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I VW A ENTERTMFA THE NEWS OBSERVER THURSDAY MARCH 30 1995 41 1 Dolores lalborne cotumetArri FT Eck EICTURE5 LA1 Claiborne COLUMBIArtl E421 EICTURE5141 10E Friendlier atman on the way t91AlittIP-Z7 kiZTVJA 1 1340-4 TALL TALE (PO) t15 4-20 POO 9-00 vos tOITI 4a) OUTBREAK (R) 2:004:35 7:10 PAS OUTBREAK (R) 115 4:30 7:10 9:40 oso von ISITIL 124) on BYE LOVE (11013) 2:15 440 7:10 9:30 INO WIP1114111331) WON PAYNE (PG13) :3:20 4:30 7:20 9:25 GRADY BUNCH (P013) 0:10 4:15 9:15 PULP FICTION (R) 200 5:00 8:15 11YE BYE LOV1 (P013) 1:30 4:45 930 490 VIPS INTL WM DOLORES CIAIBORNE (RI 1:40 4:15 700 35 NO VIPS UNTIL 447) LOSING ISAIAH (ID 1:30 4t45 705 9:20 (NO PPS MIS 331) DOLORES CLAIBORNE 1E) 440 715 9:50 (NO VIPS 47) duced spot which is set to Danny Elfman's familiar Wagnerian theme: Tommy Lee Jones and Drew Barrymore as criminal mastermind Two-Face and his moll Nicole Kidman as new Bat squeeze Chase Meridian and numerous redesigned Bat-accouterments such as the Batcave the Batmobile and the Batsuit (more of a costume now than a muscle-ribbed sarcophagus) Tim Burton who directed the first two "Batman" movies and is credited with the series' dark expressionistic look is executive producer on this one Joel Schumacher of "Lost Boys" and mastermind 'Avo-Face and his moll Nicole Kidman as new Bat squeeze Chase Meridiah and numerous redesigned Bat-accouterments such as the Batcave the Batmobile and the Batsuit (more of a costume now than a muscle-ribbed sarcophagus) Tim Burton who directed the first two "Batman" movies and is credited with the series' dark expressionistic look is executive producer on this one Joel Schumacher of "Lost Boys" and "Falling Down" is in the director's Ittra redalms If itt first you dan't saccedd' lower your IStarts Tomorrow enl-eile pringsta lenCALL 549-5100 ripoll In Fuquar Marina Wake Forest Clayton Smithfield CITYLINE Call 836-2830 6611 LOCAL WEATHER 6612 Nc COASTAL -IIIE NEVASERVER 43 pic nOAD CONDITIONS WEATHER tmmotosiouumommaa -THE NEWOBSERVER Ita DURHAM 661 (ret04 CCiefluM npTtLt P1 I nnson aD mema yynnson Now Sheiwingt S501 AllantiC pd 8788778 0 PLEASANT VALLEY A I nLM1 itt al g34071 I EJ7UMIIIIU MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) THE WALKING DEAD (R) THE BRADY BUNCH (PG13) BAD COMPANY 01) OUTBREAK (R) SONNY NO PASSES NO DISCOUNTS MAJOR PAYNE (P013) SORRY NO PASSES NO DISCOUNTS BYE BYE LOVE (PG13) I CANDYMAN 2 (R) -4 DOLORES CLAIRBORNE (R) TALL TALE (PG) 6 MURDER IN THE FIRST (R) NIGHER LEARNING (R) DISCLOSURE (R) JUNGLE BOOK (PG) Tripl I 96 828'1 BYE BYE LOVE (P013) 7:009:15 CANDYMAN 2 (R) BAD COMPANY (R) 7:004:30 ROOMMATES (PC) 2:1 MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) JUST CAUSE (R) LITTLE WOMEN (PG) sssOsss66040 THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG) STAR TREK (PG) THE LION KING (G) THE HUNTED (R) NIGHER LEARNING (R) where the be Robin City third series be 4 7 7 (June 16 to be exact) but Batmania a key factor in the original fihn's success is gathering momentum like a dive-bombing Batwing Curiosity about the PG-13 film has been stoked by a 312-minute trailer that tips Bat-fans to the fantasy-adventure series' whole new look new star and most intriguing of all new lineup of arch-villains This is the installment in which Val Kilmer takes over for Michael Keaton as BatmanBruce Wayne Chris O'Donnell swings into action as Robin and the "S-s-smoldn'r Jim Carrey plays that malicious punster the Riddler Also glimpsed in the slickly pro- BY FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK A BC was back on top last week after losing the ratings crown to NBC for five weeks In prime time for the week ending March 26 ABC reclaimed the lead with an 116 rating and 20 share Nielsen Media Research reported Tuesday In the 27-weekold season ABC has Won 18 NBC was a strong second last week with an 111 rating and 19 share CBS with a 93 rating and 16 share was a distant third Fox had a 73 rating and 12 share UPN had a 38 rating and 6 share while WB had a 17 rating BAD COMPANY (R) The plodding tale of CIA agent Laurence Fishburne and a boring and sexless Ellen Barkin Directed by Damian Harris 1 hour 48 minutes Durham: Wynnsong BOYS ON THE SIDE (A) An uplifting buddy road trip with Whoopi Goldberg Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore Parker's character goes through some amazing changes Directed by Herbert Ross 1 hour 58 minutes Chapel Hill: Plaza THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (PG-13) 12 It's the '90s but the Bradys think talk and behave as if it's still the 70s Not much of a plot But who cares? It's fun Starring Shelley Long as Carol Gary Cole as Mike's and the kids Greg (Christopher Daniel Barnes) Marcia (Christine Taylor) Peter(Paul Sutera) Jan (Jennifer Elise Cox) Bobby (Jesse Lee) and Clp dy (Olivia Hack) With Henriette Mantel as 'Alice 1 hour 30 minutes Raleigh: Pleasant Valley Six Forks Tower Merchants Chapel Hill: Timberlyne Durham: Wynnsong BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (R) WOody Allen's comedy about a playwright who ends up going against his "art! just to get his play pro duce Starring John Cusack Dianne Wiest Tracy Ullman Chazz Palminteri Raleigh: Studio BYE BYE LOVE (PG-13) 12 Three single dads who have weekend custody of their kids get a crash course in parenthood and dating Starring Matthew Modine Randy Quaid and Paul Reiser 1 hour 46 minutes Raleigh: Carmike Mission Valley Pleasant Valley Tower Merchants Cary: Imperial Chapel Hill: Ram Durham: Carmike Wynnsong CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH (R) The original horror film had potential This one doesn't Raleigh: Carmike Tower Twin Chapel Hill: Ram Durham: Carmike Wynnsong CLERKS (R) First film by writer-director Kevin Smith about the lives of two convenience store clerks 1 hour 30 minutes Raleigh: Studio DISCLOSURE (R) 2 hours 5 minutes Raleigh: Blue Ridge Raleighwood Durham: Center DOLORES CLAIBORNE (R) This psychological thriller not only features three of the best female pefformances since the '405 but reveals a depth of understanding on Stephen King's part that transcends the bloody gore and rabid horror of his best-selling novelsJennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates star 2 hours 10 minutes Raleigh: Carmike Mission Valley Pleasant Valley Cary: Imperial Chapel Hill: Plaza Durham: Wynnsong EXOTICA (R) Sultry somber and about the life and thin mysteries that surround a sex club Written directed and produced by Atom Egoyan is not about fantasies but about the incidents that spark these fantasies Raleigh: Rialto Chapel Hill: Varsity Durham: Willowdale FEDERAL HILL (R) Michael Corrente's directorial debut is a buddy-buddy Italian-American coming-of-age piece set in Providence RI Chapel Hill: Varsity FORREST GUMP (PG-13) Tom Hanks gives a majestic performance as the boy who grows up in the 19505 stays childlike in many ways and achieves some stunning accomplishments across the globe A film that delivers a message of hope and faith without preachiness Directed by Robert Zemeckis 2 hours 2 minutes Raleigh: Six Forks Cary: Imperial Durham: Willowdale i HEAVYWEIGHTS (PG)--- A fitness guru muscles his way into a camp for not-so thin kids Starring Ben Stiller Tom McGowan Aaron Schwartz and Shaun Weiss With Jerry Stiller and Anne Directed by Steven Brill 1 hour 37 minutes Raleigh: Carmike HIDEAWAY (R) 102 Goldblum I and Christine Lahti 1 hour 52 minutes 1 Durham: Willowdale HIGHER LEARNING (R) Director John Singleton's weak film about social turmoil at a university starring Jennifer Connelly Ice Cube and Laurence Fishburne Raleigh: Blue Ridge Tryon 1 Durham: Center HIGHLANDER: THE FINAL DIMENSION (PG-13) Christopher Lambert is the ageless imniortal facing his "toughest" I opponent (Mario Van Peebles) Raleigh: A 11 BY GLENN LOVELL KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE Holy sequel-itis Batman! They're saying you don't stand a chance against Casper Pocahontas and the Power Rangers Not to worry Robin I'm boffo it counts Gee I hope you're right Batman I'd hate for my and new Batmobile's debut to a washout The Caped Crusader is right The night sky over Gotham has never looked brighter The in Warner Bros' Batman "Batman Forever" may not due for another three months GREAT MOVIES FOOD SPIRITS Falls a 609Falls of theNouse ge a etrO o121 3(io ADMISSION: $250 RICHIE RICH (PG) Mon-The 4:45 $150 Family Matinee NELL (PG-13) 715 Dern( Moore and Michael Douglas 4 DISCLOSURE (R) 6:45 9:35 INTERVIEW WM VAMPIRE (R) 9:50 27282930 PK I lL Miles of CRABTREE VALLEY MALL US AT PLEASANT VALLEY RD 783-0074 BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM STUDENTS MID $500 EVENINGS SHOWTIMES FOR TODAY ONLY! DELORES CLAIBORNE (R) 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:40 MAJOR PAYNE (PG-13) 12:40 2:50 5:00 7:20 9:30 BYE BYE LOVE (PG13) 12:45 3:00 5:25 7:40 9:50 OUTBREAK (R) 1:20110 7:10 10:00 JUST CAUSE (R) 12:55 3:15 5:30 7:50 10:15 BRADY BUNCH (PG-13) 1:10 3:25 5:20 7:15 925 I MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) I 12:30 2:40 4:50 7:45 10:05 THIS SPRING BREAK GET TREED! OM Pan 111 Starts FRMAi Ulf commIA 1471)o MIAMI AP IL 7111-0071 17 2RE 2001 KildWe FitMiti 8519713 9soofolutnOt 0462120 Immil FItt Kit MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) OUTBREAK (R) No Passes No Discount Tickets BYE BYE LOVE (PG13) 7: 9 29 No Passes-No Discount Tits THE BRADY BUNCH (PG 13) IzzaaD-143ir gittinTp CANDYMAN 2 fig MAJOR PAYNE (PO13) howtimes I MURDER IN THE FIRST (R) THE SANTA CLAUSE (PG) DISCLOSURE (R) RICHIE RICH (PG) 2:1 0:05 77' kBe a eir 01111 (t) -1'Tglaitleiy-713 tA re i chair and is expected to go for a more playful tone "We're going for a lighter airier look" confirms Rob Friedman Warner's president of worldwide advertising and publicity "This preview is meant to communicate what's new about the new 'Batman' And that is: just about everything" The trailer says Friedman signals the arrival of a "less gritty" more viewer-friendly Gotham City and Caped Crusader It also proffers a peek at the new Batcave weapons and gadgets essential for ancillary merchandising (The first "Batman" doubled its take with $250 million in toy and paraphernalia sales) 1 spot ing and 20 share "NBC Nightly News" was second with an 84 rating and 17 share Affected by West Coast pre-emptions for the NCAA basketball tournament "The CBS Evening News" had a 74 rating and 15 share to rank third The top 10 prime-time shows their networks and ratings: "Seinfeld" NBC 202 "Friends" NBC 197 "Home Improvement" ABC 195 "ER" NBC 193 "Grace Under Fire" ABC 180 "60 Minutes" CBS 177 "NYPD Blue" ABC 171 "Mad About You" NBC 153 "Roseanne" ABC 153 "Murphy Brown" CBS 150 Jessica Tandy also star Directed by Robert Benton Raleigh: Six Forks Durham: Willowdale OUTBREAK (R) Dustin Hoffman tries to combat a lethal virus spreading rapidly in a small California community Not as convincing as it could have been Directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2 hours 7 minutes Raleigh: Carmike Mission Valley Pleasant Valley Six Forks Tower Merchants Cary: Imperial Chapel Hill: Carolina Durham: Carmike Wynnsong PULP FICTION (R) Quentin Tarantino directs John Travolta Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis in a film high' lighting the low life 2 hours 34 minutes Raleigh: Mission Valley Studio Cary: WaverlyDurham: Carolina RICHIE RICH (PG)12 Macaulay Culkin plays Richie Rich in this movie version of the Harvey Comic character Richle must take over the family bust ness when his parents are believed to be lost in a plane crash Also starring John Larroquette Edward Herrmann and Christine Ebersole Partly filmed at Biltmore House in Asheville Raleigh: Blue Ridge Raleighwood ROOMMATES (PG) Peter Falk is out of his depth as an irascible elderly DB Sweeney is the grand- son A soaper with predictable out' Comes 1 hour 49 minutes Raleigh: Carmike Cary: Waverly Durham: Willowdale RUDYARD KIPLING1 THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG) Walt Disney Pictures' nonanimated version of its 7 'classic casts Jason Lee Scott as Mowgli raised in the jungle by wolves Also starring Cary Elwes Sam Neill and John Cleese Raleigh: Blue Ridge Durham: Center THE SANTA CLAUSE (PG) 12 1 hour 35 minutes Raleigh: Blue Ridge SATAN'S BREW (1976) Rainer Werner Fassbinder film that has been unavailable for 20 years and one of the few of his that could be classified as a come- dy It follows the sexual and literary misadventures of the dried-up poet Kurt Raab who treats his wife retarded brother slavish admirer and masochistic mistress with equal disdain 1 hour 52 minutes In German with subtitles Durham: Carolina SHALLOW GRAVE (R) lb Comic thriller in which three yuppies in Scotland get a roommate for their fiat who ends up dead with a bag of money Delightfully diabolical and genuinely chilling Raleigh: Colony Chapel Hill: Varsity Durham: Carolina THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (R) 12 Tim Robbins plays a banker convicted in his wile's murder and Morgan Freeman whose talent grows ever better is the hardened con who befriends him as they do hard time through the 19405 '50s and '60s Directed by Frank Darabont 2 hours 24 minutes Chapel Hill: Timberlyne STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (PG) William Shatner and the original crew meet up with Patrick Stewart and the Next Generation" crew For Trekkies only Raleigh: Blue Ridge THE SWAN PRINCESS (G) 12 Animated fairy tale about enchanted animals and a wicked sorcerer based on the music 'Swan Lake? 1 hour 30 minutes Raleigh: Raleighwood TALL TALE: THE UNBELIEVABLE ADVENTURES OF PECOS BILL (PG) Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill and John Henry in a cautionary tale of development run amok in the American West of the late 19th century A movie the whole family can enjoy Starring Nick Stahl Roger Aaron Brown Oliver Platt Patrick Swayze and Catherine O'Hara Raleigh: Carmike Tower Merchants Cary: Imperial Chapel Hill: Timberlyne Durham: Willowdale Wynnsong TO LIVE (Not rated suggested PG) 12 A masterwork that views the wars and revolution in China through the eyes of a common man this story of survivors is directed by Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Durham: Carolina THE WALKING DEAD (A) A group of Marines in 1972 Vietnam must evacuate survivors from a Viet Congabandoned POW camp a seemingly routine misslon before going home 1 hour 30 minutes Durham: Willowdsle Wynnsong and 3 share One ratings point equals 954000 television households Share is the percentage of TV sets in use at any one time that are tuned to a particular broadcast Two new Tuesday night NBC sitcoms had promising launches "Pride Joy" got off to a healthy startranldng 31st for the week while "NewsRadio" the Phil Hartman vehicle captured 20th place to win its thne period The premiere of the Fox time-travel series "Sliders" tied for 51st In the evening news race ABC's "World News Tonight" notched its 133rd first-place win of the last 134 weeks with a 99 rat Blue Ridge HOOP DREAMS (pG-13) Documentary that follows high-school years of talented basketball players in Chicago Directed by Steve James 2 hours 50 minutes Chapel Hill: Timberlyne THE HUNTED (R) A Western businessman is forced to run for his life after witnessing the murder of a mysterious woman in Japan He must rely on his own resources and a modern samurai warrior to defeat a vicious assassin Starring Christopher Lambert John Lone and Yfishio Harada 1 hour 50 minutes Ridge Tryon INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (A) Anne Rice's story translated into film starring Tom Cruise Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas 2 hours 4 minutes Raleigh: Raleighwood JUST CAUSE 12 (R) Law professor Sean Connerylries to'sfive a man on death row but the plot takes a wrong turn in tlyotorgiatrentv the filnitatrt recover Also starring Laurence Fishburne Kate Capshaw and Ed Harris 2bOUrS Rateighf-Pleasant Valley Cary: Waverly Durham: Carmike THE LION KING ny2 Blue Ridge LITTLE WOMEN (PG): Ryder Trini Alvarado Samantha Mathis and Kirsten Dunst star (dthis terrific filth based on the classic novel by Louisa May Moot Directed by Gillian Armstrong-Susan Sarandon Eric Stoltz and Gabriel Byrne also star 1 hour 50 minutes Cary: Waverly leS 1-fary rtaverly LOSING ISAIAH (R)12 Halle Berry' 'stars as a young woman who decides i she was mistaken in giving her son up for adoption to Jessica Lange The film overcomes its flaws about transracial adoption by treating all sides with respect 1 hour 48 minutes Raleigh: Mission Valley Six Forks Tower Merchants Cary: Waverly Chapel Hill: Plaza Durham: Willowdale THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE (Not rated) Was King George III mad or just ill? Nicholas Hytner directs Nigel Hawthorne Helen Mirren and Ian Holm I hour 50 minutes Raleigh: Colony Chapel Hill: Varsity MAJOR PAYNE (PG-13) Damon Wayans tries to get a bunch of young recruits shipshape Raleigh: Carmike Pleasant Valley Tower Twin Cary: Imperial Chapel Hill: Timberlyne Durham: Willowdale Wynnsong A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (R) As beguiling and wacky a film as you're likely to see this year Bus conductor Albert Finney entertains his passengers with dramatic excerpts and witticisms from the works of his favorite author Oscar Wilde and also idolizes the bus driver Also starring Rufus Sewell Tara Fitzgerald and Brenda Pricker Directed by Sun Krishnamma 1 hour 38 minutes Raleigh: Studio MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) 12 star Chevy Chase Farrah Fawcett Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1 hour 38 minutes -1' Raleigh: Pleasant Valley Six Forks Tower Merchants Cary: Waverly Chapel Hill: Timberlyne Durham: Carmike Wynnsong MARTHA AND ETHEL (G) Directed by Jyll Johnstone Chapel Hill: Varsity MIAMI RHAPSODY (PG-13) Sarah Jessica Parker is forced to confront the essence of marriage when her boyfriend pops the question Co-star' ring Antonio Banderas Mia Farrow Paul Mazursky Written and directed by David Frankel I hour 35 minutes Durham: Willowdale MURDER IN THE FIRST (R) Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater Raleigh: Blue Ridge Durham: Center MURIEL'S WEDDING (R) People are only this disagreeable and this funny and this achingly sad in real life and Australian writerdirector PI Hogan is able to weave real lives in and out of his scathing campy satire of a woman who makes herself believe that ABBA and a white wedding are the most anyone could want Raleigh: Colony Chapel Hill: Chelsea Durham: Carolina NELL (PG-13) Foster Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson Raleigh: Releighwood NOBODY'S FOOL (R) Paul Newman is terrific as a 60-year-old construction worker with no work no love '1' and no Money who gets one last Chance Bruce Willis Melanie Griffith FILMs 68 ROOMMATES (PG) FORREST GUMP (PG) LOSING ISAIAH (R) SORRY NO PASSES NO DISCOUNTS TALL TALE (PG) MAJOR PAYNE (PG13) SORRY NO PASSES NO DISCOUNTS EXOTICA (R) 1 THE WALKING DEAD I NOBODY'S FOOL i (11) (R) 7:00 HIDEAWAY I MIAMI RHAPSODY (1) 7:00 (19013) 41114W DOLORES CLAIRBORNE tR) MAN OF THE HOUSE (PG) 4:304:159:30 BYE BYE LOVE (P013) OUTBREAK (1) SONNY NO PASSES NO DISCOUNTS ME BRADY BUNCH (P013) JUST CAUSE (R) CANDYPAAN 2 (R) BARGAIN MATINEES s375 DAILY til 5:30 pm at Wynnsong 10 Willowdalle 8 and Carmike 7 Showtimes are for today only OF THE HOUSE (PG) LOSING ISAIAH (111) No Passes-No Discount Tics OUTBREAK (R) No Posses No Discount Tickets THE BRADY BUNCH (PG13) FORREST GUMP (P013) NOBODY'S FOOL (R) MAJOR PAYNE (PO13) OUTBREAK (R) No Posies No Discount Made a i AO Ph WM adOMAIO'.