28 - Wednesday, November 7, 1990 - North Shore News

Don’t leave home for this flick

Sibling Rivalry *¥: (Columbia) Rated Mature (at the Park & Tiliord,
West Van, Granville, Oakridge, Coquitlam. Scott 72, Station Square and
Clearbrook cinemas)

AMILIES — WHO

needs ‘em? If Marjorie

Turner's (Kirstie Alley)
libidinous sister is a head-
ache, then her in-laws are a
throbbing migraine.

Sure enough, she finds a sym-
pathetic ear (amonyst other parts}
in a procery store line-up. Their
afternoon delight unexpectedly
becomes a menage-a-trois when
the Grim Reaper makes a call,
Marjorie’s years of pent-up desires
prove fatal to the mustachioed
stranger,

Not content with just sex and
death in this comedy stew, a fur-
ther taboo is added. The dearly

While each one is a medical
specialist, not one deals with the
heart (clinica! or otherwise). They
are a callous lot, belittling anyone
without a string of initials after his departed was Dr. Charles Turner,
or her name. — . jr., her brother-in-law who just

Now to be fair, the family returned from aiding the impover-
doesn't lavish afivction Go her ished overseas.
comphant hushind flerry Scott Too bad he wasn'ta script doc.
Bakula), either. Mom and Dad
(Frances Sterhagen, John Ran-
dolph) reserve their pride for their
eldest child, Charles Sr. (Sam
Elliot). His sister, tis (Carrie Fish-
en}, barges into their home without

fail every morning. And, unfortu-
nately, Harry's lack of asser-
tiveness is spilling over into their
sex lives.

According to Marjorie’s younger
sister, Jeanine Jami Gertz) there's
a simple answer for her frustrated
sibling. Have an affair.

Take Control.

tor. The lacklustre screenplay
shoehorns baiting siblings into
every situation, Even the in-
vestigating officer. Wilbur Meany
(Ed O'Neill), is distracted from the
case by his no-account brother,
Nicholas (ill Puliman), who
thinks he killed the man tn bed
(don’t ask).

tt also unaccountably turns
serious for the big confrontation
scene, then tags on a quick ending
to send the audience out smiling.

But the only smile here is on
the corpse’s face.

The Godfather Epic: 1902-1959
**** (Paramount Home Video)
Rated R

Now here's a familv!

1 wh hat 2 Ot

PARK &

Moviedom’s notorious family
has had their story from the two
Godtatheriilms put in chronologi-
cal order by Francis Ford Coppola
for this special video presentation,
You'll need lots of time, however,
since it lasts about 6% hours, in-
cluding footage deleted from the
original features.

The casting is flawless, but the
studio favored Laurence Olivier for
Brando’s part, Burt Reynolds in-
stead of James Caan, and Rod
Stieger over Al Pacino as Michael
Corleone. Fortunately, Coppola
won out.

PRVC- AWARENESS- WEEK

BOVE MBB Re a

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From the Edge, White Palace, Sibl-
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June, Tune in Tomorrow, Marked
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