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14 - Friday, April t , 1988 = North Shore News

FUNNY. HOW selective’ memories are. Most adults have.
all fun and games and no

adult things seems to have been forgotten.

he mag!
r, in Judge Reinhold's perfor-"
arice as the newly.transformed

¢. Alternately exuberant and ©

descending teachers and puppy ~,;
love on his scholastic sojourn to -

. the fifth grade. Again, the per-

formance is believable and in-,.“

‘congruously mature. The sight of a

furious prepubescent hauling a»:

"-. protesting thirty-five-year-old
-mischie/-maker through a depart-
“ment sjore i is not casily forgotten.

The’ pair of smugglers, one of
whom is Swoosic. Kurtz, make the :

best of theis: heattooniih roles. Since’: °

they are used exclusively for comic
effect, their menace is never felt
and, consequently, the movie *s

~ tension is lessened.

However, the effectiveness of
this Brian Gilbert-directed comedy ©
is only slightly | diminished and._.-

” Reinhold puts in a wonderful per-

formance that, no doubt, will be .

: criminally overlooked come next
year’ 's Oscars. But, in the mean-.

time;: “load up on’ gobstoppers and
revive a few memories by secing”

‘Vice Versa.

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‘etically called it “the loneliness of

_.evii’’. Forcefully heading up the
. fearless vampire killer is the ever-
* seliable Peter Cushing as s General

Spielsdorf.
‘As is customary in these films,

“sex and horror are bonded

- together, as Carmilla’s attacks”

usually involve breast- biting, but
what shocked 15 years ago is tame ;
by today’s standards.

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Niagara’ “4 (CBS/Fox : Home!

: Video) Rated PG

‘The Vampire Lovers oe,

(Embassy Home Video) Rated R°

. From the late *50s to the carly '
’70s, England's Hammer Films
dominated the horror market with

‘low-budget shockers. Although

this one came from the generally
weak tail-end of Hammer’s ex-,
istence, it remains one of the better
efforts. | -. os

Based on Sheridan le Fanu’ Se:
Carmilla, the story follows the ”
thirsty exploits of Car- |.

‘> milla/Marcilla/Miracalla Karns- + 7
‘tein (Ingrid Pitt) as she enters home |
“ after stately home, befriending the
‘ young female residents before *

sinking her pearly whites into‘* '

them: Understandably upset, fami-
ly members of the victims band.

together to end the nightmare.:*:
Ingrid Pitt conveys a cat-like’
seductive charm, but, as well, ex-

“udes an immense melancholy air. : :
. Fellow actor, Christopher Lec, po-

“the evil-doings which, eventually, :’

| Marilyn Monroe shot to /

. ‘Superstardom i in this lurid exercise! i
. as the sexy young cheat plotting t to

A young couple honeymooning a
Niagara Falls become entwined in ;

climax on the falls.

Filmed in_ blazing Technicolor, we
the story is essentially an example/
of film noire, in. which an: ‘pean:

Hy

“ing web of deceit and murder.’

Good acting and photography
al

os make this a solid hour and

a

Faster Parude* “4 MGM/UA.

Fred Astaire anid Judy:
make one-time  usical history
this frothy, coniedy, ‘sweetened with
Standards as :

With My Baby:
Recently ‘abandoned by dance,
partner“Ann Miller, Fred

an energetic chorus. singer

Hike these, who’ cares? Lasting'ap

_peal makes this'a’seasonal treat:

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