Teletext Recovery - 30/09/1990

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2354:12  1/10        DANNY DE VITO's DEBUT.... ■ Danny de Vito's directorial debut, the cinema smash-hit The War of the Roses starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas as the warring couple, is out this week on rental...(reviews follow) ■ You can see a young Danny de Vito in the 1972 comedy Hurry Up Or I'll Be Thirty, released on retail this week at £9.99. Danny plays almost-thirty George, who decides to swap the safety of his dad's Brooklyn firm for life in the fast lane over in Manhattan.... more follows > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 ACTIVITY & ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS p391 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2354:28  2/10        THE WAR OF THE ROSES (15) **** Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas Barbara and Oliver Rose meet at an auction and their subsequent marriage exudes middle class contentment as they set about raising their kids and acquiring a beautiful, opulent home. Then one day Barbara envisages life without Oliver and files for divorce. Oliver fights back tooth and nail, with the house the object and mainstay of their savagely destructive battles. Danny de Vito's sure hand steers this finely-scripted black comedy right through to its stunning, bitter climax. (Sandy Fordham) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2355:11  3/10        JOHNNY HANDSOME (15) Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin ** Petty criminal John Sedley (Rourke) has been horribly disfigured from childhood. During a heist his buddy is killed by the other gang members and Johnny is left to take the rap. While in jail, Johnny undergoes plastic surgery and once released, sets out to kill the former gang members... Over-the-top acting from Ellen Barkin as one of the villains, with director Walter X48 Hours) Hill, hurrying from one bout of violence to the next in this uneven thriller. (Adrian Turner) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2355:44  4/10        TANGO AND CASH (18) **** Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell Our heroes play two successful drug-busting cops. Naturally, drugs dealer Jack Palance is a tad fed up with the duo and frames them. From then on the plot centres on Tango and Cash's attempts to escape from jail and prove their innocence. Stallone and Russell make an unlikely, but thoroughly likeable double act in this action-packed movie. Forget the implausible story, wallow in the fight scenes laced with humorous one-liners and marvel at the breath-taking stunts. (Gareth Herincx) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2356:10  5/10        RENEGADES (15) Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland ** Young Guns Sutherland and Phillips team up again. Sutherland plays undercover cop Buster McHenry who meets up with red Indian Hank Storm (Phillips) after a disastrous heist in which Hank's brother is killed and Buster is injured. This is a proficient action picture awash with car chases. But the film also aims for a tone of seriousness in its treatment of the Indians. The pace is slow, with unnecessary sub-plots slowing the action further. (Adrian Turner) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2351:04  6/10        PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (18) *** Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen An extremely gory version of Gaston Leroux's tale about the opera composer who sold his soul to the Devil so that his music could live for ever. Robert Englund - Elm Street's Freddy - is the phantom, living below the opera house and painstakingly piecing together the seared flesh on his patchwork face before visiting the beautiful Christine, the only woman, he thinks, who can sing his lovely music. Effective as horror but the film evokes no sympathy for the tortured composer. (Juliet Elliston) more > Reviews Index 620 New Books 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2357:36  7/10        PHANTOMS (18) ** Sherilyn Fenn Beautiful heiress Catherine returns to the Italian castle where she spent her privileged childhood. She left after seeing the ghost of her aunt butchered by a beast. Intrigued by the magic of a travelling show, she and a friend invite the cast to supper at the castle but are drugged and bedded by the twin magicians - one of whom turns into a beast whenever he woos a woman. Catherine, it seems, could meet the same fate as her aunt... A ludicrous story but elegantly and erotically filmed. (Juliet Elliston) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2352:11  8/10        BEST OF THE BEST (15) → ** James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland Five karate experts are selected to represent the USA in an exhibition match against a crack Korean team. They undergo three months of tough training before the big match under the tyrannical guidance of their coach (Jones). Along the way there are personal traumas to overcome and, of course, lots of martial arts action. A glossy and engrossing movie about pride, honour and camaraderie but the ending may find you reaching either for the paper hankies or a bucket. (Richard Shipp) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2358:25  9/10        PAIR OF ACES (15) *** Texas Ranger Rip (Kris Kristofferson) is forced to take custody of con man Ace when he would rather be solving the grisly murders of four young girls. Ace claims he's being framed by the city cops and predictably the two hit it off and team up to track down the killer. A well-plotted, amiable thriller. (SF) RELENTLESS (18) → * An ex-cop's son (Judd Nelson) turns to murder after failing basic police entry requirements on psychological grounds. Leo Rossi plays the detective trying to crack the case in a downbeat cop/psycho thriller seriously lacking in the thrills department. (Richard Shipp) >> Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts Beat Box What's New

P626 ORACLE 626 Sun30 Sep C4 2353:11  10/10        WB, BEAN AND THE BEAR (15) ** David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair WB, Bean and The Bear are three macho guys trying to save an heiress who's been kidnapped by a ruthless drug ring. But for the four-letter words and the odd full-frontal, this would appeal to the kids! Fast and amusing. (FH) THE IMAGE (15) ** Albert Finney TV's most trusted man, journalist Jason Cromwell, exposes crime and corruption. But when one of his "victims" commits suicide, he is forced to reassess his godlike role. Like Broadcast News, a fast, frenetic look at TV studios but it's hard to be interested in such a self-centred guy. (J.Elliston) more > Reviews Index 620 Bookworld 627 Bookworld Charts What's New Beat Box

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