temps' slick, emotionless glide through 18 hits, from "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" to "I Can't Get Next to You" to "The Way You Do the Things You Do." With all the gloss and glitz in most music videos, one has to appreciate "Get Ready" for its straightforwardness, if nothing else. There is something to be said for a no-frills music video I would have been perfectly happy if "Get Ready" were nothing but Temptations hits stacked back-to-back. As is, "Get Ready" is but a faded sampler of the Temptations' once hard-driving, soul-stirring style.

Or was that sound just my imagination? "Get Ready The Temptations' Greatest Hits Live." Unrated, 1989, $24.95. Comedy Raves rained on "Crossing Delancey" for Amy Irving's performance as a New York ca- BARGAIN MATINEES ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM SEE YOU IN THE MORNING (pgi3) SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL (pgi DISORGANIZED CRIME (R) SAY ANYTHING ipgis) RED SCORPION (r) CHANCES ARE ipg) "The thriller of the season." Judith Crist GARY OLDM AN KEVIN BACON rRfBH PANAVISIOH" A HI Showtimes WESTQATE SHOPPING CTR 445-9B59 rrfrr I fttr ifffi1 11 mum $3.00 PER PERSON SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 PM WESTGATE SHOPPING CTR. 445-9859 CRIMINAL LAW RAIN MAN R) PETSEMATARYir) MAJOR LEAGUE (ri SPEED ZONE (pg) FLETCH LIVES (pg) L0VERB0Y(pgi3) K-9 (PG-13) ENJOY A FESTIVAL OF FOOD AND ATMOPHERE! 50 Menu Items Reservations Encouraged Advance Reservations Accepted 5 1 1.95 Adults s8.95 Sr. Citizens s5.95 Children (Under 12) pm 2nd Street Band for your entertainment. 1 ALEXANDRIA HILTON and Convention Centre 442-9000 Fourth and Jackson Streets Bit ftllii Patrick Dempsey IPVeRBoY SM" WLjp Kate Carrie Barbara Kirstie 'Kvp Jackson Fisher Carrera Alley MAk Jug- Showtimes I I J- I WESTGATE SHOPPING CTR 445-9859 1 worth watching.

She and her boss Mike (Robert Clohessy) agree to go on a date but it turns out to be a succession of mishaps and misunderstandings. Maria Conchita (that's also the character's name in the show) puts a twist on the old plotting and earns laughs that aren't even in the script. 8 p.m. NBC The Golden Girls. "Rite of Spring." The golden quartet has spent more time around the kitchen table eating cheesecake, and in this amusing segment, they recall the many instances they swore to stick to their diets.

The flashbacks are not from previous episodes but taped for this show, so fans have not seen them before 8:30 p.m. NBC Empty Nest. "Harry's Vacation." (Repeat) Harry's daughters think they're really doing a good deed by buying their dad a ticket to the Bahamas for a well-deserved rest. But Harry thinks his girls are trying to get rid of him because he demands too much of their time. A nice look at parent-children relationships, played for laughs, of course.

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