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La . Three current films worth seeing I EEX EE EERE N at the flics with john foote Here's an overview of what's worth seeing at the movies right now. The Christmas blockbusters start rolling out next week, with visions of Oscars dancing in producers heads. I'll be reviewing those govia in the wedks to come. r now, here's what's on and worth seeing. : Whitby's Champlain Centre Dracula Digected by Francis Ford' ola ~~ Kh k \ A, breathtaking, visual masterpiecs that is among the years best films, and, the finest film version of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. Finally, justice is done to the story of Dracula. Coppola, one of cimema's greatest '.directors, has (xen PMURRAY ELECTRIC im "SINCE 1960" RESIDENTIAL © INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION PY. PERRY 985-7005 fashioned a film that actually makes the Dracula story seem original. Erotic, violent but tragic, he films the story like a grand operatic tragedy, rather than a horror film. This Dracula (superbly played by Gary Oldman) is a tragic, anti-hero who grieves for. lost love 'across the centuries. mistake, he can be a cruel, vicious man, who must take life to sustain his own. He can be an old man, & wolf, a,bat, a young man, or a mist. He is fatally charming, sexy, and, when crossed, quite deadly. To Oldman's = credit, it's an exciting performance that seem = to spring from nightmares. Vampirism is seen as sexual, which often offers perverse twists in this AIDS fearing days. As F.W. Murnau did with Nosferath in 1922, Vampirism is a disease, With performances from Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder, and Sadie Frost, Francis Ford Coppola has created -a stunning film filled with a sense of dread. It's a knockout. A River Runs Through It Directed by Report Radbord : CT okkAK Yet make no - Robert Redford is a y Pretty good actor, not as gifted as Brando or DeNiro, nor as exciting as Nicholson, but enjoyable to watch. « He is, however, a brilliant, sensitive director. In fact, Redford won. the academy award in 1980 for directing Ordinary People, which also was named best film of the year. Onte again Redford has superbly created a deeply a visually film. ; Coppola gives us images that g family drama that is so good itis frightening. It's a reverent adaptation of strong supporting MacLeang novel, Redford captures to ion. The film explores the "relationship of two brothers who are*sternly, but devotedly raised by their minister father. Setfin early 20th century America, Montana to .be precise, the movie Uses fly fishing as a metaphor for life. While the demanding father, wonderfully portrayed by Tom Skerritt, is often hard on his sons, he instills in them a passion for fishing. Brad Pitt is superb as the reckless son who cannot seem * to stay out of trouble, with, strong support from Craig Sheffer as his loving brother. The film is narrated by Redford, which is interesting; because in many scenes, Pitt is a dead ringer for him. _ This movie was made with love, taking us back to time 'when le things mattered. © There are no car chases, no lasers, no violence, just a film that celebrates family v, des. Ate a sure fire Oscar pn Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York Directed by Chris Columbus nk What is all the fuss honk the violence in this film? Seriously, it is no worse than a Road Runner cartoon, or the Ninja Turtle!!! It's slapstick and it's funny!t! Macaulay Culkin again plays Kevin, the resourceful little tyke who so charmed us in home alone.(1990). This time out he winds up alone in New York City, where he bumps into his just-escaped-from-jail enemies, the wet bandits. It all leads to more of the same comedy that made Home Alone a smash. Both Joe Pebti and Daniel Stern are hilarious as the inept crooks; Stern all but steals the show as wild- eyed Marv. Offensive? Nope. And does the plot really matter? 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