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28 — Wednesday, May 8, 1991 — North Shore News

Deadly kiss lacks suspense

A Kiss Before Dying * (Universal) Rated 8 (at the Park & Tilford,
Station Square, Clearbrook and

Granville, Coquitlam, Scott,
Hillcrest Cinemas)

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he newspapers call it “The Carlsson Curse.”’ First

the unhappy mother had a headline-grabbing afiair,

followed by suicide. Now, daughter Dorothy Carllson
(Sean Young in a olond wig) has apparently taken a swan

dive from 20 floors up.

But we know it’s no curse this
time. It’s murder,

Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon)
has, for murky reasons, fiteraily
tossed his fiancee over. Clearly,
this relentless sociopath has a
plan, because he shows up a cou-
ple of killings later as Jay Farraday
romancing Dorothy's twin, Ellen
(Sean in long brunette tresses).

Jonathan/lay is supposed to be a
clean-cut charmer, shrouding his
evil with a nice-guy facade. But is
it just me or does Matt Dillon look
like a demented Dick York? You
know, the husband on Bewitched
(only with a hooded brow and
eyes like a pair of eight balls).

Even when he’s piaying a little
tag football or making love with
his blissfully ignorant partner, he
seems to be glowering.

As if his brooding looks aren’t
warning enough, Ellen takes a long
time to figure out why her in-
vestigation into her sister's death is
constantly stymied. You'd think
that since everyane who knew
Dorothy has been hanged or
chopped up, Ellen might wake up
and smell the cafe au lait.

And 1 do mean wake up. Sean
sleepwalks through the role as if

Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

she mistook one of her lines for
stage directions: ‘‘After my sister
died, | was just a zombie.” So, in-
stead of a perfarmance, we get
hairstyles. Lots of them. First the
doomed blond wig, then long
black hair, then a short brunette
style (a mirror image of Dillon), a
wisely brief flirtation with short
blond hair (a la Andy Warhol) and
finally back to the Dilion look.

So now it isn’t only Sean's hair-
dresser who kriows for sure — you
do, too. Her hair color offers the
only suspense in this dreary
time-waster.

Kiss this one goodbye.

The Jungle Book *** (Walt
Disney Home Video) Rated G

Presentation House announces
summer theatre schedule

PRESENTATION HOUSE Theatre
has announced its summer series
iine-up. The season epens with a
murder-mystery thriller, Ira Levin's
hear-stepping story of a young
woman who becemes tempted to
impersonate a long-dead girl,
Veronica's Room.

The play is directed by Ken Scott
(Stagestruck} and opens May 16,
followed by another thriller, An-
thony Shatier’s Aturderer, from
June i3-july 6. Then, with a switch
in drama genres, the theatre pres-
ents Woody Allen's Play it Again
Sam, trom July 11-Aug. 3.

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Now, here’s a film with real
animation. The last cartoon ta
bear Walt's stamp before his death
tray not be up to Bambi or Dum-
bo, but it still features catchy tunes
and likable characters patterned
after the voices’ real life owners.
(Most notably Phil Harris as Baloo
the Bear and George Sanders as
the wily tiger, Shere Khan.)

It's slight but enjoyabie.

Animation buffs take note:

The British Animation Invasion,
featuring last year’s Oscar winner
Creature Comforts, hits the
Starlight Cinema for one week
ony. May 10-16.

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