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Soon to be Video Classics
Films that will probably entertain you
Craig Cam
The Collegian
Spring is finally upon us. The
skies are somewhat clear, the
temperature is rising and
everyone is out frolicking.
Everyone except me that is. I'm
busy entertaining you.
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This is a film about life, love,
insanity and the Holy Grail.
Mercedes Ruehl just won Best
Supporting Actress for her role in
this film starring Robin
Williams and Jeff Bridges.
Bridges plays a "shock" DJ
(like in that movie Talk Radio)
named Jack. Jack's obnoxious
behavior on the air one day
inspires a loony guy to shoot up
a local yuppie bar, killing seven
people. This has disasterous
effects on Jack; he quits his job,
loses his girlfriend and basically
gives up on his life.
One drunkenly depressed
night, Jack is jumped by a couple
of street punks who would have
killed him if not for the
intervention of a homeless person
named Perry, played by Robin
Williams.
Perry is a nutcase under the
delusion that he is a knight on a
quest for the Holy Grail. He talks
to fairies, chases evil knights and
makes nude visits to Central Park
in the middle of the night.
Williams gives a terrific
performance as the carefree
lunatic, and watching Bridges'
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role change from a cold,
unfeeling person into a real
human being is something we all
should watch.
It is a very entertaining film
that gives us a different way to
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kind of film I'd pay six bucks to go see.
look at life: Through the eyes of
a lunatic.
Harley Davidson and
the Marlboro Man
When you read the title of this
movie and look at the picture on
the box, it would seem like the
kind of high action/low
intelligence film that spends the
majority of its budget on bullets
and explosions instead of
scriptwriters and acting coaches.
Surprisingly, this film is
good. It's not a piece of culture
and it probably won't go down in
history along the same lines as
Citizen Kane, but it is worth
renting and watching a couple of
times.
Mickey Rourke and Don
Johnson star as the title
characters in this film which is
set a couple of years in the
future. Harley and Marlboro are
reunited after having drifted their
own separate ways, and they are
The kind of film I'd wait to watch on video.
The kind of film I'd wait to watch on T.V.
The kind of film I'd watch unless the Home
Shopping Network was on.
upset when they find out the
local bar they grew up in is
going to be torn down unless
they come up with the money to
pay the mortgage (kind of like in
The Blues Brothers).
They decide to hijack an
armored car and things work
fairly smoothly until they
discover the car is filled with
drugs instead of money. The next
thing they know, the bad guys
have killed their friends, shot up
the bar and are hunting our heroes
down.
This doesn't really sound like
that great of a movie, but it is
full of action and is surprisingly
funny. For example: Harley, a
big, tough, motorcycle-guy,
pulls out a gun to put a broken
down motorcycle out of its
misery, but can't aim well
enough to hit anything. And
Marlboro looks like a tough guy
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with a cigarette constantly
sticking out of his mouth, but
doesn't light it because he quit
smoking.
It sure isn't a movie studied
for its directorial styles or its
subtle hidden meanings. Insteac
it's just an entertaining film
Nothing else.
getting a copy of it. After years
(2, c? (2, C 2. I found it in a video
storc own l he strccl f rom where
trtKy 1 hve right now (I won't mention
their name). I rented it and rushed
right home to watch the film I
had been so excited about for
years. Well, it sucks.
The story is about a beautiful
circus star who decides to try to
romance one of the freaks in the
circus out of his fortune. One
night, while under the influence
of alcohol, she humiliates him
and his freak friends and they see
her true colors.
It is a boring film, the acting
is bad and the freaks are actually
kind of depressing. If I were you I
wouldn't rent this film, unless
you've had a lobotomy.
Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon,
Steve Gutenberg, Daniel Stern,
Paul Reiser and the guy on that
TV show "Wings" star in this
film made before any of them
became the big stars that they arc
today. It is a movie about a gang
of friends whb grew up together
and now that they are about to
graduate from college, or get
married, are trying to hold onto
their childhood.
It is a comedic look at a
chapter in the life of each
character. Gutenberg's decision to
marry his fiance only if she
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Jason DeMarte
Lon A. Fiscus
Heather Knapp
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for years
passes a quiz on football,
Rourke's trouble with a popcorn
box and a certain appcndige,
Bacon's manger scene, the long
term vengeance with bullies and
so on.
The dialogue and the acting
will make this film stick in your
head for a while, probably
making it one of your favorites.
Freaks
This is a really old black and
white film made around 1921. I
read about this film in movie
books and magazines but never
actually saw it until a couple of
days ago. Every review I read said
this film had real live freaks in it
and was one of the most horrific
films of its time.
I couldn't wait to see this
film, the only problem was
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