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I UK A I LA.N I 1 1 1 1 I IO I N-pl. 2, iMKi I i Films BAIO AAMES THE BLAS1 MASILR it? 7 35 3 Obvl l5 J5 THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN BLST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE l4XJOtit7 73 JS I "Tho Calling." Directed by Michael Anderson. Starring Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman. The rating is for violence and mild nudity. Suburban, Tower, Westgate, Belmont, Bankhead, Lithia, North 85.

Starlight. STAR WARS OFFICER GENTLEKAN fAST TIMES AT RiDGEMQNT HIGH 113 4 43f 7 I 9 43 I YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE 4 it7 1J9.43 CHfCKTMCS jOOpj 3RD I 969-0609 I Si'iASH WEEK! 3:30 5:40 7:40 9:50 tTie Calling9 Has suspense of a dial tone A Review By Eleanor Ringel Staff Writer "The Calling" has a lot In common with your monthly phone bill you look at it and you still can't believe it. This Canadian film starring Richard Chamberlain and John Houseman has moments of lucidity and a few well-played but the overall story, about a madman who kills people via the telephone, has about as much suspense as a dial tone. Chamberlain is some sort of professor, apparently an ex-activist from the '60s, who launches an investigation when one of his students mysteriously dies. The police say it was a heart attack, but we in the audience know better.

We saw her answer a public phone in a subway station (I know always expect calls at the Omni Station), start to shake and gush blood from her eyes, and land up in a crumpled heap on an impassive escalator. Talk about your obscene phone calls. THE LAST AMERICAN 3 70) 7 OO I ml f2400 NORTH COBB PKW jl LwtlWOO I CAMPtt OH 1 FRIDAY THE 13tk. PART Ul (3-D) 1900 1 HUdWtU HU tHULLUMBWi 993-7864 II 953-2046 II 344-9290 I FAST TIMES AT R13GEMQNT HIGH 7:309:30 2:00 355 5:50 7:45 6:15800945 They're getting a litUe behind intheir classwork. Anyway, this gruesome little scene of phone-induced shake, rattle and roll over dead is repeated several times, mostly to characters we've never seen before.

Nor do we know why their number came up. Chamberlain bravely takes on the system (that is, the telephone system) and a few cracks about the death of do-good-ism since the '60s are the movie's best moments. There's also a feeling a surrogate satisfaction when Chamberlain, having had it up to here with petty officials with power-complexes, tells off a smirking police detective, "Look, you're a public servant, not a stand-up comic." But most of the film is gory or ludicrous, with long ominous shots of telephones that suggest they might sprout fangs and go for the nearest throat The little guy taking on the big corporation is usually something audiences enjoy, but to graft it onto a silly horror movie plot just doesn't work. "The Calling" is a case of sorry, wrong number. y.i:!.u.'Ujfk.v-.nn 14 NORTH OF I-2SS 1-20 AT CANOLER RO.

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AiSOutM-tjliT HWT 131 1 1 IGRTM OEKAlB CENTER AWOW) OUN300' it I 969-0606 -II 134-0129 394-4120 I (II SI i 00) OOOOTWS SI All SHOWS THE BEASTMASTER (1IM-SOO 7 00 00 TUtS tl All SHQfi THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN ill SO. 500) 7 00 8 00 MS II Alt SHUWS By Eleanor Ringel SIH Writer Like its title, "The Last American Virgin" is needlessly tasteless. A better title would be "The Last American Romantic Teenager," since most of the film is about a kid named Gary (Lawrence Monoson) who loses the girl of his dreams to his best friend, Rick. As stories go, it's not bad and certainly a lot of teens are bound to identify with its nice-guys-finish-last message that shows that nothing's fair in love or high school. But with the "Porky's" of the world making millions, the filmmakers have souped up this glorified after-school TV special with sex and saccharine (literally in one amusine case in which some Sweet 1-20 AT CANDLER RO UOwau But PtACHTREE 4 PIEDMONT I 41-147 II 981-9588 II 833-8151 I HOMEWORK 2:154 156:158 15 10 15 f1 WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP 1:404:207:009:35 i1 STAR TREK II II 7 009 CO St FOLLOWING ADMISSION ALL TIMES ANNIE 2:00 4:30 EXTRATERRESTRIAL 2:305:00 7 30 10 00 IWS ROCKY III tl II PC 41.00 BEASTMASTER 7 109 40 li ALL 6:00 TSO 40 i'STAR TREK II" (PG) completely wastes a potentially interesting theme as well as some acceptable performances by a cast of newcomers.

Frankly, I was genuinely surprised by the explicitness of the sex scenes, including one featuring the fattest actor I've ever seen couple on screen. If the folks down at the Fulton County solicitor general's office were upset about "The Story of 0," they ought to take a look at this thing. Hinson McAuliffe, where are you when we need you? TIMES 6 30 BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE 2:104 40 7:159 40 11 YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE 2:00 4 00 600 8 OTJ 10 05 IS 1248 COLUMBIA DR. 284-304 30 1.00 ALL TIMES "ROCKY III" (PG) THi LAST AMERICAN VWGIN i III HITS KWUIUI RDAT THE 1 3rii. HIT 1 (NOT i HOMEWORK TREK Hw(PC)a FAST TIMLSAT RIDGEMONT HIGH 2:00 4 00 6 00 8 00 10 00! -iiMf-flM.

time; 2004 006008 0010:00 m'J 'n' Low is passed off as cocaine). The movie is both raunchy and maudlin a friend suggested) and 6 30 7:30 30 1 3642 CAMB6U.TON RD. TIMES "ROCKY III" (PG) BBAYIHEI3 i MIHKSUIU CHECK FEATURE TIMES DAILY-SUBJECT TO CHANGE THE LAST AMERICAN VHUN i lllhl Un lrij) 9:50 TIME! 5 OO 7 20 "STAR TREK II" (PG) 99 40 THE CALLING IK it 30 T30 I 2MOS COBBDa I a11K44 i'Lt00 iiRfinirv ill" (PG) 30 KACHTREE I KOMONT STAR WARS ROCKY III SOO 7SO 40 "STAR TREK II" (PO 4 5:25 7:30 9:35 (PG) DttwJ Mitt Rd at lavttia Rd THE BEASTMASTER ra IHtlLWIirNW DAILY TWI-LITE SHOW 530 730 30 M6- insa dm "ROCKY III" (PG) IHTEOTOttATM tKCMltKUCmTSEmiien I THE CALLING THE EflL 4 50 JO 0 SO I 7270ROSWEU.no. 1 BJ TIMC3 1 R1.00 I 1 I ALL 1 I TlMfS "FIREFOX" (PG) DAS BOOT 9:15 ONLY i IMtWUUI STAR TREK II 5:007:20 9:40 (PG) YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE 530 30 30 "ROCKY III" (PG) titlaitMUuJbl THE SECRET OP NIMH MAHJCT TA I 973-7778 I YOU CAN'T LEARN ENOUGH I'll" MCTia TDEV ROCKY III 5 25 7:309:35 (PG) THE CALLING (4:45 THE CALLING mm A MDSUMMEt NIGHTS SEX COMEDY timfs lHn nikn ii i in prj 7:0015 mi FRIDAY 13th-PART 111 NIGHT SHIFT (4:45 9:45 mm FIREFOX 4:40 7:109:50 (PG) FfMUm Rd Del Rd ST At TSfil THE WMTH Of KHAN IIMMSUTtl TH ORIGINAL IS BACK. CHECK TIMES DAILY ARR0WHEA0 SHOT.

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THE THING FRIDAY THE 13TH III HI FIREFOX SI HOMEWORK 608 HOLCOMB BRIDGE RD. 3393 PEACHTREE RO NE 3:30 5:30 7:30 9:30 CARUN Bl VDIMiSEOtTisl 33 925-1376 I 999-1260 233-0338 OFFICER I A GENTLEMAN AU SHOWS UKimrKHOKFII 4 30 7:159 45 M5 7:15 9:45 2:35 5:05 7:30 9 55 rnmrn 2QS43Q7 10940 $2.00 FUST SWMMIY SAL. SU I I0UMYS THE BEASTMASTER 7,10935 PG 14 NORTH OF 1-266 I-85 4 SHALLOWfORO RO 2000 MORELANO AVE SE 451-1652 451-4570 627-5786 EXCLUSIVE PRESENTATION 1 00 4 30 OPENS AT 8:00 OPENS AT 8 00 7 30 9 45 IN 70mm 6-TRACK STEREO FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Mf MGMriMENTeflTAiNUENTCO IMVIHJM'IIU MGMUA i9Vt4U HELD OVER 5th WEEK! "DINER" (R) tSI.SM.MI.1IM "FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT NIGH" (R) 2:00.4:00,1:00.8:00.10:00 THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN 3:30 3 30 7:30 9 30 2ND (SIT WEEK! Hi PEACHTREE R3 NE ANNIE POLY RO 233-0336 EVtRY YOUNG MAN NEEDS A TEACHER! "HOMEWORK" (R) 4:00. 5:45. 7:30.

9:30 YOU MAY DIE LAUGHING! "YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE" R) 3:50, 5:50.7:50,9:50 2 355:05 7:30 9:55 Daily at 2:00, 4:30, 7:00. 920 ($2.00 First 2 Matinees) Biggest Screen! Free Parking! III RCCI QCKY 99' 5 30 7 40 9 17M PO '4S SOUTH-UIT DGA nan IK Al UO0 0 0 1 1 2000 MORE LAND AVE Si I MUHM MI-ISM II I STAR TREK II EARLY SHOWS AT 99 "FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT NIGH" (R) 7:109:35 15145 7:15945 OPENS 8 00 SHOW AT DUSK ALL NEW 3-D! "FRIDAY THE 13th III" (R) 5:007:209:40 12M PG SELECTED THEATRES DRIVE-INS OPEN AT 8:00 CWCR TIMES 0AHV 2:00,3:55.5:50,7:45.9:45 ruv, 3:33, m. tufOMOHWV A1CLAIMIONI I JIJlCAfS.lI(C HOttilltWal KAIinVNUVILLiiNV 0EUIflD THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 3SO0 Peechtree Rd. NE 261-9333 HWY 41.1 lILE NORTH OF CUMBERLAND 953-2046 344-9870 I 379-6297 IL I 0 P.M. 1 JL JL FST SHOW ONLY I SUNDAY cap VBTEHEOp 2:455 00 7:159:30 7:009 05 5:007:00900 READ THE BERKLEY BOOK rj IW UNIVERSAL CITY STUI.1S.

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