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  now ladies and gentlemen...

  the video reviews by deltar,
  followed by some unbeatable
  "did you know'sers" and at last
  you will read what happens when we
  keep watch on a person, take care,
  you could be the next one...








   movie reviews for jan/feb. - 1992 !
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 the '91 christmas season opened with
 quite a few films, sorry, i couldn't
 get to them all...but they'll be at
 the video rentals before we know it!


 hook  -  directed by steven spielberg

 peter pan(robin williams) grows up and
 has kids of his own. his old nemesis,
 captain hook(dustin hoffman) has taken
 them through their dreams. tinkerbell,
 (julia roberts) comes to inform peter
 of the deed.                      [+]
 the lost boys come, paint upon peter
 to put him in that child-like state &amp;
 back to neverneverland we go...
 some excellent effects, a lot of quick
 quips from williams as well as hoffman
 to make this an enjoyable show. see it
 if at all possible...

 see ya later, alligator!   rating-80%


 rush  -  directed by lili fini zanuck

 no, this is not a documentary about
 the canadian rock group! far from it!!
 we have an undercover cop that is into
 drug busts and samples a lot...   [+]
 jason patrick plays jim raynor and his
 partner(jennifer jason leigh) is
 kristen cates. she is assigned to jim
 to help him get closer to the center
 of a drug ring, headed up by noneother
 than greg allman(yes, chers' ex.....)
 jim shows her the ropes, of which she
 is appalled by the thought of, but he
 makes her see that it's either do 'em
 or get wasted by the dealer. even so,
 they never seem to be above suspicion.
 gee, i wonder why... anyway, the two
 become lovers/partners. both see what
 the drugs do them, but have no answer
 as to how to get out of it, without
 blowing it all. good counterpoints
 throughout the film. the music    [+]
 is great, as the movie is set in the
 seventies. eric clapton has a few cuts
 in that really are great!
 another film well worth the chips to
 see, especially for the ending. it's
 been a long, long time since i've seen
 this take place...
                         rating  -  80%


 people under the stairs - wes craven

 my expectations were great of the man
 that gave us "nightmare on elm street"
 you can imagine my surprise at the big
 farce that i managed to sit through...
 none of the superb effects here   [+]
 in this movie. a few good make-up
 shots, but not one good scare in the
 damn thing!  a black family is going
 to be evicted unless they can come up
 with triple their rent. one of the
 buds of the family comes up with the
 idea of ripping off the landlord, and
 at his own house, to boot!  nay, nay,
 not an easy task. once inside they do
 find more than a coin collection! so,
 what do you do against a woman that is
 the extreme wicked witch of the west
 and a man that looks like an edward
 scissorhand reject?? you run like hell
 through the house, find all the hidden
 panels and the "people" scattered in
 the various parts of the house.  [+]
 the couple are not married, but sister
 and brother(but she calls him daddy?)
 the people in the basement are babies
 they tried to raise, but as they grew
 their mouths got them in trouble; ergo
 they lost their tounges...
 yawn, huh? oh, back to the film, the
 coin collection is found, along with a
 lot, and i do mean a lot!!! of paper
 money. too bad it's going to be blown
 up due to "daddy" booby-trapping the
 place trieing to catch one of the boys
 that had escaped... you can imagine a
 funky ending sequence with money in
 the air and being grabbed by all...

 see it once if ya must. rating -10[+]
 as an added attraction and a plug for
 a worthwhile group, an audio review!

 polarshift - a benefit for antarctica

 featuring music by vangelis * yanni *
 chris spheeris * paul voudouris * jim
 chappell * enya * steve howe * kitaro
 constance demby * paul sutin * john
 tesh * suzanne ciani

 this is a concept cd, with the tunes
 made expressly for the saving of
 antarctica. the music is considered
 "new age" and very melodic. the cover
 shows a glacier with some very small
 critters or people on it.        [+]
 a nice four  page synopsis for the
 purpose of the album is enclosed. the
 reading is easy and gives some very
 interesting thoughts about the 5th
 largest continent of the world...

 a portion of the price will go to the
 earthsea institute, inc. which is also
 associated with the cousteau society,
 greenpeace, world wildlife fund and
 the antarctica project...

 "may this continent, the last explored
 by humankind, be the first one to be
 spared by humankind." j-y. cousteau

            deltar/tsm

  did you know
  ------------

  ...that the golden disc, (magazine
     containing games, released by
     double density) will be released
     every second month only, from now
     on, instead of every month.

  ...that omg/genesis had a pneumonia
     and spent the christmas days in
     a hospital.

  ...that xxx of talent plays music at
     a pirate radio station.


  did you know...

  ...that the game exile, released
     by audiogenic several weeks ago,
     was coded by zeus, thor and
     megaman of the famous tcs.
     (teeside cracking service)

  ...that even snacky of genesis is
     calling american boards once in
     a while nowadays.

  ...that action jackson of trc broke
     his arm while playing soccer
     several weeks ago.


  did you know...

  ...that at&amp;t got an entry in the
     guiness book of records in the
     80's; for being the company which
     made most money in one year.

  ...you can call phonesex lines in
     the united states by paying with a
     credit card : 800-877/wett
                           sexy
                   800-825/5739

     (hey, don't assume now !!!!)



  did you know...

  ...that the programmer of the game
     ultrix (released by mirage some
     time ago) lives on the island of
     the biggest lake of germany.
     (lake of constance/bodensee)
     the island is called mainau.

  ...that the w.h.o. (world health
     organisation) always considered
     homosexuality to be a real
     disease. only with the beginning
     of this year they changed their
     view.


  did you know...

  ...that there have been 24000
     murders in the united states in
     1991. that means one murder every
     20 minutes.

  ...that at&amp;t sets up the videophone
     in the usa around spring '92.
     the picture-telephone is said to
     cost about $1500.

  ...that the comic in this issue of
     mamba&lt; wasn't made by gotcha but
     by rebel mc of the ruling company.


  observing tristan of empire during
  the last weeks, we caught him making
  the following comments:

  "and i also got the pictures of
  extrememememist, rich, booze and
  pudwerx today! pudwerx looks like a
  young saddam hussain...
  extremist looks like some long haired
  (wet style) dude that would rip your
  head off at a slayer concert...
  rich looks like a tall skinny warf
  rat... and booze with the colgate
  smile looks like an older version
  of the kid on the leave it to beaver


  working as a grocery store manager
  at food mart "

  and his comment about crumbsuckers
  decision to take his board channel
  zero down :

  "what is so sad is that the person
  who makes the last post, it will
  never get read...i mean...it could be
  important... it must be read, the
  last post must be read! if we keep
  the board up until the last board is
  read, it would mean we could never
  put it down. i always beat
  the system "                  -return

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