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PAGE 10 / THE RETRIEVER MAY 8, 1990 i^twirvi*: Arts & Entertainment The sizzling summer movie preview

Teddy Durgin drugs. Gremlins 2:The New Batch summer's hit Parenthood, will re- Retriever Slaff Writer will continue the exploits of those team for My Blue Heaven. Bill crazy Mogwai creatures, as they Murray, Geena Davis and Randy They're back! Those terribly take a bite out of the Big Apple. Quaid are a trio of fed-up New irresistible entities we call summer will fight airport Yorkers who turn to a life of crime movies. But haunting the theaters terrorists in II: Die in Quick Change. is this year will be some of the world's Harder, while George C. Scott will paired once again with Nick Nolte most beloved characters. do battle in III. Other in Another 48 Hours, as they try June 15 will see the long-awaited sequels will include: Young Guns and track down a bunch of outlaw release of . Appearing 2 (currently subtitled Hellbent for bikers. And, James Belushi and in the $23 million comic book Leather) and The Gate II. Charles Grodin will be featured in spectacle as Tracy is , Several big name stars will be in Taking Care of Business. who produced and directed as well the hunt for box office dollars. is no lost boy as co-wrote the screenplay. Dick kicks off the season this summer, as he appears in three Tracy, rumored to be this summer's on May 18 with Cadillac Man. June films (including the aforementioned equivalent of Batman, also stars 1 will have the much-anticipated Young Guns2). The most notable , , Dustin Hof- release of the Arnold Schwarze- of the three is Flatliners, a sci-fi. fman, Dick Van Dyke and Charles negger sci-fi adventure, Total horror adventure co-starring Julia Durning. Recall (said to be his best action Roberts. Sutherland will also What would a summer be with- film). Later in the summer, Harri- appear in Chicago Joe and the out sequels? Back to the Future Part son Ford will star in Presumed Showgirl, a World War II thriller, III rides into theaters May 25, as Innocent, based on Scott Turow's opposite . Marty McFly and "Doc" Brown best-selling novel, while Tom Sel- returns to his glam- travel to the wild, wild west of 1890. leck will appear in the Australian our boy roots in Days of Thunder. June 22 will be the date Robocop , Quigley Down Under. Thunder features Cruise's two 2 blasts into theaters. In this one, Also, look for in Air passions: race cars and new girl- the Tin Lawman, again played by America and Bird on a Wire (open- friend . Peter Weller, wages his own war on ing May 18 with ). Prince will star in Graffiti Bridge, Comedies should also be a big a film which he wrote and directed. draw. and Rick Bridge has been described as an Moranis, who starred in last "urban musical," about the rivalry between two nightclub owners. The film's cast is made up mostly of singers including Morris Day, George Clinton and Mavis Staples. For animation fans, there will be 'three films on view. The first is the Disney re-release of The Jungle Book on July 13. Then on August 3, Disney will release DuckTales: The Movies, starring Scrooge McDuck. And the summer will also see Jetsons: The Movie. Frank Marshall, Spielberg's long-time producer, will make his directorial debut with Arachnopho- bia, involving a bunch of killer spiders on the loose in Southern California. Opening July 20, Arach- nophobia stars and , and is said to "weave a tight web of suspense." With these films (and several others), Hollywood is hoping to surpass last year's record-breaking summer. By giving moviegoers a diverse list of films, the studios hope that there will be something for everyone.

Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates star in Warner Brothers "Gremlins 2: The New- Batch. " The Bad Boys" ride the comeback trail UMBC's latest play is true Paradise originally written by Friedrich At the play's opening, we find the other hand, is the town's Ottoman" are very entertaining. Joab Jackson Robert Thornton Retriever Staff Writer Duerrenmatt in the 1950s, and now that Claire plans to return to favorite son, and is soon to be Retriever Slaff Writer One song worth noting is actually translated to the stage by UMBC's Paradise. The people of Paradise elected mayor. He is a likable (if not a . "Dollar Signs in Her If you're ever near Lancaster Pa. Theater Department. This Para- are overjoyed, not so much to see anally retentive) sort. We later find For your reading pleasure, we Eyes" is actually moving, giving be sure to stop by the Strasburg dise's label is also satirical; for here her again, but rather from the hope that neither Claire nor Schill are the have reviews from both a group the Milkmen an added dimension. Railroad. It's a replica turn of the is a deteriorated burg. A town of her shedding some of her millions pure character-types as they appear of vicious musical satirists and a They have improved their musi- century railway operation. Pur- where the chemical1 plant and the to revitalize her cown town. One man to be. King of Pain who have both cianship, and the Dead Milkmen chase a ticket and you can ride munitions ware- is particularly To the townspeople's delight, it earned reputations as "Bad Boys." are surprisingly quite entertaining through the golden Amish country- house and the taken by her turns out that Claire agrees to make However, they have gone their on this album. If you liked them side behind an old steam engine. Foundry all have return is Schill But a substantial gift to the town. Five separate ways. The Dead Milk- before, you'll like this album. The destiny of your 10-mile ride, all closed down. (David Pease). hundred million is to be given to men have continued their nefar- if you prostrate before the Rock the conductor will say, is Paradise. A town where Schill and Claire, the town and another 500 million ious ways, while Nick Cave has Gods, don't buy this, or coronaries O.K. So, at the end of the line you everyone is finan- so it turns out, to be dispersed individually to each toned down his gloom rock into will result! arrive to a collection of old ware- cially destitute used to romp in of the town's members. deadly ballads that strike at the Nick Cave &The Bad Seeds: houses, a tangle of electric lines, a but no one seems the forest as On one condition. heart. The Good Son (Engima/ Mutef dilapidated bridge and a switching to leave, except young lovers. The condition is that someone Dead Milkmen:Metaphysical Nick Cave is not well known by yard. "Welcome To Paradise, Pen- for one person, Claire.VOT Throughout the first act we given kills Schill. Murder, offered in cold GraffitifEnigma)- The Masters of the general populace, but he has nsylvania!" exclaims the conduc- Years ago, the town's folk forced a glimpse into the soul of Claire blood. Of course, the townspeople Annoyance have returned. After acquired his own reputation as tor, with more than a slightly ironic Claire^ to leave after she became Zachanassian, who is played to the wouldn't think of killing Schill. the masterful album Beezlebubba, "Bad Boy" in certain circles. He tone. pregnafttout of wedlock. Only 17 hilt by Edie Catto. Claire dominates They have their morals. They plead which featured such classics as has cleaned up his act, gotten off Paradise is also the name of a when she left, she went on to and rearranges all that is around with Claire for more reasonable "My Many Smells" and the MTV of heroin, and has started out town setting for Alan Kreizenbeck's become "the richest woman in the her. "Everything can be bought," awfulness of "Punk Rock Girl," again with a brand new album. adaptation of The Visit, a play world." she thinks, even justice. Schill, on (See VISIT, page 11) the Milkmen take aim at the Nick usually howls about angst pomposity of rock. Not only is the and existensialism with his band, album cover satirizing Led Zep- the Bad Seeds, backing him up in pelin on the back and front(the a suitably demonic manner. But miraculous change of "Zofo" into on this album, the scream has died "Bozo" is priceless), but Yes gets down to a whisper without losing stuffed with the tune "Anderson, any of his attitude, and hints of Walkmen, Buttholes, and How!" Latin and R&B actually peek The Doors and Sting get attacked through. The songs are very by the song "If You Love Some- moving, and they all share an air body, Set Them On Fire". Psy- of black melancholia that makes chedelia gets murdered in "Beige this album suitable for drinking Sunshine", and the yourself into unconsciousness. Festival is viciously parodied in For example, if you've broken up "In Praise of Sha-Na-Na("Sha- with someone, try the song Na-Na were the kings of Wood- "Elegy" ("I've seen your fair- stock" and "You can move to ground hair,/your seaside eyes/ Montana and listen to Santana/ Your vampire tooth, your little But you won't be as cool as Sha- truth, your tiny lies") "The Wit- na-Na". Finally, Classic Rock gets ness Song" is twisted gospel, with totally trashed in "The Big Sleazy" a Hammond organ and the nar- (Well its' brunch with the Beatles/ rator asking his woman, "Babe, A tribute to Billy Joel/ Four hours are you healed?" When she says of Doobie Bros./And they call it yes, the response is "Well you're .") a liar, babe". All these tunes are After the attacks on rock idols, gentle as the last breath from a songs like "Methodist Coloring dead man, with a string section, Book", ("You've got a Methodist acoustic guitars, and a little bit of Coloring Book and you color auxilary percussion to add flavor. really well/ but don't color outside This is a really good album, but the lines or god will send you to only for people who are depressed Hell"), and "I Tripped Over the or angst-ridden.