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ENTERTAINMENT John presents: The 'Footey' Awards! This week, rather than a full scale review, 1 thought I would take a look at the movie ycar that has just passed and offer some observations. There were times throughout the course of the year, I honestly though we were headed for the worst year in the history of the movies. However, that was quick- ly and joyously overcome when the December movies were released. All in all, despite some major failures, movies were pretty darn fine in 1991. Here's a look: The Ten Best The Silence 8 the Lambs Thelma and Louise JFK Bugsy The Prince of Tides Make-up Are you intrigued by the magic that make-up creates in the theatre and would you like to learn some of the techniques that create the The Fisher King were bad beyond belief, and 1 Cape Fear speak not of the obvious choices, Dead Again * but of films that had no, Beauty and the Beast. right to be so awful. Terminator II: Judgement Day . The Silence of the john h. foote Lambs, d way ry back in the spring of last year, remained the finest film of th at the flicks year. Brilliantly acted by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster she film tapped into some of our darkest nightmares. What con- stantly strugk me about the film was the overall intelligence of the direction of Jonathan Demme, and the screenplay. Destined for Oscar glory, and deservedly so. "The Worst Movies of the year Billy Bathgate, tha dreadful and dreary gang-| ster epic featuring Dustin Hoffman in one of his worst per- formances as Dutch Schultz, grabs top honours in the worst film category, A close second would be Oliver Stone's The Doors, and Mel Brooks Life Stinks. I am not sure what hap- 0 magic workshop magic? Are you someone who would, like to become involved with one of the local theatre groups but feel you can have no skills or experi- ence to contribute? If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, then perhaps you may Kurt Browning can relax. attest. We're not sure if he was Scugog Mayor Howard Hall is not about to take away his figure skating titles as anyone who watched Channel 9 News Saturday ¢an The camera caught the Mayor, toque and all, taking a pretty good tumble at the opening,of the Scugog Ice Palace Saturday morning. v ing on a triple axel or a double toe- loop, but he hit the ice with a thud. The folks at Channel 9 liked the footage so much they ran it at 6 pm. and again on the late news. The Mayor took it all in stride and was still chuckling (and hurt- ing) at Monday's council meeting. His Worship will do darn near anything to boost the community, but no, the celebrated tumble was not staged for the TV camera. He just caught a skate blade in a crack and down he went. A lot of people must have seen the clip on the TV news, because the Ice Palace was crowded the next day. As for Mayor Hall, this escapade on ice dashes all rumour he js trying for a spot on the Olympic figure skating team. tumble ' JANUARY LINEUP THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHTS D.J. & DANCING HWY. 7A and WATER STREET » ding a workshop in Theatrical Make-up Techniques, coming to town Feb. 2. Sponsored by Théatre Ontario and hosted by the Borelians of Port Perry, this workshop will be led by make-up designer/instructor Jane Stevenson. Ms. Stevenson brings with her a wealth of experience both as teach- er -- having taught theatre make- up at Seneca College, George Brown College and Ryerson Tech -- and in a professional capality having several stage, television, film and video productions to her credit. Her theatre experience includes working on that 1985 production which was every make-up artist's fantasy, 'Cats'; and more recently, she held the position of make-up designer/supervisor for the Elgin Theatre's run of The Wizard of Oz. Though. Stevenson has training in special effects make-up -- hav- ing worked on such television and film: productions as War of the Worlds and Friday The 13th -- she will, in this workshop, concentrate on what is most practical to com- munity theatre. She will cover the general basics of theatre make-up with a focus on aging techniques: useful information for young actors who must play older roles. For fun, toward the end, Ms, Stevenson will make-up one of thé scarier 'characters from the Borelians upcoming play 'Arsenic and Old Lace'. This is a character who has supposedly had unsuc- cessful plastic surgery done to his face with thie result that he now looks like a Boris Karloff charac- ter: a bit of a make-up éNallenge, Sounds intriguing? This workshop is open to any- one. Experience is not required. It takes place on Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. 10 2 p.m. at the Prince Albert Hall, Cost is $20 per person, Refr will be lied, Please call wo register. John Foote 985-0611 or Norma Van Camp 985-3527. pened with Billy Bathgate, it had all the ingredients of a great American film, Bruce Willis the. best The performances of the year are legion. Actors and actresses were doing some of their best work this year, often in films that were an overall disappointment. Some of the finest performances were Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma and Louise, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, Robin Williams in The Fisher King, and for his riveting cameo in Dead Again, Warren Beatty in Bugsy, Robert de Niro in Cape Fear, and Nick Nolte's overwhelming performance in The Prince of Tiles. Impressive in smaller supporting roles were Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear, Kate Nelligan in both, The Prince of Tides and Frankie and Johnny, Linda Hamilton in Terminator II, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci and Tommy Lee Jones in JFK, Meryl Streep in Defending Your Life, and Mercedes Ruchl in The Fisher King. Kevin Costner man- aged to redeem himself from Robin Hood with a solid and heartfelt performance in JFK, while Dustin Hoffman managed to escape the Billy Bathgate fias- co, with a wonderfully hammy performance in Hook. Sadly absent from the screen this year ~ were Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, two fine actors who will be back very soon. ee Now, the movics that were nei- ther great nor bad, just disap- pointing. I expected a lot more from Hook, Steven Spiclberg's adventure about the Peter Pan legend. What Spielberg gave us was MORE and MORE, but with nothing to it. Aside from a few ching moments, and stellar performances from the cast, the film lacked any real depth. Equally disappointing was Robin Hood, the Kevin Costner epic that made millions but was not the masterwork everyone hoped for. True, it was exciting, bat Costner was clearly miscast. Finally, the first annual 'Footey' Awards, which may not rival the Oscars, but are given with integrity. Best Film: The Silence of the Lambs Best Actor: (tie) Anthony Hopkins in ThesSilence of the Lambs and Nick Nolte in The Prince of Tides Best Actress: (tie) Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in Thelma and Louise Best Director: Oliver Stone for JFK Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones in JFK _ Best Supporting Actress: Kate Nelligan in Frankie and Johnny. " John Foote, an avid fan of the movies and the noted direc- tor of many local theatre pro- ductions with the Borelians, can now be seen 'On Stage And Screen', a Rogers Cable TV 30- minute talk show, twice weekly. You're the Star .... LaserMaracke" Every Saturday PORT PERRY , ( Night - Sing-along with your Favourite Music ENTER TO WIN TRIPS 416) 985-9955