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brings pleasant surprises
By Mike Grant
Staff Reporter
Tis the season to be jolly indeed.
RCA has re-released the "Elvis' Christ
mas Album." Two pleasant surprises
not only is this Christmas album
Record Review
worth buying (how rare), but it is also a
reissue that is worth the price.
Before, RCA has re-released Presley
songs by simply throwing his classics
and some bland material together with
no respect for the music or for the
listeners, all done in the name of a
quick buck.
"Elvis' Christmas Album" has not
been available as a complete record for
more than 20 years and there's not a
bad song on the whole disc.
The first side is secular Christmas
songs mixed with light rock. Back in
November 1957, when this was first
released, rock was radical. Some songs,
like "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" and
"Blue Christmas," were banned by
many radio stations.
Side two is traditional Christmas
and gospel songs. Despite his later
image as a burned-out wastrel, Elvis
was a religious man, which is shown in
songs like "Peaca in the Valley" and "I
Believe."
All in all, this is probably the best
Christmas album around, even though
the vocals from Presley's backup group,
The Jordanaires, at times sound dated
and get in the way of Presley's singing.
And, admit it. All along you have
wanted a copy of "Blue Christmas"
anyway, so here's your chance.
Young Sherlock Holmes
'Clue' deviate from formulas
By Tom Mockler
Staff Reporter
J Young Sherlock Holmes: While
this film falls all too easily into the
"Spielberg formula film" trap a
kid's adventure with lots of funny and
scary creatures it excels when it
deviates from that formula
Movie Review
A strong literary base helps to rescue
the film from formula mediocrity. A
Victorian England setting helps as
well, since it seems Spielberg always is
making some muted social commen
tary on contemporary society.
Nicholas Howe makes an impressive
debut as young Holmes. Equally impres
sive is the performance by Sherlock
Holmes' nemesis.
Let's face it, Sherlock Holmes is a
damned interesting character, and even
Stephen Spielberg can't ruin that. Be
sure to stay till the end of the credits
you'll be glad you did.
I'm giving it a $3.35 rating. And
Holmes' girlfriend (Sophie Ward) does
not look like Amy Irving, despite nasty
rumors.
Clue: This is an impressively in
tense comic film version of the board
game. Of course, if you've never played
the board game, the film may lose a lot
of its meaning. The film's success is a
combined effort, with the director, cast
and writers deserving equal credit.
The film has three endings, depend
ing on which theater you see it in. All I
can say is that the version at the Plaza
4 is sharp. But then again, it's not worth
running around trying to see all three
versions.
If you cram enough funny people
together in one film, it usually can't be
too bad. Tim Curry (of "The Rocky Hor
ror Picture Show" fame) puts in the
most impressive performance as the
butler (who's not in the board game,
but neither is the maid, the cook, the
policeman nor the man who stops by to
use the phone). Madeleine Kahn is also
flippantly funny, but Christopher Lloyd
seems to have gotten the short end of
the stick.
Jane Wiedlin, the singing telegram
girl, is only on screen two or three
seconds before she gets shot. But that's
all part of the game plan to make
events happen too quickly.
On a scale of one to 10, 1 fee! confi
dent in giving "Clue" at least a seven.
It beats the board game in one impor
tant category: Not only is who, where
and with what revealed you also
learn why the murders are committed.
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