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C5 THE DAILY NEW LONGN 1EW SH THl RSDAY OCTOBER 15 1W8 THIS DAY ENTERTAINMENT COMClBOOKS Movie Review starring Oprah is a disappointing hodgepodge 25 0 50 OFF Back Issues Great Taste Menu IIO Items to choose from) Ted Anthony the associated press 1021 Allen Kelso 3003 Ocean Beach Hwy Longview 300 Marine Or Asloria Exit 49 Castle Rock BURGER KING AAA I DAO lEATIIER IS HERE! RIVE UITII SAFETY SAVE OUT! is frustrated and sad and she needs a change When her baby ghost falls silent Denver is skeptical think the baby she breathes think the baby got Then one crisp fall afternoon Sethe Denver and Paul return home to find a young almond-eyed woman in a flowing dress (Thandie Newton) laden with crawling lady bugs slumped against a tree trunk in their yard Childlike and drooling but strikingly beautiful she says in an unsettling baby voice that her name is Beloved strange about that says Paul Matters disintegrate from there Strange things begin happening strange relationships develop And as Sethe takes to Beloved with a blissful obsession a dark secret that Sethe has hidden begins to wend its way into the open with appalling consequences that all point directly back to her The above plot synopsis of course only scratches the surface Because the plot of is permitted to run wild over the production with bewildering results Relationships are often unclear the character of late mother-in-law a charismatic spiritual woman called (Beah Richards in a lovely performance) has a name that begs confusion with dead daughter and there are so many story arcs and false mini-climaxes that merely a relief when after nearly three hours the film ends This is not to say that lacks redeeming qualities Its production design is wonderful Its themes when intelligible resonate So rarely are we permitted a glimpse into the immediate results of what slavery wrought for that story to be told in such a quiet dignified manner speaks well of Demme and his players Winfrey who co-produced and whose clout ensured the film was made delivers a palatable but not dazzling performance She does make you forget that Oprah but one wonders what an actress of enormous substance like Alfre Woodard could have done Newton in is lovely ethereal and expressive but the one-note character that the script provides her eventually grows annoying Far more memorable are Glover and Elise It both of whom offer muted disciplined performances that carry the film Look for Jason Robards in a cameo So is about guilt? Is it about redemption? Slavery? Or is it just a good tale? There are too many story arcs to be certain is a textured epic told on a small canvas But the colors bleed the paint is daubed on to excess and the final image is so blurred that it has been rendered unrecognizable The sad fact: Despite a worthy story never fulfills its intriguing potential is rated for adult themes and torture The Touchstone Pictures release was produced by Harpo Films It could have been so resonant so memorable: a Reconstruction-era tale of compromise motherhood racial politics and ghosts Sadly though Jonathan is a disappointment a hodgepodge of images and unsatisfying storytelling Based on the Toni Morrison novel chronicles the life of Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) a former slave living with her daughter in a farmhouse outside Cincinnati eight years after the Civil War Their life is simple and streaked with melancholy husband never joined her after she escaped from a cruel Kentucky plantation called Her other daughter who died as a baby haunts the house so virulently that two sons leave when they are still young boys Still Sethe insists the haunting is not malevolent she says Into this sad homestead walks Paul (Danny Glover) a friend of Sethe's from Sweet Home who has been on the move for 16 years He moves in sees the emotional and physical scars that slavery imprinted upon Sethe and his deep affection for her grows into passion living daughter the blooming Denver (Kimberly Elise) meanwhile is battling with her own demons The haunting and her suffocating love have kept her in the house undermined her education and made her a pariah She AT CLOSE-OUT PRICES! l(EYy8 GRAII0 CHEROKEE LIMITED Capsule Movie Reviews rmtinompt AMFM CD Cassette Drive Passenger Heated Seats Trailer Tow Group 52L V8MPI Luxury Group Power Sunroof Automatic Transmission LIST: $37725 BUD CLARY VISCOUNT: 7230 SALE PRICE ON THE INTERNET buddaryautos com Subaru Jeep VISIT US httpZwww te MICMMERCtta lMVKW WMMIMTM TCLiMOt 41HTO a TML Ftw tOeSMOIKI This romantic follow-up to the Farrelly and takes maximum advantage of the irresistible wholesomeness of Cameron Diaz as the girl everyone falls in love with Also starring Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller (R for strong comic sexual content and language) Urban Legend Have you heard the one about the movie that refused to die? This one has similar plots settings and body counts with no sustainable competitive advantage over other college-set horror movies (R for horror violencegore language and sexual content) What Dreams May Come Director Vincent Ward and screenwriter Ron Bass mix and match love death and Robin Williams in a combination so cloying it would bring out the Grinch in a saint Max Von Sydow and Cuba Gooding Jr also star (PG-13 for thematic elements involving death some disturbing images and language) The Los Angeles Times and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat that stars an indelible Tom Hanks as a World War II officer assigned to find a soldier in newly invaded France and bring him home Though this Steven Spielberg-directed effort is hampered by a conventional at times overly sentimental script it gets as close to the unimaginable horror and chaos of battle as fiction film ever has Edward Bums Matt Damon Tom Sizemore and Giovanni Ribisi also star (R for intense prolonged realistic sequences of war violence and for language) Simon Birch Mark Steven Johnson Old wrote and directed this syrupy extract of John novel Prayer for Owen the tragicomic story of an 11-year-old dwarf with a gigantic faith that on a mission from God (PG for language emotional thematic elements and an accident scene) Something About Mary Starting Friday Beloved Jonathan Demme directs Oprah Winfrey as a former slave in this adaptation of Toni Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Danny Glover co-stars (R for violent images sexuality and nudity) Bride of Chucky Brad Dourif reprises his role as the voice of Chucky in this sequel to wherein the diabolical doll finds a mate and looks for human bodies to occupy (R for strong horror violence and gore language some sexual content and brief drug use) Practical Executive producer Sandra Bullock stars along with Nicole Kidman and Griffin Dunne directs this version of Alice novel about two New England sisters with a gift for guiding fate (PG-13 for some violence intense thematic elements and sensuality) Playing now Antz In a lunatic idea that halfway works computer animation and celebrity voices (Woody Allen Sharon Stone Sylvester Stallone) are used to give us a peek at life in a bustling ant colony More weird than funny in the final analysis (PG for mild language and menacing action) Holy Man A comic examination of parallel manias for shopping and gurus is an appealing notion and the film does manage some amusing moments But the satire never takes hold the dramatic and romantic aspects are indifferently executed and the whole thing has the authenticity of one of those celebrated zirconium diamonds Eddie Murphy Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston star (PG for some language) A Night at the Roxbury Those dancing fools from Night Steve (Will Ferrell) and Doug (Chris Kattan) Butabi are inexplicably given their own movie in which to show how lame they are Oh well some of funny (PG-13 for sex related humor language and some drug content) Ronin Veteran director John Frankenheimer helped by a touch of David Mamet in the dialogue and the taut performance of Robert De Niro brings the old-fashioned espionage thriller efficiently up to date in a story of hard guys pursuing a mysterious briefcase The car chases are especially satisfying (R for strong violence and some language) Rush Hour A formulaic but lively and entertaining action comedy that effectively teams martial arts legend Jackie Chan and motormouth comedian Chris Tucker who join forces in tracking down a kidnapper (PG-13 for sequences of actionvio-lence and shootings and for language) Saving Private Ryan A powerful GS BOND! 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