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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 Mar 1991, p. 21

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Mickey Rourke (WILD ORCHID) gives a chilling portrayal in DESPERATE HOURS (MGM/UA Home Video) as a deranged killer who escapes from prison with the help of his girlfriend lawyer (Kelly Lynch). While he hides out and waits for her to join him, he enters and takes control of the home of Mimi Rogers (SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME) and Anthony Hopkins, holding the inhabitants hostage. However, an FBI agent (Lindsay Grouse) is hot on the trail hoping the girlfriend will lead them to where he is holed up. DESPERATE HOURS is an intense thriller featuring an excellent cast. Anne Archer (FATAL ATTRACTION) is coaxed into a blind date by a friend and than witnesses the date‘s murder in the action-thriller NARROW MAR. GIN (LIVE Home Video). The murderers are un. aware of her presence and the next morning she leaves San Francisco to hide out at a remote cabin in the Canadian Rockies. Assistant DA. Caulfield (Gene Hackman, MISSISSIPPI BURNING) discov- ers that she is a witness, and tracks her down, followed by professional hitmen. A cat-and-mouse game ensues aboard a train bound tor Vancouver, as Cautield attempts to bring her to testify, NAR. ROW MARGIN is a very exciting, sometime witty, thriller with Gene Hackman at his finest. Co-starring M. Emmet Walsh, James B. Sikking and J.T. Walsh. Starring Patrick Swayze (DIRTY DANCING, ROADHOUSE), Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg (HOMER & EDDUE). GHOST is a romance, com. edy, mystery and drama all rolled into one. Sam Wheat (Swayze) is viciously murdered by a street thug and miraculously manages to remain on earth, to protect Molly (Moore) from a similar fate and to avenge his death. Aided by Ode Mae (Goldberg) a psychic, Sam is able to make contact with Molly to help her, and to expose the embezzlement and murder plot. Whoopi Goldberg has also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress. The surprise boxoffice hit, and 1990 Academy Award nominated Best Picture. GHOST (Paramount Home Video) makes its appearance in video stores just prior to the Oscar ceremony. Glowing: (um-Mann” WNW L','SJ'get, new (Mm 'Cumn8lxmhqmm Gun um Dee when» __ 747-5732 Clowns and Balloon; “Make their days . Sunni.Daiat." Hackman is at his best in thrilling Narrow Margin Tammy d - '864B0q " KrH7 Stu. am when»! vufmoo ,rl Ist-iii"!-'""""',;-::,:,::, gallery BALLOONS Bollontune's MAW-mum "M1 * W 576-8810 ~0vgu-fmsun Cheech Marin (BORN IN EAST LA.) turns the Land Down Under over easy, in the comedy THE SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE (Media Home Entertain- ment). Carlos Munez (Cheech) has had enough of LA. and goes to Australia to start fresh. He meets Alex (Emma Samms), whose father is one of the richest men in Australia. The father also controls Alex's life, and when he forbids her to marry, she hires Carlos to pretend that he is her new fiance, Instead of teaching her father a lesson, she gets a lesson taught to her by the uncouth, bumbling Carlos. THE SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE is a good alternate choice at a video store. NEXT WEEK: PRESUMED INNOCENT, HOT SPOT, WHITE PALACE, BETHUNE. Ken Schick/9r operates Team Player PutgieiitiGs a Promotions, a desktop publishing company, and publishes a local video magazine. What happens when you take Michael Keaton (BATMAN, MR. MOM), Melanie Griffith (WORKING GIRL) and Mathew Modine (GROSS ANATOMY) and put them in a psychological thriller. Success, called PACIFIC HEIGHTS (CBS/FOX Video). A young couple takes a huge step when they purchase and renovate a Victorian San. Francisco home. To make ends meet. they rent out apartments in the building. They expected times to be tough - what they didn't expect was to rent to a sadistic schemer, and end up fighting for not only their home, but for their lives as well. Keaton is chilling as the psycho tenant. Fl I A mas KING ST. EAST AT OTTAWA 576-1520 L.-.. OVER s70 COUPON VALUE -e EUROPE ON SALE LONDON from S449 MANCHESTER from 3449 BELFAST from '449 SHANNON from 8489 AMSTERDAM from 8549 gkodee "hoaaaAatan from S489 PARIS from Receive '2.00 OFF your next roll of hlm developing! Applies to C-41 Colour Pnnt Fnlm sizes: 110. 126, 35 mm Full Frame 8 D-sc (excluding Stretch 35) Offer anld: Mar. " . Mar 30/91 65 University Ave. E. (in Valdi': Plaza) 81 ZEthgL/ ENTERTflNCErfT zone. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20. 1991 . PAGE E25 .rl-- OVER $70 coupon VAEUE dd." FOR REPAIR on REPLACEMENT I expires April 2/91 Must be 19 yrs. of age Call 746-7000 ---. CENTRES lnmnnce Claim Bpociarurts '509 "most insurance oompames’ Conditions Apply - Departure Tax Extra Call nou'for more details. 104 KING STREET SOUTH WATERLOO, ONTARIO 886-3320 t "Pt',", Barrel 0 Kentuckz Fried Chic en FILM DEVELOPING PLUS We pay your BEBE lil?,!,.!,',,',',' Mall-Thur; 9 LIL-Io pan 885-3050 nus-L , u...” pin. PHOTO DEVELOPING 576-1520 l f HOUR OFF

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