Tim Bell FILM REVIEW

- A Low Down Dirty Shame *& (Caravan Pictures) Rated R (at the Capital, Richmond, Eagle Ridge and = Station Square Cinemas)

HIS BEAT-UP car, his slop- py wardrobe, and even his name -— it’s alla shame, and a low-down dirty one at

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_ Shame (Keenan Ivory Wayans) was an outstanding cop, until a drug bust turned into a bloodbath. They put the blame on Shame and now he ekes:out a sorry living as a private detective. When his for- mer partner, Sonny (Charles S. Dutton), brings him’a case to

~ track down a woman, he sees a chance to clear his name by nail- ing Ernesto Mendoza, public weasel No: 1.. :

This lacklustre pot boiler trots out every action-detective cliche: ©

- the latino drug lord, the yawn-

: inducing brawls, even the devoted secretary, this one named Peaches (Jada Pinkett), =.

' Oh, I almost forgot. It’s sup- posed to be a comedy. You would

«think something written,directed

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edgy comedy series In Living Color, would have skewered and even mortally wounded this tired genre.

But outside of a couple of mildly funny lines and Pinkett's sassy, strect-smart performance, this is just a pointless re-tread with offensive stereotypes,

Weill, at least he got the title right.

Beavers kxk Science World)

Touted as the biggest dam movie you ever saw, for once this is no idle claim.

Filmed in IMAX, the docu- mentary puts you on eye level with a pair of our national sym- bols as they build a home, start a family and avoid predators.

Not very remarkable, you'd

think, and probably covered on countless nature shows. And right down to the occasional staged event, you'd be right.

But there is a big difference — the huge 70mm frame to be pre- cise.

The format engulfs the viewer. Besides offering the usual beaver titbits (the beaver’s natural engi- neering ability is second only to humans in transforming the sur- rounding environment), the film sucks you into their habitat.

The camera takes aquatic dips, skimming alongside the family as they construct a 300-foot-long dara that turns a flowing river into a pond and meadow.

Easy to follow and avoiding stomach chuming shots, it’s a film suitable for kids of any age which isn’t surprising since the entire centre is a sort of science playpen

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with hands-on experiments and exhibitions.

An additional short, Weaving Ants, is a less ambitious study of a species that makes their nests from feaves held together with larvae-spun threads. What starts as a study of a bizarre insect, eventually turns into an ant-eat- ant world as it concentrates on their ferocious battles with invaders.

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I'm sure it was included so that %;

your Science World host could announce the double bill is their version of Weave it to Beaver.

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