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-theHERALD- Wednesday November 1991 Entertainment Ptge7B Movie Review Curly Sue never lets its hair down By DAWN WOOD Herald Special Curly Sue is torproducer John Hughes sap py story about a poor orphaned urchin Alisan Porter on the road with a downandout con man Jim Dancer James This story is almost a carbon copy of Paper Moon in which Tatum ONeal played alongside of her dad Ryan and won an Oscar for her per formance as Alison Porter has some good lines but she is too cute to satisfy the hard edged side of Curly Sue is almost unrecognizable as a compas sionate onetime acquaintance of Curly Sues mother He takes it upon himself to care for the or phan when her mother dies His career has significantly changed course from appearances on Saturday Night Live and the rough and tumble flops such as Red Heat in which he costarred with Arnold Schwarzenegger He goes solo and is obviously the star in Curly Sue combining his knack for comedy with a more serious performance for a two dimensional outcome Kelly Lynch is relatively unknown to the industry with on ly a few minor roles to her credit She plays Gray a high powered lawyer who has been sacrificing her soul for success until she meets up with Bill and Curly Sue She develops a social conscience and manages to plausibly transform from an elegantly clad jugular npping divorce at into a mellowed preserver of the traditional fami ly unit She makes a good use of Eliot Ness returns The Return of Eliot Ness airs Nov Who better to follow a twisting trail through Chicagos murky underworld than Eliot Ness The former Gman is brought out of retirement in a TV special The Return of Eliot Ness Set in the late 1940s the drama unfolds in a turbulent Chicago where Capone has just died Gangs are battling for control of Capones lucrative underworld empire After gangsters fire a bazooka at a section of a newspaper building two bodies are found in the wreckage One of the victims is the girlfriend of the son of an underworld leader the other is an investigator from the district attorneys office The cir cumstances leave people ques tioning whether the investigator was 1 inked to the mob Ness a friend of the late in vestigator returns to Chicago t attend the funeral and to try to clear his friends name Robert Stack who portrayed Ness in the 1960s TV senes The Untouchables returns as the venerable Brian Orser is going for a skate through part of Toronto and in you to skate along In his second CBCTV special the twotime Olympic Silver medalist portrays a hip street wise character on a nightlong through Torontos district On the streets he encounters such people as a threatening gang and a quartet of street At a local club he meets a mysterious lady in red whom he pursues but who keeps one skate- laced foot ahead of him Former Olympic skating champion Witt is the seductive lady in red Other guests include such skating stars as Toller Cranston and former pairs champions Paul Martini and Barbara Underbill Other guests whose forte is music rather than skating in dude The Nylons and jazz singer Johnson The special Night Moves airs Nov Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson will make a appearance in an episode of Neon Rider in the new year In the episode Johnson who was stripped of a gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after a drug test showed he had used steroids counsels a youth who was involved in a drug related tragedy Paper Factory MoonUlmlaa Cone Browse A GOOD WORKOUT Work That Body provides all the facilities I need for a good workout in very enjoyable surroundings Ian Callbeck WORK THAT BODY QUOTH 8770771 NORTON Councillor Ward 4 LET EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU facial expressions to show her enlightenment Hughes is extremely conser vative In his message about American society For instance are we supposed to rejoice in Bills selfless decision to support a little girl by living on the street and pulling cons to feed her because he doesnt want the degradation associated with Super Sunday Series returns to Georgetown The season of the Super Sunday Series for children is off to a great start with the up coming performance by Rick and Judy to be held November at the John Elliott Theatre This husband and wife team have been together on stage since 1978 Their diverse brand of music includes everything from folk and contemporary to wild and way tunes that are sure to appeal to audiences of all ages Sponsored by members of the Georgetown Club of the Canadian Federation of University Women Rick and Judy are part of a three- concert series aimed at children a three to years On January 12 Productions comes to town br ingmg with it an endearing little play called Walter Whatsit Wants a Home The final show in the Super Sunday Series is The Band on April 12 A talented group of performers they have mastered the art of blending music fantasy and lovable characters in a delightfullyengaging show Show times are 30 and 3 p m for all three concerts Tickets are only for the and are available from Georgetown Yarn and Craft and the Acton Library For further information contact or 5373 cepting welfare This message is reinforced when Curly Sue wholeheartedly sings the Star Spangled Banner as the TV tions are going off the air you may be poor but you can still be ultra proud of the S of A Likewise its very touching that Gray warts to be a part of BUI and Curly Sues family but her magnanimity serves to mitigate the fact that she must give up her career to be a mother Here is a strong statement about a womens place offering no feminist alternatives to the fami ly vs career dilemma that many professional women face Hughes might have been more pro- showing her work part I time or having her work with Bill staying at home Curly Sue is a sickly sentimen tal story that is appropriate for all family members who enjoy shedding a few tears at the movies However if you are br inging a young audience you might want to consider Hughes conservative point of view For the most part the story is light- hearted and 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