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28 — Wednesday, May 8, 1991 — North Shore News

Deadly kiss lacks suspense

A Kiss Before Dying * (Universal) Rated 8 (at the Park & Tilford, Station Square, Clearbrook and

Granville, Coquitlam, Scott, Hillcrest Cinemas)

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he newspapers call it “The Carlsson Curse.”’ First

the unhappy mother had a headline-grabbing afiair,

followed by suicide. Now, daughter Dorothy Carllson (Sean Young in a olond wig) has apparently taken a swan

dive from 20 floors up.

But we know it’s no curse this time. It’s murder,

Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) has, for murky reasons, fiteraily tossed his fiancee over. Clearly, this relentless sociopath has a plan, because he shows up a cou- ple of killings later as Jay Farraday romancing Dorothy's twin, Ellen (Sean in long brunette tresses).

Jonathan/lay is supposed to be a clean-cut charmer, shrouding his evil with a nice-guy facade. But is it just me or does Matt Dillon look like a demented Dick York? You know, the husband on Bewitched (only with a hooded brow and eyes like a pair of eight balls).

Even when he’s piaying a little tag football or making love with his blissfully ignorant partner, he seems to be glowering.

As if his brooding looks aren’t warning enough, Ellen takes a long time to figure out why her in- vestigation into her sister's death is constantly stymied. You'd think that since everyane who knew Dorothy has been hanged or chopped up, Ellen might wake up and smell the cafe au lait.

And 1 do mean wake up. Sean sleepwalks through the role as if

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she mistook one of her lines for stage directions: ‘‘After my sister died, | was just a zombie.” So, in- stead of a perfarmance, we get hairstyles. Lots of them. First the doomed blond wig, then long black hair, then a short brunette style (a mirror image of Dillon), a wisely brief flirtation with short blond hair (a la Andy Warhol) and finally back to the Dilion look.

So now it isn’t only Sean's hair- dresser who kriows for sure — you do, too. Her hair color offers the only suspense in this dreary time-waster.

Kiss this one goodbye.

The Jungle Book *** (Walt Disney Home Video) Rated G

Presentation House announces summer theatre schedule

PRESENTATION HOUSE Theatre has announced its summer series iine-up. The season epens with a murder-mystery thriller, Ira Levin's hear-stepping story of a young woman who becemes tempted to impersonate a long-dead girl, Veronica's Room.

The play is directed by Ken Scott (Stagestruck} and opens May 16, followed by another thriller, An- thony Shatier’s Aturderer, from June i3-july 6. Then, with a switch in drama genres, the theatre pres- ents Woody Allen's Play it Again Sam, trom July 11-Aug. 3.

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Now, here’s a film with real animation. The last cartoon ta bear Walt's stamp before his death tray not be up to Bambi or Dum- bo, but it still features catchy tunes and likable characters patterned after the voices’ real life owners. (Most notably Phil Harris as Baloo the Bear and George Sanders as the wily tiger, Shere Khan.)

It's slight but enjoyabie.

Animation buffs take note:

The British Animation Invasion, featuring last year’s Oscar winner Creature Comforts, hits the Starlight Cinema for one week ony. May 10-16.

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