B10 - Sunday, June 17, 1984 - North Shore News ¢ + ad o¢ ¢¢ S ad Sad o¢ of of ¢?¢ o¢ o¢ Hotel Vancouver Dave Montgomery with Suzanne Dittrich June 19 to July 14 Panorama Root Restaurant and |ounge Tuesday to Saturday 8 30 pm to | OO am Dinner trom 2? 00 pm te 11 00 pm Reservations recommended by calling 6084 314) Good Times at The Lynnwood Offering three great rooms Of entertainment nightly No Cover Charge The Lynnwood Inn 1515 Barrow St. 988-6161 OO4eseoes oOooeeooess 000566440646 64446400086 444444 44 ve + $4444 OO4H4 444649646664 Never feed a Gremlin after midnight GREMLINS could well be the cause of Steven Spielberg’s third box-office buster for the summer. Produced by Spielberg, the film Gremlins is an early Christmas present for movie- going families, wrapped up in a colorful array of special ef- fects and offering pure fan- tasy and fun. But don't be surprised if your kids end up asking for a cute and cuddly mogwai doll even before Spielberg’s marketing divi- sion can get them onto the toyshelves. There’s no doubt that this film was made for kids, but iw’s made well and is a welcome change from mup- pet movies and_= smiling smurfs. Gremlins is the story of what happens to a small all American town when Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) buys his son Billy (Zach Galligan) a mogwai or gremlin for Art exhibit for By COLIN LAMONT Christmas. With floppy ears, big brown eyes and a soft furry little body, the gremlin called Gizmo, is nothing but goodness itself until Billy breaks the cardinal rules of caring for it. “‘Keep him out of the light, he hates bright lights, especially sunlight, it will kill him. Keep him away from water, don’t get him wet, but the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never, never, feed him after midnight.’’ Kids will be kids and Billy knows that rules are made to be broken. After all, what harm can a bit of water or a late snack do? Spielberg and director Joe Dante have their own fun knocking a few apple-pie American values in Gremlins but they also feed audiences a fast-moving fare of family film. When Billy breaks the rules, the darker side of gremlin nature emerges and red-eyed, scaly-skinned sharp-toothed gremlins take over the town on Christmas Eve. Casting the Walt Disney syndrome aside, Spielberg spares no one from the gremlins, who loot and shoot and munch anything in their path. The now completely evil gremlins take over the local tavern, form a choir that would put angels to flight and even attack Santa Claus himself. 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Hoyt Axton as the bungling inven- tor and father supposedly telling the story, isn’t in the film long enough to tell the audience more than his name. The real hero in this show turns out to be the good gremlin, Gizmo, as he races in a toy car to the town’s rescue and puts an end to the night of horror. The only problem parents may have with their youngsters after watching Gremlins is that Sesame Street will be too tame for them. Gremlins is now playing at the Capital Six and Park Royal. 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