THE HERALD OUTLOOK October Pacino Barkin sizzle in Sea of Love DiMATTEO In Movie Theaters SEA OF LOVE The past decade has seen so many moody portentous film noir thrillers that even those of us who love the genre may have had our fill Just when noir seemed in need of a nap along comes this first rate example of the form Pacino here reasserts his place as one of the premier film actors of his generation He looks worn and haggard but since playing a hard drinking slightly over the hill cop the actors appearance works And his performance is superb His Richard Prices punchy hard boiled script is so New York that you can almost smell it and he really knows bow to construct a movie Here he spins a haunting web of pas and deceit There a hole in the plot involving the rpm record that gives the movie its title And the final wrapup scene is a bit weak After it over you may find yourself thinking that the movie could have gone even fur ther with its sense of romantic obses sion But Harold Becker has directed crisply and the actors including won burly John Goodman seanne as Pacino partner bring it vividly and to life BLACK RAIN When English rector Ridley Scott name cpmes on the screen during the opening credits of this dark toned explosive thriller you re likely to hear applause from film buffs in the audience With les liKeAhenand Blade Runner to his credit Scott has acquired a cult reputation for unsettling high tech pi fl FRANK KELLER A a veteran policeman tinds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case Ellen In Sea of Love The role what little of it there is allows Douglas to strut his macho stuff He a little nasty and grim in this one and more than a little boring What minimal appeal there is comes from Andy Garcia as Douglas partner who spends much of his time explaining American obscenities to the Japanese authorities Meanwhile Kate tries a change of pace part as a slinky American broad who runs a Japanese nightclub shes slinky all right All Ridley Scott movies look good this one is no exception But for all its stylized visual sophistication its a noisy bloody affair with a racist tinge to it Almost all the Japanese characters are either exotic killing machines or giggling geishas GRADE New Home Video TAP RCAColumbia The story of the great black hoofers of Harlem and Broadway is a fresh ie for a major dramatic movie to tackle even when it only serves as the backdrop for a throwback melodra ma like this Starring as an excon who returns to tap dancing after squandering his talents as a burglar Gregory Hlnes gives what may be his most enjoyable movie performance to date one that fully blends his gift for physical with his jazz mans charm Some great old tappers like Sandman Sims Bunny and Harold Nicholas appear in supporting roles GRADE TEQUILA SUNRISE R Warner This romantic thriller harks back to old Hollywood to the era when you went to see a picture because it had a hot cast The film features three of the most attractive actors in movies today all with gorgeous blue eyes Mel Gibson Kurt Russell and Mi chelle Pfeiffer Would that it were a less murky and desultory movie GRADE H cop is a man with an edge of a trying tobetough guy who falls apart when the right woman comes along Or is she the wrong woman Enter Ellen Barkin as an enigmatic blonde Pacino meets while investigating a series of murders tied to personal ads Wearing skin tight outfits that show off perhaps the best young female body in movies Barkin creates one of the most tantalizing film hero ines since Barbara Stanwyck in Dou ble Indemnity flips for this new style sultry dame and so do we But why does the woman seem so eva about certain things And why is she carrying a gun CRITICS CHOICEg VIDEO I Rentals Service Open Every Night TIM 10 ADD V MOVIES MCE nUUH l Hour IS HERE RIVIERA CENTRE 530Guelph PO Box 416 640 Nerval Oni L0P1KOi416 J NINTENDO A I I on Still 10 8731022 360GuelphStUnit51A KNOLCHEST CENTRE Georgetown DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS LIC PATIO Across from GO Station King St Georgetown 8773541 IN THE I CARIBBEAN J THURSDAY NORMANDY PLAZA 8731409 VIDEO RANCH NEW ARRIVALS LEAN ON ME FAREWELL TO THE KING CYBORG MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER NINTENDO Vi Ml 5JHBrHfcSSar GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 moviemaking Alas his newest effort deserves more boos than applause unless you re a hard core action junkie who is willing to ignore credibility char development pace and any sub tlety whatsoever Michael Douglas stars as a motor cyclefetishist of a cop who is drawn into a Japanese counterfeiting ring that Involves the murderous rivalry between two top Tokyo Janglords Film grading excellent good fair poor N HfH V- DIVISION OF 111 8771234 AIRPORT SERVICE PARCEL DELIVERY 00EY GOOD TRY OUR NEW DELIVERY SERVICE 308 Guelph SI 1GS1 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT MUSIC CENTRE SONG BOOKS AND SHEET MUSK- PRIVATE LESSONS FOR GUITARnANOPERCUSSION 8774919 130 Gudph St Unit 0 GEORGETOWN Evenings at 00 9 15 CINEMA 3 MOW PLAYING f