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Week By David Baker FHm Critic "ALL NIGHT LONG." Unpreviewed. Barbara Streisand, amazingly enough, accepted second uiuing 10 uene riacKman in this film about a man who finds happiness with his son's lover, who happens to be married to a fourth party. Dennis Quaid and Diane Ladd co-star. R. Columbia Mall and Dutch Square. "ALTERED STATES." * Ken Russell, king of bizarre visuals, meets Paddy Chayefsky, master of verbal bombast, in this mind-blowing pop art masterpiece. Handsome William Hurt plays a scientist who ventures on lengthy mental trips in search of the Ultimate (f if U /\nln ftwrl if ??* f i x ulii, vsuijr iu iiuu it in ujc arms of luscious Blair Brown, who plays his anthropologist wife. R. Columbia Mall. "THE COMPETITION." ** 1/2 An invigorating romance, set against the backdrop of a piano com petition. The performances of the two leads, Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving, are everything they should be: fresh, funny and thoroughly believable. PG. Bush River Mall and Spring Valley. "THE DEVIL AND MAX DEV 1 > V* Elliot Gould has his best role in years in what is otherwise a run-ofrirr\ r rvtiw op( from REO, page 7 hidden, though, like in "Keep C tune "I Wish You Were Then Kevin Cronin's distinctive v< REO Speedwagon trademark. A SONG THAT will be a sun On The Run," a soft rock tun The lyrics are sheer dynamil whole "theme" of the album Most of the songs on the albu ween lovers) and "Take It On I Floating H With Rul A Sight i _ for_ bore Lars! ^ AT TUt ^ maxell. Tape Clinic March 10:30am 12-13 6:30pm Bring your cassette or * reel-to-reel tape deck to upstairs Audio, purchase a specially priced tape package and Maxell technical experts will performance check your equipment. FREE. Upstairs Audio ^ 200 Meeting street \!$SLv'"V - * endrr the-mill comedy-fantasy from Walt Disney Studios. Bill Cosby, though top-billed, contributes little in the way of laughter. PG. Dutch Square and Spring Valley. "THE DOGS OF WAR." T I 1 U unpicvivwcu. V/iuisiupuei Walken and Tom Berenger star in this film version of Fredrick Forsyth's bestseller. The story concerns a mercenary soldier who changes allegiances in the middle of battle. R. Bush River Mall and Columbia East. FACE TO FACE." * Interminable examination of a woman's nervous breakdown. Liv Ullman Gamecock m< ? *? f stars in the film, which was directed by Ingmar Bergman. R. Nickelodeon. "FORT APACHE, THE BRONX." 1/2 Poorly directed, poorly written and, for the most part, poorly acted story about those supposedly despicable Puerto Ricans who inhabit the South Bronx. A movie this racist hasn't been made since the days of Steppin' Fetchit. Paul Newman and Ed Asner star. R. Bush River Mall and Spring \/o Ilmr v antjr . 2edwagor )n Loving You" and the closing 5." But both the tunes feature >cals, which is becoming the i release as a single is "Take It e like "Keep On Loving You." le and tend to incorporate the , if there can be such a thing, m are about breaking up (betThe Run" is probably the best >ve This! | Gold B [Hearts$1.88 | yy $5.88 isj \ lovie < 4 "INSIDE MOVES." Unpreviewed. An uplifting story about a potentially depressing subject; physically and emotionally crippled people who help one another overcome their problems. John ("The Deer Hunter") Savage co-stars with Oscar-nominee Diana Scarwid. Richard Donner, whose previous credits include "The Omen and "Superman," directed. PG. Columbia East and Gamecock. "THE LAST TANGO IN PARIS." * * *1/2 Bernardo Bertolucci's once-controversial essay on isolation, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. X. Russell avie ratings excellent -good fair >oor House. MOTHER'S DAY." * We've had "Black Christmas," "Halloween," "New Year's Evil" and "My Bloody Valentine," so why not desecraste Mother's Day as veil? Sooner or later, we ie bound to run out of holidays. Maybe by then, movies like this will have become passe. R. Gamecock and Spring Valley. NINE TO FIVE." * * Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton are delightful as secretaries who, fed up with preposterous working * c 1 \ example of that theme. If g seasoning time, it could becoi for song of the year. latest in class ring < your one lool Date: Martf] Location: Cam M "Father...I have reve< love you have for me r Tuesd "I have told you this id: 11} Willie Flores is t guest speaker. Willie school at the Universi have an effect on all oi . , tr > ?. . guide conditions, kidnap the boss and turn the office into a glass-and-concrete paradise. PG. Bush River Mall and Richland Mall. "TESS. * * * 1/2 Exquisite example of how a director (Roman Polanski) can turn a literary classic (Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbevilles") into a screen classic. Nastassia Kinski stars as one of literature's most famous fallen women. PG. Jefferson Square. RAGING BULL." * The acting of Robert DeNiro and the direction of Martin Scorsese are as close to perfect as possible, but neither is able to overcome the movie's despicab1 subject: boxer Jake La Motta. Proof positive that art doesn't always equal entertainment. K. Richland Mall. "SPHINX." Unpreviewed. Rumored to t?e the most hilariously inept movie Hollywood has turned out in many a year, this film version of Robin Cook's mediocre novel stars LeslieAnne Down and Frank Langella. PG. Columbia Mall. "STIR CRAZY." 1/2 Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, two-thirds of the till UldUlllC UUTO3UU1C IIUIII "Silver Streak," are reunited in this funny movie abo'jt life in prison. Sidney Poitier non-directed, but in the end it makes no difference. 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