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1 p14 weekender july 27 1985 b w vuivnfkm scmt miritum onurio lor mcnrsciutt pfcue ran 2w668 weekender movie scene this red shoe doesnt fit bv ian bailey the man with one red shoe this comedy produces a most unusual clinical condition two minutes after the end cre dits i couldnt remember where i had been for the previous hour and a half the movie is so lightweight that it doesnt register one reason for this is that the man with one red shoe is a mishmash of recent american comedies its makers seem to have made the most of a premise they in herited from the french film the tall blond man with one red shoe of which this is an american remake by casting americans in roles they perfected in amer ican films thus tom hanks as a concert violinist who accidentally becomes the focus of sur veillance by a rogue element of the cia plays the same kind of softspoken eccen tric guy he did in splash as in splash he is pursued by a beautiful woman it was a mermaid in that sly comedy but here its a cia agent played by stoic lori singer costar dabney colemans depiction of a ruthless sexist cia chief echoes the the similarly ruthless and sexist bosses he played in nine to five and his snappy tv- series buffalo bill meanwhile costar charles durning embellishes on the power ful but corrupt figures he played in mass appeal and the best little whorehouse in texas the predictability of these three perfor mers is not so much a flaw as they all offer competent work but it is kind of dull play ing it safe by keeping the spotlight on the proven personas of these players keeps it off carrie fisher princess leia in the star wars movies as a frumpy flutist and jim belushi as her drumplaying husband although both have a spontaneity that makes them the funniest people in the film as directed by stan dragoti and photo graphed by richard kline this low vol tage farce can be credited with reeling off a few sparks with a hightoned slick style that emphasizes shadows snapshot edit ing and a camera that just wont shoot a scene straight on the stylishness is nicely applied espe cially when the cias goons first go after hanks although the film is occasionally amusing its style is more memorable than its content markville pg markville the goonies kids will have the most fun with this soso adventure about seven kids searching for buried treasure in caverns beneath their hometown pg v4 mad max eeyond thunder- dome a gripping combination of science fiction and action that puts mad max mel gibson the rambo of australia between two groups of world war iii survivors a group of bizarre misfits led by a character called aunty entity tina turner and a colony of kids who perceive max as a mes siah who is going to lead them to a world that blew away with the mushroom clouds aa national lampoons european vacation a sequel to the 1983 comedy national lampoons vacation that has an average american family the griswalds chevy chase beverly dangelo dana hill and jason lively wreaking havoc when they visit europe aa thornhill square et the extraterrestrial a re- release of steven spielbergs 1982 classic about the most unusual best friend a kid ever had and also the most popular space traveller in movie history pg the heavenly kid a teenager who died in a car accident in the 1950s can only enter heaven if he returns to earth in the 1980s to help a troubled teenager aa silverado writerdirector lawr ence kasdan has changed gears from the subdued drama of his last film the big chill with this energetic western epic ab out four men travelling to a town called tom hanks left plays an innocent musi cian caught up in a bizarre conspiracy to the confusion of his best friend morris silverado in 1880 good chemistry between the four stars kevin costner scott glenn danny glover kevin kline makes up for a sometimes confusing plot pg violence 4 jim belushi in the man with one red shoe ratings excellent good fair poor go wan has animal magnetism by chris shanahan when he was about 10yearsold larry gowan travelled to uxbridge every sun day to practice with his cedar hill hockey teammates tonight gowan makes a return trip this time as one of canadas fastest rising musical stars all i know is that i used to practice there uxbridge gowan said wednesday following his concert in bolton ill be on the ice again but without skates this time he doesnt know much else about the town but says hes looking foward to the show just the same the audiences are loving it and i love them for it the scarboroughbred singer says of the ontario tour that brings him to the brock street arena edmonton perfor mer belinda metz opens tonights show at 8 pm after playing in the united states as the opening act for tears for fears gowans glad to be back home for a while he feels the current tour holds special importance because its enabling him to reach many fans on the fringes of metro toronto gowan believes these are people who watch him on television and listen on the radio but who dont get into toronto to see the show high energy known for his colorful and exuberant stage presence the singer admits his live performances are second most important in the overall scheme of things the music is understandably number one the scottishborn performer says his live show remains basically the same whether hes playing to a crowd of 12000 at the ontario place forum or to just a few hundred at a smalltown rink and his uxbridgearca fans can look for ward to all the hits that helped gowans second album strange animal go plati num 100000 sales just 12 weeks after its february release therell also be some selections from his debut lp plus a few musical surprises after obtaining a degree at torontos royal conservatory of music the 28-year- old pianistsongwriter spent five years as leader of the group rhinegold he embarked on a solo career in 1981 gowans music is reminiscent of the epic classicallyinfluenced sound of the early 1970s not surprisingly two of his favorite bands are genesis and yes thestrange animal himself gowan brings his highenergy stage show to uxbridge arena tonight the pianistsongwriter is pictured here performing an encore at wednesdays concert stopover in bolton gowan and his band featuring brother terry on bass plan more of the same at the gorgon founda tion presentation belinda mctz will open at 8 pm tickets arc 9 at the door chris shanahan