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Summer Movie ?) |Repc;M' g* Film Grades A+Extraordinary; Masterpiece A very Good fl Entertaining; Worth the Money C Flawed; lots Of Reservations D Seriously Flawed; Not Recommended F Horrific; Disgustingly Bad By DAVID BOWDEN Assistant Carolina Life Editor This is the first movie column of the fall semester, and it makes a certain amount of sense to take an overview of the summer's movies. I'll try to fit as many movies in as possible so the world will know exacdy where I stand on the Summer Movie Issue (try to get that out of Judge Souter). Air America: Stupid, preachy Vietnam-era flick. Robert Downey Jr. is a naive CIA pilot in Laos. Mel Gibson is his cynical gunrunning friend who turns out to be a swell guy in the end (I think his character was named Han Solo). The movie gives new meaning to the term predictable plot. D Another 48 Hours: Awful sequel to Eddie Murphy's first movie. Murphy's latest movie is stupid and misogynic, with a plot everyone has seen a thousand times before in a thousand better movies. Murphy has sunk so low he j_ t. t_ ? % aoesn i even iook iiKe ne s trying to be funny. It's the worst movie of the summer. F Arachnophobia: Great horror film, well directed by Frank Marshall and well-acted by Jeff Daniels and John Goodman (among others). I hate spiders so this Film truly scared me. A if & I 5* Z k h1 u h w r 3 q /O H :f |r &H :i M II :l ?! 5- H er. e ^ R51 p o n uu 1 ? 5. H : ? E H : f sr H * *98 : |H| Jgl fbi oil 1 i n K? ?^ n :i * nl M IEI ? c* _ :$ iff o H a ll- 2 H :i I?i a ? H ! lis 5 - El ? S'g-f: 3 |J i S w " o rb | ? 1 ? fc H ?s | 5? p ^ H : *n ? | ? ft5 M : ?1 9 1 c| V^iH i h- si "i $ \jjlgH I |so 1 :l ir? U || |& E H ? IS 9 Ki :i ?ia B :i if ^ U I ?9 H a = a ^ M I Is. ca N :? . I* rt> c 3 E3 J5 Q, B : n? i : iw | ~ 1=9 El a a a aaaaaaa**** afl movies ; ^ MP '/ ..._ Warren Beatty is Dick Tracy, or Bowden will look at in a two-part sc Back to the Future HI: It was an entertaining end of the trilogy, better than the second installment, about the same as the first. ChristoTtiic 1IIIO in co Introducing Student Save This year itll be get through college AT&T has put t program or prcx services that can money. Whether yc orofl Keep your roommates inline. Well separate your long distance calls from your roorr mates' calls with AT&T Call Manager'. And well do it for fn This service may not be available ii Discount applies to out-of-state cal ? 1990 AW sizzle anc tx*2 ^ip^;; fy' *y ^iBiirir in m( Be le of the summer movies David jries. m( sic pher Lloyd is always funny. Mi- W chael J. Fox, however, should start fre to worry that he still looks like a of teenager. B+ aft semestei mmunic Mii AT&T You don't need 41 to wait till spring to get a break. 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A Dick Tracy: Sorry, pretty sets d make-up are not the only comments of a good movie. It was K, but it creeps along very )wly to an unsatisfying ending, le visual style and A1 Pacino's eat acting salvage what would herwise be average fare. B Die Hard II: Well-done sequel the classic original. Excellent ecial effects, but the plot is so tally preposterous that it disicted me. There is a difference ^ tween suspending belief (like in sci-fi movie) and suspending the lws oi rnysics. witn tnat said, I 1 11 enjoyed the movie. Just think ] it as a cartoon. B+ Flatliners: In a phrase, style er substance. This unimaginative )k at the afterlife wastes the tans of lots of people. You know u're in trouble when real life is 3re surrealistic than the Great jyond. 1 The main characters go to a 1 idical school that is evidently in- ; le the Gotham City Art Gallery, hy are there stone pillars and sscos in a hospital? That is one many questions you'll be asking er you see this tripe. D ;takesc ations. 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