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B2 M0VIE1REVIEWS Three Women Bonded By Distress Happening on the Island (ll BOYS ON THE SIDE Whoopi Goldberg Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore overcome some seriously schmaltzy writing in this giris-on-the-mn melodrama from Magnolias" director Herb Ross With Matthew Montgomery James Remar Bily Worth 1:57 (Profanity sexual situations one scene of graphic violence) At area theaters Nnwriqr An Minfi Inaugural Concert The Lawrence Philharmonic a newly formed intergenerational orchestra begins its inaugural season Alexander Bernstein will narrate the Spirit of Leonard a new work honoring his late father written by the artistic director Beit Konowitz Kennedy Center honoree Morton Gould pictured above is scheduled to attend No 2 (Movements 1 and will be performed Tomorrow night at 8 at Lawrence Middle School 195 Broadway The concert is free call 295-7084 New on the Island Ken stark portrayal of the British social services treatment of an unmarried mother makes its Long Island premiere today at Cinema Arts Center 423 Park Ave Huntington Check the movie timetables or call 423-3456 By Jack Mathews STAFF WRITER LTUIhe overworked comic I I scenes one terribly inappro-I I priate joke and some lament-I I ably contrived attempts at sentiment show up like foot-high speed bumps in Herbert on the But the terrific performances of Whoopi Goldberg Mary-Louise Parker and no kidding Drew Barrymore lift it above its shaky writing and make this journey into female bonding worthwhile Comparisons to and and Green are inevitable since have been made had those earlier movies not found a sizable audience None of these films is going to go down as landmarks of feminism in Hollywood but they are least testing the imagination of the old boy network Like and is propelled by a murder committed in self-defense It occurs in Pittsburgh where Jane (Goldberg) an out-of-work New York musician with a salty tongue and Robin (Parker) an uptight real -estate agent with whom ride-sharing across country stop to pick up Buoyant On a Sea Of Myths lY FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 1995 PART 2 Ballet Long Island's Men': Back raw Kathy Crimmins Donna Havranek Kristen SadowsU Jennifer Havranek Karen Antos Nick! O'Connell In front Dawn Petchonka and Kim Leary Ballet Long Island Debra Punzi artistic director of Ballet Long Island has choreographed three works a piece that challenges female roles and stereotypes is danced to music by Dave Heath Name Is Gypsy" features music by the Gipsy Kings and takes its inspiration iron a day by Arthur Schnitzler with music by John Adams At Suffolk Community Cdlegeh Sagtikos Theater Brentwood Campus tonight at Tickets are $10 call 434-65891 Simon Comedy Airport Playhouse is putting on in the Park Simonk comedy about newlyweds who rent a walk-up apartment in Greenwich Village Performances are 9 pm Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 pm Sundays 8 pm Wednesdays through March 5 Tickets are 15 call the box office 218 Knickerbocker Ave Bohemia 589-7588 THE SECRET OF ROAN IRISH (PG) John Sayles' magical adaptation of a modem Irish folk tale about a fishing reluctant belief in the Celtic myth of sea creatures that are half-human and half-seal With Jeni Courtney Mick Laly Eileen Coigan 1:43 Angelika Film Center comer of Houston and Mercer Eastside Playhouse Third Avenue at 55th Street and Sony Theatres Lincoln Square at Broadway and 68th Street Manhattan Joe Canestra and Monika Humsjo In Nan SI in the at ttie Airport Playhouse In Bohemia 1 By Jack Mathews STAFF WHITER HE SEA AND the creatures liv-I I ing above and below it are the I I spiritual masters of John I I magical Secret of Roan a modern folk tale about the superstitions of the Irish fishing families living along the isolated windswept coast of northwestern Ireland Sayles may be the most stubbornly independent of the new breed of independent filmmakers and he is certainly the least predictable His films have ranged from race relations Broth- Dining Eats B29 Horoscope B39 Kidsday B41 Movies B8-15 Music B22 Radio B45 Television B44-47 Ann Landers B40 Art B21 Bridge B43 Comics B38-40 Crossword B38 Cryptoquote B43 Dear Abby B43 Theater B18-19 Video B23 Art Guide B31 Events Guide B37 Music Guide B32 Theater Guide B35 Weather Map B36 i i.