The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia • 43

3D The Macon Telegraph riday May 17 1996 Movie capsules aSSS 477 80771 LEROY SEABROOKS Studios battle over screen space ilm dips rom staff and wire reports I MONTH MACON 1 75 UT I I tomtcnr Borwo wm i Urt 1 788 3000 Pio Mono Are iWacon I 5 'I Heavens Prisoners UUniW NO VIP STIMES GOOD OR TODAY ONLY 'T'WJjTtR CHECK TIMES DAILY Want Ads 744 4234 MetalMasters (912) 741 2281 New Shipment of Shirts for Sale Stone Cold Concerts Check iREAT WHITE HYPE 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 TWISTER (PG 13) 7:00 9:20 REGAL CINEMAS MACON MAU QUAD CINEMAS RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 AND JIM BRICK APPEARING THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY MAY 16 19 Check Listings or Showtime LAST DANCE (R) 2:15 7:00 2003 RIVERSIDE DR OR RESERVATIONS 746 3337 ecution and Rob Morrow as a clem ency lawyer fighting to get her death sentence commuted Movie of the week malarkey more focused on the moral redemption than on the spiritual transformation (extreme vio lence profanity sexual suggestion) Rivergate 14 Mr Opus A sweeping melodrama that spans 30 years in the life of an aspiring composer (Richard Dreyfuss) who becomes an inspirational high school music teacher is a very large and very insistent reflex hammer applied to the ducts in stead of the knees PG (language) Riverside 4 Mulholland alls Another venture into corrupt past via the Hat Squad an elite detective unit in the fifties who open a poli tically charged murder investiga tion A predictable plot and wheel spinning dialogue make a great looking production a triumph of style over substance (sex vio lence language) Rivergate 14 Original Gangstas red Williamson Pam Grier and Ron O'Neal stride through the streets of Gary Ind looking like Superman Superwoman and Superfly In this take back the neighborhood melo drama middle aged citizens (all played by the kings and queen of blaxploitation) make Gary safe from drug dealing punks No MPAA rating (profanity extreme violence drugs) Macon Mall Quad The Pallbearer A nattering narcissistic Gen update of with David Schwimmer as the innocent alliter atively named hero tom between a sexually aggressive older woman and the girl he admired from afar back in those halcyon high school days PG 13 (adult themes lan guage sexual situations) Rivergate Truslingihff wrung waman caabea deadly choice Knight RHder Newspapers The Truth About Cats and Dogs In this witty gender reversal of the old Cyrano and Roxanne sto ry Janeane Garafolo plays a brainy vet and Uma Thurman her babea ceous neighbor both in lust with a photographer (Ben Chaplin) him self in love with intelli gence and Thurman's face Written by Audrey Wells PG 13 (phone sex) Rivergate 14 Twister Scientists plunge into the eye of the storm to re search the awesome power of tor nadoes and sort out a love triangle in the whirling cone The high tech chronicle of their trip is more a ride than a movie but the brilliant spe cial effects work make it quite a ride PG 13 (violence) Rivergate 14 and Macon Mall Quad Jewelry Repair While You Wait ORIGINAL GANGSTAS (R) 7:20 9:30 REGAL CINEMAS I RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 THE CRAT (R) 12:45 3:005:15 7:30 9:45 TRUTH ABOUT CATS DOGS (PG 13) 12:45 3:00 5:15 7:30 9:45 JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (PG) 12:50 2:50 4:50 752 1600 TICKUl MACON MALL QUAD 3661 EISENHOWER PKWY 477 6444 Happy Hour 5 8 IN THE POOL ROOM 14 Primal ear A courtroom dra ma that ultimately tries your pa tience by jamming the docket with far too many issues Richard Gere is a defense lawyer who takes on the explosive case of a young man accused of butchering a Roman Catholic archbishop (sex lan guage violence) Desmond Ryan Rivergate 14 The Quest Seemingly eter nal self directed Jean Claude Van Damme vehicle about a great fighter making his way to Tibet for some mystical fisticuffs tourney Set in the 1920s and co starring Roger Moore as a rascally con man this pugilistic odyssey is a lumbering dud PG 13 (violence profanity) Rivergate 14 and Park way Cinemas In Warner Robins Sgt Bilko The strip mining of Boomerville continues: Sgt Bil ko" from the late great Phil Silvers sitcom about an incorrigible Army con artist has been turned into a not very funny film with Steve Mar tin flatfootedly resurrecting role with many Night alums along for the ride PG (off color language) Riverside 4 Sunset Park Sincere and im probable sports inspirational featur ing a short Jewish lady phys ed teacher in a very tall story about a losing inner city high school bas ketball team As predictable and exciting as a layup drill (lan guage) Rivergate 14 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate And a thin line between a movie and a vanity production Martin Lawrence stars in co wrote and directs this fuzzy headed sus penseless knock off set in a nightclub called Choco late City (violence profanity sexual situations) Rivergate 14 Macon Mall Quad and Parkway Cinemas in Warner Robins 640 irst St 212 A Corder Rd 58j4H 8077l REGAL BARGAIN iqx MATINEES 'TIL 6 PM RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 245 TOM HILL SR BLVD 477 8077 The Birdcage Incorrigible cutups Robin Williams and Nathan Lane mug their way through this American adaptation of the rench farce Cage aux They play a gay couple who masquerade as man and wife to fool their future in laws Lane dons the dress PG 13 Rivergate 14 The Craft High school witch es cast their spells of vengeance on their tormentors but nothing can match the heavy curse of making it all the way through' a film of chroni cally limited hex appeal (Sex language violence) Rivergate 14 and Parkway Cinemas In Warner Robins Executive Decision 72 Arab terrorists hijack a jetliner and threaten to bomb Washington with a deadly nerve gas that will para lyze the US government As if we couldn't do it ourselves! Kurt Rus sell and Steven Seagal lead the mid air counter attack (violence language) Riverside 4 The Great White Hype As boxing comedies go "The Great White floats like an ele phant stings like a gnat It has laughs but this spoof doesn't deliv er hard hitting satire Stars Samuel Jackson as a Don King like box ing promoter Damon Wayans as the champ and Peter Berg as the white contender Directed by Regin ald Hudlin (profanity violence sexual candor) Rivergate 14 Ma con Mall Quad and Parkway Cine mas in Warner Robins James and the Giant Peach A mix of live action and stop motion animation this mostly faith ful adaptation of Roald sur real story shines with moments of weird wondrous inven tion PG (scary situations alluded parental death) Rivergate 14 Last Dance Sharon Stone as a Death Row murderer awaiting ex GALE ORCE MOVIE! IT WILL BLOW AUDIENCES RIGHT OUT THE THEATRE The special effects are )Jlui Mulin Till NhW YORK I IMIS INiTEuiRTfoif VERS DE 2950 Riverside Dr 812 RB Russell Pkwy 474 9358 OldUtattA GUILD OPTICIAN 115 1 RUSSELL PARKWAY QOQmiR 8 In Kroger Shopping Center 1 I Warner Robins GA ax 929 3851 LIPPER (PG) 1:15 3:15 5:157:15 9:15 THE PALLBEARER (PG 13) 5:009:15 day Memorial Day weekends Box office The top 10 movies at theaters last weekend followed by studio gross total gross and number of weeks in release as compiled Monday by Ex hibitor Relations Co Inc and En tertainment Data Inc 1 Warner Bros $41 million Total $41 million one week 2 Truth About Cats and 20th Century ox $39 mil lion Total: $202 million two weeks 3 Sony Columbia $36 million Total: $122 million two weeks 4 Paramount $24 million Total: $484 million five weeks 5 Universal $21 million Total: $163 million two weeks 6 MGM $16 million Total: $1153 million nine weeks 7 Great White 20th Century ox $132 million Total $56 million two weeks 8 and the Giant Disney $13 million To tal: $247 million five weeks 9 Orion $11 million Total: $11 million one week 10 Miramax $1015 million Total $39 million two weeks THE COMEDY CAE (ormerly The Comedy Zone) In a way not surprising that did so well at the box of fice A huge marketing campaign enthusiastic reviews and a movie that actually delivers on its one big promise (terrific effects) were bound to pay off In anticipation of that theater owners made it as easy as possible for you to turn in your seven or eight dollars for a look see Multi plexes were turning over more than one screen to the venture an important fart not just in the way it enlarges the net scoop ing up opening weekend dollars but in the way it will make life difficult for blockbuster competitors to come Booking is one of the toughest as pects of a hard nosed business and when theater owners and distribu tors sit down to make a deal they talk not just about placing a movie in a multiscreen theater but about how many screens which screens and for how long or all screens are not created equal Anyone who has ever caught a hit movie in its waning weeks or a movie that opened to bad reviews and so so advertising knows that peril of ending up in a small living room size theater with a screen the size of a wall hanging And if you know it you can bet that distributors and particularly those behemoths known as the ma jor studios know it too And they sure want to keep their big ticket summer pictures in those nice big airy houses with the long rows of seats and as really big screens as long as possible Now here is where the extra ear ly release of a summer picture opening a full two weeks be fore Memorial Day Weekend is so fiendishly clever Warner Bros which released the picture and is highly regarded for its screen negotiations has got a big hit movie on prime screens Not only that got it there at a minimum for two full weekends since the next potential summer blockbuster open until the May 22 Now Paramount is no slouch at marketing either Remember last summer it took 2 tons of rotten ba nanas and through a good trailer and clever use of Mi chael brand name status actually made money So this leaves the theater owner faced with a tough decision as May TWISTER ING ON TWO SCREENS PEA TURING DTStOOLBT DIGITAL I) 2:00 2:30 4:30 5:00 7:00 7:30 9:30 PRISONERS (R) 1:00 4:007:159:45 GARAGE DOORS 8x7' "Limited time offer OVER 100 STYLES SIZES IN STOCK SALES SERVICE INSTALLATION oibitaJ Live Entertainment Every Night! with Book Line A Sinker featuring "Big Mike" Beith Borton A Haohelle Patam Special Guest riday Mary Holmes 518 Mulberry St 746 4866 1429 Ogelthorpe St 746 1 760 743 4655 929 2020 SUNSET PARK PRIMAL EAR 5:307:4510:00 (R) 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:30 A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE HATE (R) 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:45 10:00 BIRDCAGE (R) 2:154:457:15 9:45 THE QUEST (PG 13) 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:00 MULHOLLAND ALLS (R) 7:45 10:00 EYE EXAMS now available by independent Doctor of Optometry 22 approaches If contin ues to do the business it did last weekend it will be tough moving it out of the ace rooms On the other hand the owner simply say no to expectations that it will get a shot at those same rooms Nor can it be ignored that 12 days after opens will be the new toy on the shelf As we see filling somebody leisure time can be a tricky busi ness sets record a special effects filled tale of scientists who chase down tornadoes blew away the competi tion in its debut weekend grossing more than $41 million The action opening more than doubled the $193 mil lion total of the other nine films in the top 10 and was the biggest May opening of all time including four David Sheehan CBS TV ROARING! An action frenzy that will keep your teeth rattling! Jami Bernard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS your popcorn! A SMASHING thrill Jack Garner GANNETT NEWS SERVICE never seen anything like it before! TRULY AMAZING! Pat Collins WWOR TV Thursday June 13 1996 8:00 PM Macon Coliseum Box Office: 751 9232 rMiasMwam 477 64441 Listings or Showtimes! 1996 National Tour Starts in MACON! L15 1 TO UJUWK WWilU tfl WIffl M11TOW MLWW fflHIiR GREAT WHITE HYPE (R) 7:05 9:00 A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE HATE (R) 7:15 9:25 ooliwnament Ladiea Night the Great Whiskey 8200 Cash Wo Cover for Ladies River Talent Lise Dance Leesons All Might Contest 200 Cash 7:30 8:00 "King of the Standing COMEDY CLUB NETWORK AMERICA'S UNNIEST PEOPLE PARKWAY 922 2424 I A I i i i 1 MT 4 NORTH MACON i 9 WMCHr KHMD 8 wqqd" vuS' Mj it i JorTn ISSSBowtI Check Listings or Showtime triD into the thrill zone! WK i A a ZZZL i iiirrrw eaiBB a al I I I Jjl WH 91 I I4 I $199 ALL SHOWS 051111 SHOWS BEORE PM I MR OPUS DUlKiSEllIWIlNHIUn I (PG (R) 7:00 9:30 EXECUTIVE DECISION GREAT WHITE HYPE (R) 7 00 9:40 (R 7rW KMO SGT BILKO THE CRAT I (PC) 7:20 9:30 7:20 9:50 I I JUMANJI LIPPER (PG) 7:10 (M 7:30 9:40 I BE A MENACE THE QUEST (R) 9:50 (Ml 3) 7:10 9:20 REGAL CINEMAS RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 THE COMEDY CAE (ormerly The Comedy Zone) REGAL CINEMAS RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 EGAL MATINEES CINEMAS 'TIL 6 PM GARAGE DOORS "Limited time offer OVER 100 STYLES SIZES IN STOCK SALES SERVICE INSTALLATION MetalMasters (912)741 2281 CHECK TIMES DAILY CINEMAS RIVERGATE CINEMA 14 REGAL CINEMAS MACON MAU QUAD Want Ads 744 4234 Stone Cold Concerts.