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Movie junl By CHUCK DEAN Staff writer It's spring fever time of the year. People have begun talking about spring break, beaches and "taking it easy." Everyone is sick of school. Responsibilities are being tossed aside, and the notion of "fun" and self-gratification are becoming increasingly important as the weather becomes increasingly warm. To hold you over until the weather's hot enough for you, here's a list of 10 fun, meaningless movies that are available for your home viewing pleasures on video - cassettes. These flicks will not try your mentality or for 1 the most part, make you think, but they will hold you 1 over until you can enjoy your own summer pleasurers in ~ your own enjoyable ways. Summer Lovers (1982) ? Randal Kleiser, the genius * who brought you Grease directed this kinky movie about a shallow-brained guy (Peter Gallagher) who starts mak1 ing it with two dopy, yet mighty pretty chicks. Daryl I (Splash) Hannah is the blonde; Valerie Quenneseen is the ; burnette; the place is a Greek island and the rest is fun! ? fun! fun! Tarzan, The Ape Man (1981)? This John Derek I jungle romp should've been titled: Bo, The Naked I Woman. Bo Derek, John's wife, plays Jane; Miles ; O'Keeffe is Tarzan. See Jane get rubbed down by hostile natives. See Jane get into a sexy fight with a giant snake. See Jane get Tarzan in this Peyton Place in the brush. Reckless (1984)? James Foley directed this Rebel- c Without-A-Cause of a movie that stars Daryl (Summer I Lovers) Hannah as the blonde and Aidan (Desperately \ I Seeking Susan) Quinn as the brunette. The story is simple: i he is white trash, she is a white girl, and they both are hor- a ny as your common toad. They "bond" in her parents' c bed, in the school gym and God knows where else. At the 1 end, they ride off on their motorcyle into the sunset. A t touching movie. King Kong (1976) ? Dino De Laurentis spent close 2 to $30 million to bring this tale of true love to the big f $ Si ^iHPW| As r% i Four Origtna ||| TAN TANITA TIKARAM Ai ancient heart This n 1 ing fir gone g A Mystic I mately EMEBRKKEU ||r A NEW BOHEMIANS I Shooting Rubbofbonds ||| at the Stars One of the new artist breakthroughs of the year! Jazzy, folky, moody, always distinctive. The debut from a band to III watch. Includes "What I Am." ||| MJ99 1499 WTAPE l*CD COLUMBIA: Harden St., Five Points 779-^046 tie offers screen. Jessica Lange is the blonde; King Kong is the brunette. They meet at this quaint little jungle village and ' soon move to the Big Apple. The city isn't kind to Kong; 1 he simply doesn't fit in. After constantly attempting to I please Lange, he realizes his failures and takes his own life via the World Trade Center. Lange is left lonely, ' dismayed and screaming ? realizing that no one could ever love her more than Kong. 1 I t St. Elmo's Fire (1985J ? Joel Schumacher made this c :ute little film about cute, hip boys: Rob Lowe, Emilio g Estevez, Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson try to deal vith those silly, pretty girls: Demi Moore, Mare Winn- t ngham and Ally Sheedy. Eventually, everyone gets drunk r ind gets with one another, then they start hating each r )ther. Then they get drunk again and realize that they r ove each other and then they all go out for pizza and f >eer. An exercise in true friendship and consumption. Endless Love (1981) ? Franco (Romeo and Juliet) v 'effirelli directed this flick about this boy (Martin e Jewitt) that loves this girl (Brooke Shields) so much that g i ff1 a\a/f: iivrn^ i v oices, c oui' Jtsi IITATIKARAM ||||||H ? ? , ncient Heart IJUL,A 1 9-year-old's astonish- |||||||*'^ '1 st album has already l||||[| jB fold in her native U.K. II|||||m| :al. Soulful. And, ulti- |||||||^B((jjjjj^W beyond categorization. ||||||| 1 ?. ii?? ?tr* Edie Brickell "Hi OFRJI i New Bohemians SIm Shooting Rubberbands she caught p At The Stars B & itakim's i r' ; Now this I si I f h- ?. puts an exo ? gpi striking set ) I ^ ft dance cuts. M yt. IMmi <U> mam ' 6??Pr st of musthe burns down her house in the heat of passion. After this, she doesn't want to date him because her daddy doesn't like him anymore, but she still thinks she kind of likes him. And, old gosh! Being a teenager is so tough! This puppy love of a mo\ k will warm the coldest corner of your heart. Jaws 2 (1978) ? Director Jeannot Szwarc brought this nasty fish back to the big screen in this sequel to one of the most popular horror films ever. Roy Scheider reprises his role as the beach cop that no one believes until their boy, dog or husband gets gnawed up. Then they A'ant justice where justice is due and fast. In this second oart, the shark has a fiesta on some naughty kids who sneak off sailing. This movie teaches an important moral esson to today's youth: Stay home, and there's a good :hance you won't be eaten. American Gigo/o (1980)? Richard Gere is the looker in this Paul Schrader film, and he is a high priced looker at that. But . . .he gets framed to put him and his lenis out of commision, and the movie ends. Solid :ntertainment! 9 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) ? Adrian (Fatal Attraction) ^yne directed this sexual soiree staring Mickey Rourke as he brunette and Kim Basinger as the blonde. Basinger )ecomes Mickey's own personal love toy. She dances for tim, gets blind-folded for him and even lets him clean out he refrigerator on her. Plus, he picks out and buys her lothes, and he whoops her with his big leather belt. But ;ood things never last, and they break up in the end. The Entity (1983)? Barbara (Beaches) Hershey is he brunette in this horror flick; an invisible force with a aping vengeance is the blonde. Sidney Furie directed this novie. Both Hershey and the spirit are convincing in their oles; their sex scenes are some of the best captured on ilm. You Light Up My Life (1977) ? Joseph Brooks irote, directed and produced the most emotional film ver made. It stars Didi (Grease) Conn as a singer who ets jerked around by the heartless Hollywood system, SOME iRNATIVE 90.5 dlliant Releases pnonuAMll JULIA FORDI FORDISM Julia Fordh * Last year, she wowec |7' jQMH^ now she's racking 1 here. A stunning del /ST with original soui ^ " rm^ ~ musical ideas ? catc 6??PE 12 A, ^dby"^ ill ? RA " , ii!? M On Sale Through Fe COLUMBIA: Dutch S Columbia Mall Richland Fa see flicks W, but prevails in the end by proving she is indeed a human being with feelings, too! At points in the film, one expects Conn to buckle under this cruelity and open gunfire on some innocent people. 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