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rnoay, rsiovemDer isjoo vifeaw Tresi Horses' Simply A Nagging Headache "FRESH HORSES" Ringwald Jewel Matt Larfcin Jean McCarthy Patti D'ArbanvIUe nrintnn Ben Stiller Hutchison Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG-13 Film Review appearing "fashionably late" in motorboat But they couldn't come up with a good, fresh idea about love and marriage, They threw in another woman (Jewel, played by Ringwald). But they couldn't come up with good, fresh idea about the eternal triangle, They made the Ringwald character verj weird, complete with card-reading, candles anc a mysterious past. But they couldn't come with a good, fresh idea to carry that any further They muddled up the rest of the picture. This movie is so full of holes, I could swear ii was filmed in Swiss Cheese-a vision.

Ringwald seems uncomfortable throughout most of this film. McCarthy sleepwalks through his performance, as usual. Bright spots? Ber Stiller as Tipton, Matt's best buddy. And Patt: D'Arbanville as Jean, the only truly interestinf character in the whole film. As the Tipton character notes, halfwaj through the movie: "When the horse under you falters, get a fresl one.

Don't waste your time on this nag." Same goes for this dog, er, I mean, film. Chuck Davis 'confers" on the set with his "leading doll," Chucky, in "Child's Play," now, showmg Director Tom Holland Oklahoma City area. On Screen ALL YOU CAN EAT $7 Edmond Gets Six Screens STEAK RIBS I I'M not saying "Fresh Horses" is a dog, but they were selling Alpo at the theater snack bar. This one stars Molly Ringwald, who was "cute" as a teen-ager and while playing a teen-ager. But now that's she's "older," she's not nearly so "cute." "Fresh Horses" also stars Andrew McCarthy, who never was "cute." All he does is grin and sneer.

He can't act. Never could. And that's something that "old age" will never change. Ringwald was appealing in "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink," "The Breakfast Club" and all those other "teen" pictures she has been in. I suppose "Fresh one of those "adult roles she has been wanting for so long.

Well, don't grow up, Molly! McCarthy was OK in "Class," didn't hurt "The Breakfast Club" too much, was passable in "St. Elmo's Fire" and really stunk up the place in "Kansas." His performance in "Fresh Horses more closely resembles his work in "Kansas than his other films. If you care to know, here is what "Fresh Horses" is about: McCarthy plays Matt Larkin, an uppity, Yuppie puppy at the University of Cincinnati. It seems the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good, fresh idea about college life, They threw in an engagement party, with Matt Steer Roping Finals Set at Lazy Arena GUTHRIE The 30th annual National Finals Steer Roping is set for today and Saturday at the Lazy Arena. Shaun Burchett, defending world champion steer roper from Pryor, and Roy Cooper, eight-time world champion from Durant, have been vying for the lead position all year.

But, Burchett recently captured the lead. The National Finals Steer Roping is the seventh event of the National Finals Rodeo and is the only NFR event currently held in Oklahoma. For tickets: 1-800-234-3393. Concert Planned in City CATTLE NOW ftlJSTLERS FEATURING Margaritas States. Kickingbird Cinemas employs 17 people.

Each of the six screening rooms can hold between 250 and 300 people, bringing the total seating capacity to just over 1,400. In its inaugural week, Kickingbird featured "Fresh Horses," "The Land Before Time," "Mystic Pizza," "Oliver Company," among others. For information: 341-6556. EDMOND If you live in Edmond, you just got lucky. Tired of driving to Oklahoma City to watch good-quality, first-run movies? Well, fret no Kicking-bird Cinema, at the corner of Danforth Road and Bryant Ave, is now open for business.

Kickingbird has six screens and is part of Litchfield Theaters a national chain that owns 92 screens across the United LOTUS MANDARIN Restaurant Club Celebrate Your Holidays with our New Decor and New Menu. Si "I think you're asking the unanswerable question, right?" counters Holland. "Was there any psychological damage to Alex from being in a scary movie like this? "I don't really know. Who knows? "I lucked out in the casting of Alex. "He is an honest six, a very curious little guy.

And alive. And innocent. Upspoiled. "He wants to be an actor. He has all the talent needed.

During the filming of this movie, we were learning from each other. He was very professional. "It was funny, too, because all his family was there during the shooting of the film. "So we had all these little kids running around on the set of a suspense movie. "Pretty strange." How about Chucky, the meanest doll we've seen on the screen in a long time? "He's one bad dude, isn't he?" asks Hol- Complete dinner Irom S5.75.

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"I wanted 'Child's Play' to be a suspense-ful movie. "Sure, I put in the murder at the end of the first act, but then the rest of the movie is more about the threat, the suspense, that such a murder may be repeated." In that way, Holland's film is more like an Alfred Hitchcock movie than one of today's kill-and-maim-the-naked-cheerlead-ers slasher flicks. "I really did not want to do that," Holland says, "I wanted to make a movie that would appeal to adults as well, not just the typical horror target audience of teen-agers. "We put in some humor a lot of humor, really to ap-peal to the young adults, people like you and me, in their 20s and 30s or so. "The humor, plus a story that is not just workshop at 8 p.m.

Thursday at the Arts Annex, 3000 Pershing Blvd. on the fairgrounds. For information: 528-0020. "I tend to get pessimistic (about response to his films) to protect myself," Holland adds. "So all of this (response) is like I'm in a state of shock!" The hero of the film is little Alex Vincent, who plays Andy Barclay.

Andy befriends Chucky until we found out how ruthless and deadly Chucky really is. Was it tough to film a suspense thriller using a six-year-old as one of the key We've Just Beefed Up Our Pizza Pepperoni, Italian sausage. Smoked ham, Ground beef, Bacon. Not to mention mozzarel-la and cheddar cheese on a New York style crust. So drop by and have one.

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This concert is sponsored by the Benedictine Peace House and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Waterfall also will give a songwriting "But 'Child's Play' has gotten the best reviews of any movie I've done in my life. Right now, it's about 60-40 60 percent love it, 40 percent trash it. "The response has been totally unexpected." But opening in the No. 1 slot? That's usually reserved for films with Meryl Streep, Robert DeNiro and Robert Redford in them.

All "Child's Play" had to offer was a mean doll named Chucky. "I went to a showing of it here at Universal City," Holland says. "We have a big complex here. It was packed. I'd say the median age was around 25.

blood and gore and killing, is what appeals to adults." What did shock the stuffing out of Holland was the wide-ranging appeal "Child's Play" generated among the film-going public. Last week, "Child's Play" opened in the No. 1 spot in the box-office wars earning $6.5 million in its first weekend in release. Since it opened on Wednesday (two days earlier than most), it was able to generate a "cool 8 mill" in the first five days. This week, "Child's Play" fell to No.

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