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Hot Shots! Part Deux * * (20th
Century Fox) Rated M (at the
Park & Tilford, Oakridge,
Granville, Scott 72, Clearbrook
and Coquitlam cinemas)

Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

'§ IT. deux or duh? I'm
leaning towards duh.
There are just too many

cornball jokes that keep on
», popping, and popping,
and...

By now | suspect half the pun-
chlines have been revealed
through the TV ads and Enter-
tainment Tonight, but here’ s the
storyline anyway.

The action takes place i ina Mid-—
die East hot spot (hint: it’s between
“frag and a Hard Place). Dim-wit-
ted, Ramboesque Topper Harley
(Charlie Sheen) is on a mission to
rescue his old commander
(Richard Crenna) — who is one of
the guys who went in to free the

“guys who went in to free the guys.
*... Well, you get the idea. —

Along for the mission are the -

‘usual stereotypes — including a
. “suspicious Lt. Harbinger (Miguel
Ferrer) and Topper’s heart-throb

-. from Part Une, Valeria Golino.

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hots sequel

“Why'd you have to come
back,” he asks. “It’s a sequel, |
had to,’’ she replies demurely.
And for the gratuitous sex scene
takeoffs, Brenda Bakke plays the
icy blonde sex gymnast who
avaids underwear and smart men.

Veteran Lloyd Bridges returns as
“Tug’’ Benson voted to the
presidency on the campaign
slogan, The Simple Solution. And
while he’s not the solution, he
certainly is simple.

A decade ago Zucker Abrahams
and Zucker hit paydirt with

Airplane! Although they don’‘t col-
laborate as a team any more (this
one was by middle man
Abrahams), the ZAZ franchise
doesn't seem to know when to
stop.

The novelty of parodies paro-
dying parodies is wearing thin.
First Love Series *& *« x
(MGM/UA Home Video)
Unrated

Famed British producer David
Putnam put his seal of quality on
these videos revolving around first
loves of al! kinds. While Secrets is

outwears

the best, all are worth watching.
Back in 1963, four teenage girls
devote their passion for a soccer
team in Those Glory, Glory Days
and risk all manner of danger to
scoop tickets to the FA Cup. -

A fledgling writer splits his devo-
tion between a famous fantasy
author and the author's daughter
who thinks he prefers the sword
and sorcery of her dad’s novel
Sharma & Beyond to her.

Arthur won't let anything inter-
rupt his love affair with the patch
of turf he tends for a soccer club,

Ss WeICO!

ie

including the team whose terrain-
ripping cleats he files down, until a
new assistant is forced on him in
Arthur's Hallowed Ground.

What do freemasons and
teenage girls have in common?
Secrets, When a Catholic student
finds her late father’s masonic
manual, she leads her friends into
an arena hitherto forbidden to
women,

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