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C2 The Vancouver Sun, Friday, June 24, 1994 HE0 MOVIES 0 AT 'I GUIDE TO OUR RATINGS: The star ratings reflect the opinion of The Vancouver Sun movie reviewer. Movies that have not yet been reviewed are described but not rated. Potential classic Very good Worth seeing Has its moments Poor 11 Movie opens today Experience the Beauty of the nivaAlr The beauty of natures most magnificent wildlife comes alive on a giant 5 storey NAV screen with wraparound IMAXs Digital Sound in "Africa: The Serengeti" Make the thunderous journey with over 2 million migrating wildebeest. Hunt with the lion; race with the gazelle. Experience the excitement and energy of life on the Serengeti.

4 41 ,4,.,. A I 1 I l'-; 4 4 1 "A 4 0,,,4,4 1 0:::: -41 I ruti it lji I kt It i I 0 ,6 7' 1 11 I l''t't I .,01 i bi I 4 .9 1 i 1. ik ,,14 4., THE SERENGETI tpaso stool" Beverly Hills Cop 3 Eddie Murphy is fun to watch, but director John Landis appears lost in the theme-park theme. 14 years. (Granville, Mission City, Clova, Park Royal) Bitter Moon Roman Polartski's latest is a typicalty odd dissection of the doomed love affair between a beautiful woman and a weak man.

Restricted. (Ridge, double-billed with Love and Human Remains, Monday and Tuesday, Denman Plwe, double-billed with When a Man Loves a Woman) It Blown Away 14 Years. (Starts Thursday at Capitol, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Willowbrook) Caligula 18 years. (Plaza, Friday and Saturday midnight) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curty's Gold There are lots of laughs as Billy Crystal and gang hit the trail again, but this is strictly a cash cow. Mature.

(Coquitlam, Granville, Scott 72, Cleatbrook, Station Square, Park Richport, Langley Cinema) Clean Slate Dana Carvey plays a detective who's lost his memory and ends up being chased by the mob. Mature. 0 Cowboy Way 1Abody Harelson aid Kiefer Sutherland appear to be in different movies and Woody's havin' all the fun as these cowboys hit the home of those Cup thieves. Mature. (Coquitiam, Clearbrook, Station Square, Mission City, ends Sunday at Denman Place) The Crow Brandon Lee's final exit is a haunting, rock 'n' roll ride on the dark side of dark.

Unfortunately, violence, a hot soundtrack and solid acting do not a script make. Restricted. (Capitol, Station Square) Endless Summer 2 The world may have changed but surfing is still magic and director Bruce Brown has millions of dollars rather than a few thousand to revisit, with two surfer dudes, his 1964 world search for the perfect wave. Mature. (Paradise) Faraway, So Close Mature.

(Ridge, double-billed with Wings of Desire, Wednesday and Thursday) The Flintstones A complete duplication of the mindless original cartoon show, starring John Goodman and Rick Moranis. Moronic beyond belief, the set design and sheer stupidity of the whole premise should be enough to keep you entertained and giddy. General. (Coquitlam, Scott 72, Station Square, Park Oaleidge, Richport, Clearbrook, Granville) Four Weddings arxl a Funeral Inkirk A clever script and handsome Hugh Grant help make this a good old-fashioned catharsis. Mature.

(Coquitlam, Park Tillord, Granville) Getting Even With Dad Standard plot, predictable ending but still fun -even with a serious side weighing down the Home Alone and sexuality in this novel and witty little charmer about an uptight couple in bohemian surroundings. Restricted. (Plaza) Speed Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper take a backseat to the action in this high-octane thriller about a mad bomber who will blow up an L.A. city bus if it goes under 80 krivh. Stupid but exciting.

14 years. (Coquitlam, Scott 72, Park Tilford, Oakridge, Station Square, Granville, Clear-brook, Hilicrest, double-billed with PCU; Richmond Willowbrook, Harris Road Cinemas) Sweetie-14 years. (Hollywood, double-billed with The Piano, starts Monday) Threesome A low-budget and simplistic script hamper an essentially charming story of boy-meets-girl, boy-meets-boy. Retricted. (Lougheed, New West Cinemas, Paradise, Dolphin) Thumbelina Animated feature from Don Bluth about the weensy young woman and her fairy prince.

Good for the wee folk. General. (Lougheed) What's Eating Gilbert Grape The director of the Swedish hit My Life as a Dog visits small-town America. The result is gentle and knowing, and the performance by Leonardo DiCaprio is outstanding. Mature.

(New West Cinemas; Hollywood, double-billed with The Paper, ends Sunday) When a Man Loves a Woman Meg Ryan is too rich and too beautiful to be believable as a drunk who bottoms out, then bounces back to discover that her marriage (to Andy Garcia) has serious flaws. Mature. (Esplanade, Station Square, Mission City Cinema, Plaza, Clove, Denman Place, double-billed with Bitter Moon) White Krzysztof Kieslowski's second instalment in his French flag trilogy. This one centres on a Polish hairdresser trying to get his wife and his Polish passport back. Well-paced, well-structured but lack of resolution will leave you scratching your head.

Mature. (Varsity, ends Tuesday) Wings of Desire Mature. (Ridge, double-billed with Faraway, So Close, Wednesday and Thursday) Wolf Jack Nicholson really growls as a werewolf, but director Mike Nichols foolishly tries to fire up a love story with Michelle Pfeiffer that just doesn't howl. 14 Years. (Coquitlam, Oakridge, Clearbrook, Station Square, Pail( Tilford, Granville, Scott 72, VVillowbrook) Wyatt Earp Kevin Costner is too big for his britches in this massive (three hours plus) and largely fictional account of the gunslinger's life.

Much good work, but hampered by all that padding. 14 Years. (Vancouver Centre, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Willowbrook) The Mighty Ducks 2 Rampant U.S. nationalism destroys the magic of the first version. Down with the Ducks! Thanks Canucks! Gen- a era (Dolphin, Lougheed, New West Cinemas) Mother's Boys A real honest-to-evil chiller about a crazy woman who wants her children back after abandoning them for three years.

Excellent performances transform the hokey script into an absolutely horrific ride into personal hell. Jamie Lee Curtis outdoes herself as the sociopathic witch. 14 years. (Capitol, ends Tuesday at Eagle Ridge) Pacific Cinematheque 688-8202. Tonight and Saturday Ingmar Bergman: Fanny and Alexander.

Sunday and Monday: Bergmanfrarkovsky The Shame and The Sacrifice. Wednesday and Thursday C. T. Dreyer. Day of Wrath and Ordet.

The Paper An over-romanticized picture of life in a mainstream tabloid is brdught home with outstanding performances from Glenn Close, Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall and Randy Quaid. Good one-liners, but lacks narrative focus. Mature. (Hollywood, double-billed with What's Eating Gilbert Grape, ends Sunday) PCU A completely benign comment on political conectness at university ends up being just another stupid college movie centred on a wild party. Mature.

(Hilicrest, double-billed with Speech Philadelphia Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington star in this powerful story about a lawyer who's fired because he has AIDS. Mature. (Dolphin, Lougheed, New West Cinemas) The Piano Jane Campion's cold, dark masterpiece about a mute mail-order bride carted off to New Zealand at the turn of the century with her piano. Oscar-worthy performances from Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel and Sam Neill. 14 years.

(Hollywood, double-billed with The Sweetie, starts Monday) Reality Bites Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke dodge cliches about their g-g-g-generation X. Mature. (Paradise) Renaissance Man Danny DeVito stars in this Penny Marshall film about an ad man who's forced to teach in the army. Good performances from all, but sadly the cliche script leaves them nowhere to go. Mature.

(Vancouver Centre, Esplanade, Station Square, Mission City Cinema, ends Tuesday at Richmond Centre) Schindler List Steven Spielberg has finally thrown off his man-child mantle with this credible, heartfelt story. Liam Neeson is at his best as the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved 1,200 Jews from the Nazis. 14 years. (Park Royal; Ridge, ends Sunday) Sirens John Duigan examines sense style antics of Macaulay Cu lkin and Ted Danson. (Capitol, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Guildford, Willowbrook, Caprice Delta) Grumpy Old Men Ann-Margret attracted to either Jack Lemmon or Walter Mattbau? Yeah.

right. Not to be too grouchy, but this whole exercise feels phony and contrived. Mature. (Lougheed) The Hawk Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) stars as a British housewife who fears her husband is a serial killer. Its pace is a little too TV to be completely compelling.

14 a years. (Caprice) I Love Trouble (Starts Wednesday at Capitol, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Guildford, Varsity) In The Name Of The Father Both a compelling tale of justice gone wrong and a taut prison drama, with Daniel Day-Lewis as the hapless victim of British injustice. 14 Years. (Dolphin, Lougheed) Jurassic Park last summer's mega-hit was so big, both SIM critics reviewed it. Monk says A while Bimie says 14 years.

(Lougheed, Dolphin,) it The Uon King Disney conjures its formulaic magic to make another animated gem about a lion cub who must find himself before fulfilling his destiny. Good performances, good score and very pretty pictures. but lacks real inspiration. General. (Capitol, Dunbar, Esplanade, Richmond Centre, Station Square, Eagle Ridge, Guildford, Willowbrook, Harris IRoad Cinemas) Little Big LeagueMature.

(Starts Wednesday at Granville, Coquitlam, Station Square, Pali( Tilford, Clearbrook) Little Buddha Bernardo Bertolucci makes a kids movie with a really big brain about a little boy from Seattle who may be the reincarnated spirit of a Tibetan monk. Brilliant special effects and spectacular scenery make up for poor performances from the big riarne American stars Bridget Fonda and Chris 'mak General (Park Royal; Capitol, ends Tuesday) Love and Human Remains Denys Arcand's first English-speaking film is cool and hip to the point of leaving you cold. Lovely to look at, though! Restricted. (Ridge, double-billed with Bitter Moon, Monday and Tuesday) Maverick Mel Gibson picks up where. James Gamer left off as the cool, handsome, fast-talking, quick-drawing gambler called Maverick.

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Almost 20 years later, Corcoran '4" II 6. 4 -I. Vancouver Academy of Mum Opera Wolfs. hop I Jacques Offenbach's I 4tei ot golloolasx Waterfront Theatre Granville Island June 23,24,25,29,30, July 1,2, at 8:00 p.m., Sunday Matinee June 26 at 2:00 p.m. ,1 La914ZaaSt CI MICHELE MARKO The award winning drama by Brian Friel Poignant, hilarious and spell-binding" Sunday Times "Inexhaustibly enjoyable" The Observer TONIGHT at 8:00 Join us for IRISH TUESDAYS Pre post show entertainment VANCOUVER C.49' CHINESE CHOIR 1261.

Prsonts 11' 11 YELLOW RIVER CANTATA idea of what to do after graduation from Trent University in Peterborough, things crystallized quickly for Vancouver director William Corcoran. After a lucky stint as a production assistant on a television series in the mid-1970s, Corcoran knew be wanted to direct. "Friends of mine were in Jamaica doing the television series Swiss Family Robinson and 1 went '11-7. down to see them. 1 got work as a pro- .,,771 duction assistant and they offered me what 1 thought to be a ridiculously high amount of money to spend a Canadian 4 winter in Jamaica, Corcoran recalls.

After the Jamaican shoot 4 ended, Corcoran 7, 4f headed back to Toronto and began DARYL DUI work as an assistant DARYL DUKE: 11111r.P"'r.s 41 -74 Oi -EVUECABARET 111 pea hourpriott0 igforAlittfig Orpheum Theatre 8p.m. Jun. 25 TicketmaTter (280-4444) or at the door WORLD'S VIRRILIJ first Canadian director to work for Cannel! Films Canada. In fact, he spent 314 years commuting between Los Angeles and Vancouver while directing numerous episodes for Cannell's series: 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, Booker, Equal Justice and Street Justice, For the last five years Corcoran has made Vancou' ver his home base. But that doesn't stop him from work- ing all over the world.

Corco ran, a se 1 f.1"1:- described workaholic, has a hard time slowing down. .4 "I love working and I love directing. If I'm not working I'm not honing my craft" 7 Although Corcoran has plans to make his feature film directing debut in the fall of this year, Hunter's Point with Vancouver producer Chris Bruyere, Corcoran still can't resist work offers. He's currently directing the first episode of the new Spelling series Robin's Hoods and is slated to direct an episode of the Lonesome Dove series shooting 1 ,17. 70' .4.

:1,: 1 1. .4 i :1 TONIGHT at 8:30, GREATEST SAT at 6:00 9:30 HELD OVER UNTIL JULY 2 GUY A Comedy by Gary Jones Shawn Macdonald Jessie Award-winner for Outstanding Original Play UBC SUMMER PLAYERS '94 BEYOND THERAPY by Christopher Durcmg 'on offbeat adult comedy 12 Price Preview June 23, 8 pm June 25, 28, 30, July 2-16, 8 pm Dorothy Somerset Studio IN REPERTORY HAY FEVER June 22, 24, 27, 29, July 1, 8 pm Fredric Wood Theatre Res. 822-2678 ematte2280.131 Oiettffice 682'06 ja Granville Isla William Corcoran grateful for his mentoring mentoring METRO THEATRE 1370 S.W. MARINE DR. IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY A Madcap British Farce by Ray Cooney JUNE 3 JULY 2 Sat.

8:00 p.m. Box Office 266-7191 Tues. Wed.at THEIRESE1 director. "I stipulated that I wanted to work for the director and not for the producer, which normally happens in episodic and TV-movies." Corcoran credits directors Ralph Thomas, Lamont Johnson and Daryl Duke for their generous adizice and mentoring. It wasn't long before Corcoran realized a change was necessary to make the transition to full-fledged directing.

So he made the trek to Los Angeles. "I knew that if! didn't make the jump to L.A., I would be ghetto-ized as a Canadian director. I wanted a is still surprised that people pay him to do something he loves: "I on the set every day and think who can get this satisfaction from their work? All the processes are fascinating. Most people go to work to make money. I've never had to do that.

I get a paycheque and it's a bonus. It's so wonderful." Casting notes: Vancouver actors are busy, busy, busy. Lochlyn Munro snagged a regular role on the Cannel' series Hawk-eye. He plays McKinney, half of a comedy relief team tagged as the Bill and Ted of 1755. Byron-Chief-Moon landed a lead in Foster's Field Trip, an NBC TV-movie.

Look for Gary Chalk and Don Davis in supporting roles. Kristian Ayre, 17, won the starring role in the Canadian mini-series Eye Level about street kids. Other leads are Jed Reese, 23, Michael Shanks, 23, and Elizabeth Rosen, 17. Look for Marlowe Dawn, 18, and Lessen Chambers, 25, in supporting roles. Stacy Grant, 19, is a new regular on Madison as the character Tia.

Mantis gave Martin Ctutunins recurring status as the character Dog-face starting on the first episode and moving to guest-star status on the third. Jay Sterrenberg is cast as Tom Selleck's son in the feature film Broken Trust. Tom Butler appears in the first episode of Spelling's Robin's Hoods. After nine cities and 900 girls, Seattle's Sarah Wayne, 9, landed female lead in the Canadian feature Glenorky playing Mark Harmon's daughter. It's her first professional acting job and she got it through her Canadian agent.

Local actor Adrien Dorval, 30, plays one of the bad Looks like the Stephen King movie Needful Things will be a mini-series called More Needful Things. Seems director Fraser Heston had more than enough footage left over from the feature film to work for the miniseries. Heston was just in Vancouver have some looping done (dialogue replacement) by Vancouver actors Debra Wakeham and Tamsio Kelsey, who appeared in the feature version. After the session, Heston was off for some salmon fishing. I Star Gazer: More loop de looping Susan Sarandon pulled double duty last week while still shooting Little Women.

She ran back and forth between Pinewood Sound and the Little Women set to make some fast dialogue changes for the soon-to-bereleased feature Safe Passage (New Line Pictures). Producers were so anxious for the changes they had courier waiting at the studio to run the tapes to Seattle for a flight to L.A. EIDO 110 AUDITIONS PARDON ME PRIME MINISTER (BOO Comedy) Sunday June 26 and Monday June 27 7:30 METRO THEATRE 1370 SW Marine Dr. Pre-concert recitals at 7:15 Concerts start at 8:15 Pre-concert recitals at 7:15 Concerts start at Fabulous Fridays Sumptuous Saturdays Dinner Show '59 co srf Dress Down, Chow Down, Get Down 11005111r1111101 -le The y' Fleavehly Musical Hit. Great seats -or from $24 xStarlight Theatre 935 Denman St The von it "74..

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