Tri-City Herald from Pasco, Washington • 23

"tiyffW ET it tmux Around Town: Film FRIDAY JULY 3 1998 TRI-CITY HERALD C3 impact is doomsday deja vu FLOWER FARM July 4th Rated PG-13 for mature themes Itls playing at the Columbia Center 8 Mr Movie rating: 4 bags Out of Sight Rated for language violence mature themes playing at the Uptown Cin- emas Mr Movie rating: 4 bags DrDoSttk Rated PG-13 for mature themes It's playing at the Columbia Center Mr Movie rating: 4 bags Armageddon is the second celestial disaster movie of the summer The first Deep Impact had zero impact on the critics including this one but it packed a box-office wallop raking in almost $136 million since its May 8 opening Deep Impact was about a small comet screeching through the solar system on a collision course with Earth Armageddon differs slightly its premise has an asteroid the size of Texas threatening to do the same thing not the only place these films part company The draw for both films are scenes of mass destruction In a to beat the competition to the big screen Deep Impact producer Steven Spielberg and director Mimi Leder skimped on the special effects erry Bruckheimer file producer of Armageddon did it right His effects are eye-popping And let's face it movies like these are about chaos and devastation what makes them appealing Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay (The Rock loaded this film with state-of-the-art images The view of the asteroid hurtling to Earth is spectacular Rock and debris slash through space as they follow the main body of the doomsday asteroid toward the planet The sets of the astronauts actually on the asteroid are eerie Bruckheimer's special-effects units fill the screen with a landscape of huge spikes and rock formations that literally are out of this world You've never seen anything like the effect is quite mesmerizing Early in the film the producers focus on meteors showering the Earth They whoosh in from space huge balls of fire that blast everything in their path to smithereens The special effects here are tantalizing but not original already seen the tower of the Empire State Building fall and splatter on the sidewalk Godzilla did it and the same thing happened in Independence Day As meteors hit taxis and cars are blown sky high explosions rock the land and people die It's mass-produced mass destruction and quite frankly the concept has become a bore To their credit Bruckheimer and Bay did let us see the destruction of Paris which been done in other movies The setting is different but the effect is same Knight-Ridder Tribune Mr Movie by Gary Wolcott same The script isn't much better Armageddon which runs long at 2Vt hours sticks every cliffhanging nail-biting trick in the book into the film The heroes are at the point of death and failure from the time they blast off until the end of the film The movie seemlessly slips from one contrived death-defying glue-you-to-the edge-of-your-seat crisis to another until about ready to holler I'll shamelessly admit that I'm usually a sucker for this kind of movie However Armageddon at times is even a bit much for me Bruce Willis heads an ensemble cast featuring Ben Affleck (Good Will HuntmgX Billy Bob Thornton Slingblade) Liv Tyler her band Aerosmith does a song in the film Will Patton and the always way-out-there-somewhere Steve Buscemi Willis tosses his usual stoic macho routine aside and actually plays a three-dimensional character Oh still a live-on-the-edge action hero but at least in Armageddon he plays a character that's believable and you can care about Hey very good in this movie as is the rest of the cast I got a little tired of Buscemi His overth e-top crazed crackpot is wearing thin But Buscemi was added for comic relief which this kind of a movie always needs to be believable However it's Peter Storemare (he teamed with Buscemi as one of the killers in Fargo) who steals the show as a space-drunk Russian astronaut been alone too long in the void Het hilarious and keeps Armageddon from being as dry and matter-of-fact as Deep Impact was The rest of the misfit cast of oil-drillers is interchangeable with a dozen other actors Affleck is a hot commodity so help the movie's box-office draw However he adds 11 at St Josephy Catholic Church 520 Garfield St Kennewick The singing group that wi be accompanied by an orchestra at the 9 am and 11 am July 12 church seraoes at St Joeephy and at 6 pm nbty Christian Center at the Faith Assembly 1 800N Road 72 Pasco Admission is free to ai performances but donations are gtadty The Association wil perform a courtyard concert Aug 7 at the Richland Doubletree bm Cost $10 lor show only or $33 incfcxting (timer Call 946-7611 Ext The Howlers wi be the featured entertainment at the Kennewick downtown summer concert series July 1 1 Music is 6-8 pm at the Centennial Flag Plaza on the comer of Kennewick Avenue and Benton Street Admission la free Comedy Comedian Mike Murphy returns to the Tri-Cities on Cdumbb Cup race weekend for a le Richland performance at the Hotel Showtime 8 pm July 24 $1 a For tickets cal 946-761 1 Ext 4009 Doubletree 24 Cost is Showtime 8 pm Cover charge $5 Disc LuJuuj Qtdhlf niiA UhX hJaaj AMU aAlA jk jOCKBy rttCK SfOWafl WW play iTKISIC aitaf hi6 comedy wornc nypnoiwi jony nvni penocme a 8 pm today at the Tower km in Richland Cover charge $5 There wi be no music or comedy in the Tower lounge Saturday Music festivals Yakima Foildifa Festival July 10-12 at lYdomal three venues in Yakima: the Yakima Valley Museum Franktin Park and Grant's Brewery ftjh Other festivtites at the festival include a Medteval Fake kids test jousting tournament No admission charge to any the events July 10 events Ml be 7 pm-midnight at the pub and museum July 1 1 events are 11 am-dark at museum and park and ttw contradance pm at pub and museum July 12 events are noon-7 pm at tiwpark museum Lounge entertainment Blues DeVNIe performs at 9 pm today and Saturday at Line Dogs Tavern in downtown Kemewx The band scheduled to per-torm July 10-11 in the lounge atCavanaufpifc at Columbia Center The BoHetmahar Dixieland Band from Pittsburgh performs at a dteneddance Tuesday at Cavanaugh's at Columbia Center Reservations are required Coat Powers Winery Movies rated on a zero-to-five hot-buttered popcorn scale: 4 to 5 bags: Must see on the big screen 3 to 314 bags: Good film see it if it's your type of movie 2 to 2Vi bags: Wait until it comes out on video 0 to 2 bags: bother little to the plot other than to be someone for Willis to bounce off of Armageddon going to land the critical raves that end-of-the-world movies like Independence Day got but it's better than average And it's going to soak up most of the mid-summer bucks at the box office and that's the name of the game it? Out of Sight George Clooney finally hits his movie stride in the entertaining and well-conceived Out of Sight a bank robber who falls headfirst for an FBI agent Jennifer Lopez His story is told in flashbacks while theirs is done in the present Clooney is a glib smart-alecky thief who gets caught robbing a bank When he escapes prison Lopez just happens to be in the parking lot Clooney and his right-hand man Ving Rhames kidnap her She and Clooney go ga-ga for each other and the cat-and-mouse game is on Like Get Shorty and Jackie Broum Out cf Sight is based on an Elmore Leonard book but it's a better adaptation of his material than the first two films Clooney is perfect for this role and it should garner him enough critical acclaim and box-office suc- $20 and includes dnner and the dance To resenre a table cal 800348-5800 Old Friend lyThe Young featuring singer Jon Boeles perform at 9 pm Saturday at tie Uptown Tavern in Richland Cover is $3 Big Dark Big Daddy and the Nightcrawters wi perform a Red White and Blues concert 3-7 pm Saturday at the Badger Mountain Vineyards Powers Winery 1106 SJurupa St Kennewick Cost is $3 in advance at the door Tickets avaiabte at Music Unlimited in the Tri-Cities Tri-Ctty rock bends Careers for the Poor Old FriendtyThe Young and Hush perfomi today at the Hoedown center in the Richland Snowtime Is 7 pm Admission is $5 Tickets at the door Millenium rock roM band performs 9:30 pm-1 am July 10 at the Frontier Tavern in Richiand at 9 pm Coverb wa I I Jii uJik iJ undo dhi Nflp penorm song wnn musub Honey at the Uptown Tavern in Richland July 24 The music starts at 9 pm Cover is July S3 Men bi the Making one the Northwest's hottest dance bands i performs at 8 pm July 25 at the Richland Doubletree Hotel Admte-sion $10 For advance tickets call 946-7611 Ext 4009 Dances The Gotta Dance Social Club wi continue its seminars tfwough June on shag nightclub 2-step and cha-cha dances Call for cost times and place 547-9647 Festivals and air shows A BuOO-Rama festival ist Toppenish Rodeos are at 8 pm each and a Wild West parade planned for 11 am Saturday Cal 800569-3982 or 509-8653262 Arlington -Fly-In and Abslww ta Wednesday through July 12at the Artington (WastilAirporl Shows bran at 3 pm exoept forthe July 12 show which begins at 1 pm The annual Wine and Cigar Night 7-10 pm Aug 1 at Preston Winery off 365 in Pasco Tickets are $25 each until July13or $30 thereafter Cal 545-19901 Cost includes a comptimentary cjgar food and wine sampting and live entertainment cess to finally launch his movie career Also of note is the performance of Steve Zahn as a druiggie con who provides some comic relief He was the guitarist in Tom Hanks' hit That Thing You Do Zahn is terrific and so is Out qf Sight DrDoSttk Eddie Murphy is back This summer he has two hit movies Dolittle and Uukm (as the voice ofthe dragon) and after the success of The Nutty Professor Murphy is a hit again Hey a doctor who has a special ability to talk to animals Murphy wants to ignore the gift but a bump on the head reminds him he can indeed talk to the animals This is a slick comedy that would be perfect for the whole family Book signing Scf-fi author Patti Briggs wW have a book signing session 1-4 pm Jily 11 at Hastings books and videos located in the Highlands Shopping Center next to Starbucks on Ctoar-' Avenue Recreation Royal Neighbors of America wi have its annual picnic by lie river at 6 pm July 1 3 at Chiawana Rark in Pasco The picnic wa commemorate the year the river The public is invited and wi be admitted admission with one dish food Fund-raisers MrMflhllilllltlnillttfaariiiingiiiiiiiinhy Candtaflame 6-10pm July 11 at Preston Winery off Highway 395 in Pasco Cost $25 and includes hors (f oeuvres by Chez Chaz wine tasting dancing and an auction Proceeds wi benefit the Sexual Assault Response Center's Crisis and Education programs Cal 946-2377 Dance classes evening of I ce featuring ien Dossev is iland Senior Admission is $5 Bozhanova isagraduate tfw Bulgarin National Schod tor Amateur Bulgarian music and Diana Bozhanova and Lyuben Dossev is 8-10 pm July 14 at the rVjnfrilru-irl rv a CAA sf Hicmana bomor uontor ouo Newton St A HANGING BASKETS 1199 10" Pet Full and Colorful Extensive Selection PERENNIALS Bloom Year After Year 20 OFF Wide Assortment of Varieties Many in Bud or Bloom July 4th BEDDING PLANTS 8a50 Per Tray Buy Full Trays BUTTERFLY BUSH Purple Pink White Fragrant lilac style blooms duly 4th AUSTRALIAN HYBRID WILLOW Fastest Shade Tree 1099 Ea Potted Branched 1012 Feet NEW ITEMS: Hyssop Blue Mist Spirea Russian Sage Ice Plant Cuph'ea GALLON TOMATOES Many New Bush Forms Get Off To A Fast Start 199 FLOWER FARM Court Strevt at Road 68 West Pasco 547-8337 FLOWER FARM Columbia Contor Blvd 1 (South of Cloarevator) 735-3232 except for the ample use of bathroom humor Most ofthe stuff will go over the heads of little kids but still a lot of it doesn't need to be there I will admit though that it does help make this remake of Dr Dolittle a funny movie Dr Dolittle also features some talented actors who do the voices of the animals including: Norm MacDonald Albert Brooks Chris Rock John Leguizamo Julie Kavner Gary Shandling Ellen DeGeneres Brian Doyle Murray Gilbert Gottfried and Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman Catch Mr Movie on KXRX 97 Rock ovary Friday morning at 7:15 and on KORO 1027 at 7 30 Commenta or questions? Contact Mr Movto on the Net at mrmovteOowLcom Instructors She also Ins conducted research into Bulgarian village dances and folklore Dossev attended the Academy of Music and Dance Art at PkMfv A beginner bally dance dess is offered for $30 at The Dance Class 41 7 Wright Ave Rchland The dasswl meet for six weeks on Mondays 7-8 pm and Mi be taught by Sala Shahar Call 9465652 Art exhibits National Computer Art Invitational show wi be on display July 29-Aug 18 at the EsveK Gallery at Cdumbb Basin College Works by 43 computer artiste wi be shown Admission is free Gallery hours are 8 am 4 pm Monday through Thursday 8 am- noon Fridays and 6-9 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays Richland watercolorist Jeanne Burham wi be the featured artist through July 31 at BeauxArtsGaltery311 Kennewick Ave The annual Art Glass show wi be featured through July 31 at the Hangups GaHery in Prosser Featured works include gbsaxi- metal enameled insect pins and sculptures isional stained glass along with three-dimensional pieces by artists Tori WestdTaooma Julie Prather from Etiensburg Caroline Bowman from Yakima Nanette Olson from Kennewick Terry Draeneyd Pasco Betty Lamb See Page C5 a 509-545-4754 From the Blue Bridge head East on Lewis Turn right on 20th Ave Formerly the Moose Lodge Something to do Itema for Around Town entertainment listings must be aubmltted In writing by noon Friday Eventa must be open to the public The Herald's tax number la 582-1510 and address Is PO Box 2608 TH-Clties WA 99302 or send your Nam via alectronlc mail to donealOtri- citynenKLGom Theater Christ 8upentsrwi be presented by Columbia Basin CoNege Theater Department at 8 pm July 17-18 24-25 30-31 Aug 1 in the CBC amphitheater Cost is $8 adult $5 students children and senior dti- i Tickets are avatiable at the Arts Center 943-ARTS or at the door The US Male Revue featuring Playgirl Magazine centerfold Loy Hanson wil have two shows July 17at the WUhorseC 3 Casino in Pendeton Showtimea are 7 and 9 pm Cover charge is $5 Seating is Kmitsd and advanro ticket purchase at the WldhoraeGtt Shop is encouraged Cal 541-278-2274 Ext 205 Concerts Calypso band Bram Brata wi perform at 7 pm July 10 on the fingemati stage at Howard Amon Park The band which a steel band made up Tri-City youths wi play a variety dCaribbean music Admission free but the nonprofit organization glacSy i nonprofit organization glady accepts donations A jan combo from Wafa Wafa Community Cofagewipertormat6pm July 12at Yards Park on Second Avenue and DeHaven Street in MMon-Freewater Ore Admission free The combo wi perfomi a mix exotic sounds from jazz flute and violin to the tract-oonainaraoopRwnimefiaoonoiwnorsax trumpet and rhythm section by such jazz and blues greats Kke Mites Daws Thekxiious Monk and Dizzy Giespb Vocalist Janice Cook also performs The Wttdhorse Casino in Fandtotonvrfl kick off a country muse summer concert series Aug 1 featuring Mark Cdtie Tracy Byrd wi perform Aug 15 and Loa Hermanos Brothers are featured Aug 29 The outdoor concerts on the Wiidhorse Row-Wow Grounds wi have picnic-styto seating and fans are encouraged to bring blankets or bwn chairs Gates open at 5:30 pm Showtime 7:30 pm Admission $15 per concert Tickets on sate at Ticketmastor outlets cal 736-0500 or at tie casino Cetabrant Singars wi perform at 8 pm July er Mtn Stent Judy witR a odd youx SuMa needs com in and see add oui stuMj Camidde Heckman Lotions and Soaps (janizee Candies rblexitage Lace Goiumet Coffee Let Us Be Your Boyds Bears Head-Quarters! Countryside Cottage MarfatM VBtegt KMtwkfc WA 7834494 WWWKNlhyttiNOMiMfll BC2ZSE9ESSCS Bhiig! a 37e UaAcubout Fine Foods Spirits Dancing Reds Whites Blues At Badger Mountain July 4th 3 pm-7pm MUSIC BY It Big Daddy and the Nightcrawlers SIRLOIN STEAKTIPS iBABYJ BACKRlBSBMRMfiH 510 20th Ave Pasco WA 99301 Open for lunch 11 am-2 pm Mon-Frl Dinner 5 pm-10 pm Mon-Sat Dancing from 10 pm-2 am Music light provided by Audio Unlimited Directions: July 4th Tasting Hours: 10 AM -1 PM 1106 Jutupa Kennewick 627-4966 or 1-800643-9463 Take Leslie Soutii from Meadow Springs and tolow signs idMd.