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Undercover
Blues: Turner
and Quaid
should stay
undercover
by Sarab Melebtore
Collegian Sitqf
Did you ever see a movie that
was so stupid it was fun iy?
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"Undercover Blues" stars
Kathleen Turner as Jane Blue and
Dennis Quad as Jeff Blue. Both
of these actors haven't been on
the screen for awhile, and if yOtt
actually pay to see this movie,
you'll understand why.
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Needful Things: not
as needful as
This summer, Stephen King
fans were happy to see another
one of King's hair-raising
novels turned movie. "Needful
Things" takes place in Castle
Rock, Maine, a small town in
which King has used in several
of his novels.
Only this time, Castle Rock
is destroyed forever. What
causes this destruction? Leland
Gaunt, a stranger who comes to
the quiet town and starts his
business, "Needful Things".
At "Needful Things" there is
something for everyone. Eleven-
King thought
by en Dugan
Ca J Witten Staff
year-old Brian Rusk is the first
customer, and he finds what he's
always wanted: a '56 Sandy
Koufax baseball card.
Brian gives Gaunt his 85
cents, but that's not enough.
The prices are high at "Needful
Things". Brian must do a small
deed for Gaunt. That is the other
half of your payment for
purchases made at "Needful
Things".
As his business booms,
Gaunt gets his kicks in seeing
just how much people will pay
for their secret dreams and
desires. Who will save Castle
Rock's people? They must pull
together by the help of their
The Age Of
Innocence: high on
nostalgia, low on
interest
by Dawn Anderson
Colkeda Staff
For all intents and purposes,
Martin Scorcese's "The Age of
Innocence" is a disappointment.
What the film neglects to do,
despite all of its fanciful
nostalgia, is keep the audience's
interest.
Based on Edith Wharton's
novel "The Age of Innocence,"
the film focuses on the turn-of
the-century aristocratic New
York, and it probes how the
social morels and emotional
confinement of that as affected
and prevented two individuals
having a chance at true
happiness.
The film concentrates on a
time frame of forty years in the
lives of three characters:
Newland Archer (Daniel Day-
Lewis), Ellen Olenska (Michelle
Kieffer), and May Wellend
(Winona Ryder).
A complex love triangle
develops as the reserved lawyer
Archer becomes entangled with
his fuince's cousin Ellen. Ellen
is a Bohemian countess who
seeks a divorce out of a bad
marriage and is deemed an
outcast by the upper-crust
socialites.
As the two slowly fall in
love, they are forced to face the
consequences of their
"forbidden" actions. Archer
fears that the society which
accepts him will shun him.
Through this relationship, the
film explores the hypocricy and
shrewd inner-working of back
stabbing New Yorkers.
"The Age of Innocence" is
Thursday, October 7, 1993
sensible, brave sheriff, Alan
Pangborn, in the battle between
their will and Leland Gaunt.
I was a little dissappointed
when I saw "Needful Things."
Overall, it has a very good story
line, but the actual movie is
dry. It isn't filled with King's
famous twisted and demented
gore, which leaves it to be a bit
boring at times. I have never
read the book, but I've heard
that it has more characters, more
detail, and more of what
Stephen King usually offers us.
Therefore, die-hard King fans
may not find the movie as
needful as a thing as they
thought.
made in much the same fashion
as a Merchant-Ivory production.
The film is a lavish piece of
cinema, complete with a
wonderful attention placed on
period costume, authentic set
design (including an elaborate
opera scene), and a fitting score.
If it sounds like I am praising
it- I am.
Scorcese, whose other credits
include classics such as "Raging
Bull," "Taxi Driver," and "Cape
Fear," employs most of the
same devices he has used before,
namely, extreme close-ups and a
penchant for extravagance.
However, the director puts too
much emphasis on these
aesthetic elements and
ultimately fails to entertain.
There are no chase scenes or
exploding buildings in "The
Age of Innocence." The film
has a PG rating and is
essentially boring. The pace
occasionally picks up but is
frustrating because it never
follows up on it.
Even though the actors are
competent, they never cease to
be one-dimensioal portrayals.
Day-Lewis is extremely bland
and unbelievable as Archer. The
role does not seem to require
much except to give a longing
look every now and then.
Pfieffer gives the best
performance, but then again hers
is the only character who is the
least bit interesting.
"The Age of Innocence" has
its good points but is
overshadowed by the weak plot
and its inability to maintain the
audience's attention.