Page 17 - Friday, December 28, 1984 - North Shore News

Holiday treats from Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD'S

favorite Christmas

color 1S

green, the kind of green that means big-buck, box-

office receipts.

Every year tinsel town

spends

millions wrapping its Christmas movies in expen-
sive colorful advertising to lure crowds off the

streets and into theatres.

But once you tear off all the
pretty wrappings and have a
good look at the season's of -
terings for the silver screen, it
becomes apparent that there
will be a few long lines in
tront of some theatres and a
lot of short lines in front of
others

Big on the movie mogul’s
gift list this year are science

By COLIN LAMONT

at Christmas”? "Tis the season
to be merry and watch Star-
man tind his true love on
planet earth, while the evil
military establishment chases
him and his girlfrrend across
the States

Starman has an easy plot

fiction flicks about earth to follow and doesn’t rely on
making contact with higher an arsenal of special effects
forms of galactic lite, but to keep your attention. Karen
don’t worry, it's Christmas Allen and actor ahen Jeft
time and there's no evil Bridges turn in a lively, enter-
aliens Only friendly taining film with lots of love
foreigners trom the = stars on the run. Starman is play
eager to be our buddy ing atthe Vogue, Dunbar and
Atter all, reasons Dolphin.
Hollywood, who wants to For some science fiction

worry about space invaders fans, 1984 ts the vear of the

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long-awaited sequels like
2010: The Year We Make
Contact. Personally, | think
a lot of fans were kept
waiting too long for too little
The movie 2010 seems to be
powered by special effects
That's fine for lift-off but the
ride gets boring as the film
moves towards Jupiter and
the answer lo many questions
left hanging in space from
2001: A Space Odyssey. The
movie 201015 playing at Van-
couver Centre and Denman
Place

Fans of novelist’) Frank
Herbert were given their gift
of Dune, a film by Dino
Delaurentis. The rest of us
were left Jost in the in
terplanetary play-offs bet.
ween the house of Atreides
and the house of Harkonnen

Galactic gladiators face oft
on the planet Arrakis while
the young messiah Paul
Atreides leads a desert tribe
of Fremen to victory against

an evil empire. Dune is filled
with fast-paced fighting and
witty one-liners, but only if
you read the book. Dune is
now playing at the Stanley
and Park Royal.

A final science ficuion flick
that comes to mind is The
Terminator. While it's not
exactly a Christmas movie,
this B-grade movie turned
oul to have a first-class idea
with heavyweight Arnold
Schwarzenepger as a
mechanical manace trom the
future out to blast someone
from the past. The Ter-
minator is playing at the
Coronet.

While big budget movies
like Dune and 2010 are meant
to drum up big business at
the box-office, it's mice to see
that Scottish director Bill
Forsyth 1s back with a low.
budget but big laugh film
called Comfort and Joy.
Filmed in Glasgow city, this
movie ts a joy to watch. A

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