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S THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1990
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Entertainment
Billy Peltzer (ZACH GALLIGAN) converses with GIZMO who pops up out of Billy's
workbox in the Warner Brothers comedy-adventure "Gremlins II The New Batch".
Gremlins 2: A movie to sleep by
By JACKIE K. COOPER
HHJ Entertainment Critic
fit Gremlins 2: The New
Batch," which is now available on
video, we arc once again treated to a
v ' cw of the ugly, non-cuddly grem
lin creatures running amok. Only
the un-dcranged gremlin "Gizmo" is
atio and playful. The rest of the
gremlins range from ill mannered to
deadly. And they arc all UGLY!
The stars of "2" arc Zach Galli
gan and Phoebe Calcs, back from
the original film. Galligan looks
like someone has been feeding him
after midnight, and Cates is not
In 'Graffiti Wall'
Prince fizzles, fades in latest effort
By JACKIE K. COOPER
HHJ Entertainment Critic
Prince showed some energy and
taste when he made the ground
breaking film "Purple Rain.” But
whatever magic was in him at that
point in his career has now been
extinguished. "Sign O' The Times"
and "Under the Cherry Moon" were
two stakes in the heart of his film
career. "Graffiti Bridge" is the third
and final straw. He will have a
long, hard uphill climb to ever gain
back his reputation and his fans.
"Graffiti Bridge" is not only a bad
movie, n is a bad musical. The
songs arc not worth being heard
with only "Thieves In The Temple"
possessing any zest. It is amazing
that Prince who has been brilliant
in the shaping of his own career
ould make serious, fatal blunders
like this.
s'ot only docs he fail to make
himself look good, he makes Mor
ris Day look like a greater show
man as his co-star. But this acting
award is handed out by default.
Prince doesn’t act in this movie, he
bats Ins eyes and looks soulful.
Ua\ on the other hand is all over
screen. He doesn't know where
he is going but he is all over the
screen.
Then there is poor Ingrid Chavez.
She is a beautiful woman who ap
pears to be attempting a characteri
zation of some sort as "Aura." But
thee is nothing substantial for her
to handle. She is at limes sexy and
at others spiritual, and at others a
combination of the two. This is all
well and good if she wasn't sup
posed to be some angelic religious
messenger to Prince's character.
The movie is rated PG-13 for
profanity.
Graffiti Bridge" is a movie with
the right name. The entire movie is
like a wall covered in graffiti - bits
and pieces arc everywhere and noth
ing is connected at all. This is a
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Their acting is fine but this movie
docs not require acting - just react
ing.
The film is rife with cameos.
You gel the voices of Howie Man
del (Gizmo) and Tony Randall
(brainy gremlin). And you get to
sec Hulk Hogan, Leonard Mallin,
Henry Gibson, John Aslin and
Christopher Lee. Now there is a
stellar cast.
John Glover does have some
good moments as a Donald
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"Graffiti Bridge" which
according to Jackie, is just
another loser in the pop
star's career.
third film flop for "his royal bad
ness." Perhaps now he will
concentrate on his music and leave
the movie world behind.
I scored "Graffiti Bridge" a da-glo
2 out of 10.
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joke premise is driven into the
ground. What is funny in one joke
is deadly dull in twenty.
The movie is rated PG-13 for
profanity and violence.
Young children and early teens,
who arc the video stores best
friends, may enjoy die rampant de
structive ways of the gremlins but
older audiences will grow immune
quickly to their antics. It is just too
much chaos all the time.
I scored "Gremlins 2: The New
Batch” a too much 4 out of 10.
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Reasons for Pan Am Flight 103
disaster probed in documentary
By JACKIE K. COOPER
HHJ Entertainment Critic
The mental wounds caused by the
bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
over Lockerbie, Scotland still fester
in the memories of many Ameri
cans. It was one of the worst air
tragedies ever in that it resulted in
270 fatalities. But what made the
tragedy even worse was the possi
bility that the incident could have
been avoided.
HBO examines that possibility
and presents it as a real fact in their
docu-drama "The Tragedy of Flight
103: The Inside Story." This show
takes the position that the greed of
Pan Aid's corporate structure led to
the fatal flight. Although a Pales
tinian planted the bomb in the lug
gage, the powers that be at Pan Am
acted in such a reckless and negli
gent way that they are the real vil
lains of the incident.
Perhaps this is true and perhaps it
is not. This show says that it is,
and 1 doubt they would be as brazen
about their charges were they not
sure they had facts that would hold
up in court. Still the picture of all
of Pan Am's lop level personnel
being cold and callous is a little too
broad a stroke.
In order to be effective as televi
sion "entertainment" rather than
just information, the show needs to
have some characters with whom
the audience can relate. But none are
on view. Ned Beatty, Vincent Gar
denia and Peter Boyle arc billed as
the stars but they appear in only the
first fourth of the show. Then they
disappear and arc seen no more.
Another glaring omission is the
failure to present any passenger on
the ill fated flight. We can not be
drawn into the full horror of the
tragedy since the human clement of
the story is avoided. We only see a
fragmented blip on the radar screen
when the plane explodes.
"The Tragedy of Flight 103: The
Inside Story" is a cold, sterile
movie told in documentary fashion.
It doesn’t move the audience in any
way. The emotional involvement
that is assumed to be in any film
telling such a heartbreaking story is
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The case against Pan Am is made
and remade. On that point the film
is successful. On all others it fails.
"The Tragedy of Flight 103: The
Inside Story” airs on HBO Decem
ber 9, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 23.
Read Jackie
Cooper's reviews
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