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26.~ Wednesday,.March .15,.1959 -.North Shore News

3 stooges
visit suburbia

The ‘Burbs ** (Universal) Rated M (at the Granville, Station Square,
Coquitiam, Dolphin, Scott 72, West Van, Fraser, Park & Tilford and

Clearbrook cinemas)

THERE WON'T be a Wel-
come Wagon for the new
arrivals at 669 Mayfield
Place.

And that’s becavse the Klopecs
are unnerving their Hinckley Hills
neighbors.

When most residents in the
cul-de-sac are barbecuing ham-
burgers or manicuring their lawns,
Uncle Ruben, Hans and the Doc-

TIM
BELL

film reviewer

suggests that he quit reading

Stephen King, pack up his fishing

gear and head for the cottage.
His good buddies, Art (Rick

ACTOR MARK Harmon chases the bad guy through San Francisco’s

Chinatown in The Presidio.

tor remain hidden in their crumbl-
ing house. But at night, while the
others are busy watching Jeopar-
dy, the hooded trio dig grave-like
holes in their booby-trapped yard.
All this is going on under the
nose of vacationing Ray Peterson
(Tom Hanks) who tres to con-
vince his wife, Carol (Carrie Fisher)
that they have “‘neighbors from
heli.’ Of course, she patiently

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Ducommun) and Rumsfield (Bruce
Dern) provide a more receptive
sounding board. After his dog
unearths a human femur in the
Klopec’s yard, they goad Ray into
spying on his eccentric neighbors.
Suspecting foul play in the sud-
den disappearance of another
Mayfield Place resident, Walter
(Gale Gordon), these three subur-
ban stooges start a bumbling in-

TOM HANKS has ‘‘neighbors
from hell’’ in his latest film The

‘Burbs.

vestigation that dwarfs the bizarre
events next door.

Tom Hanks leads a capable cast
through a familiar plotline cribbed
from old Bob Hope ghostbusting
movies. The film doesn’t seem to
have much on its mid, leisurely
coasting on its one joke and some
soft-tooth satire on suburbia.

Director Joe Dante has filled the
screen with plenty of in-jokes for
fans (Mayfield is Leave It to
Beaver’s home town), and even
has photos of Gale Gordon with a
certain redhead from the Lucy
Show decorating the set.

it's too bad this attention for
detail wasn’t lavished on the script
instead.

The Presidio * (Paramount Home
Video) Rated M

Mark Harmon contributes a per-
formance equal to the script — in-
sipid.

He portrays a San Francisco cop
saddled with a murder at the mifi-
tary base and an old army nemesis
for a partner (Sean Connery).

Complications follow when
Connery’s daughter, Donna (Meg
Ryan) begins an affair with Har-
mon, partly to spite her strict fa-
ther and partly, we suspect, as a
cure for insomnia.

Wisely, director Peter Hyams
tosses in a few fistfights and car
chases to keep us all awake
through the incredibly trite dia-
logue and well-telegraphed devel-
opments.

“A cule of thumb” takes ona
new meaning when Connery
pummels a 300 pound thug using
only his right thumb as a weapon.
Even an old pro like Connery can’t
work miracles.

NORTH SHORE VIEWS
West Van Odeon: The ‘Burbs,
Dream a Little Dream, Working
Girl
Park Royal: Lean on Me, Rain
Man, Police Academy 6
Park & Tilford: Bill and Ted’s Ex-
cellent Adventure, Farewell to the
King, Dream a Little Dream, Skin
Deep, Dangerous Liaisons, The
‘Burbs

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