Sneakers
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He’s great, and that’s an under
statement.
River Phoenix plays the delin
quent (of course), but his character
is unfortunately underdeveloped.
The talent v&s there, but didn’t
have anywhere to go.
Two of the most entertaining
characters come from David
Strathairn and Dan Aykroyd.
Strathaim portrays Whistler,a blind
computer hacker who enjoys
Braille copies of “Playboy”while
an operation is going down.
Aykroyd is a riot as Mother, a
surveillance expert who has some
hilarious political idiosyncrasies
(the people who are secretly keep
ing Kennedy alive after he was shot
are the same ones who framed Pete
Rose, etc.).
Even with a running time of
more than two hours, director Phil
Alden Robinson (“Field Of
Dreams”) keeps the action moving
and the minds clicking, actually
getting the audience involved with
what is going on.
During several of the quiet mo
ments, one can listen to the audi
ence members talk to each other,
giving their predictions as to what
will go wrong next.
“Sneakers” may tum out to be
one of the big money-makers that
Hollywood has been desperately
looking form since the beginning
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“Believe”
By William Shatner and Michael
Tobias
Berkeley Books
By Sam S. Kepfield
Staff Reporter
Now that “Star Trek VI” is in the
can and no more are to follow (or so
goes the official Paramount line),
William Shatner tries to keep his hand
in the science-fiction game and build
upon the success of his Trek series.
Unfortunately, he should have
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“Believe” is what is termed a history
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tory and exaggerating their exploits.
The characters here arc Harry
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Houdini denies the existence of
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dead relatives.
The book is a series of Houdini’s
death-defying stunts, his attempts to
debunk psychics and Doyle’s almost
pathetic need to resurrect the past.
The incidents, though, are strung
together in a haphazard manner, de
priving the book of a core narrative
continuity. The bland writing style
renders the novel even more difficult
to get through.
Coming from Capt. Kirk,one might
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to stick with science fiction in the
future and steer clear of New Age
style pseudoscience.
Billy Ray Cyrus fans treated for sunstroke
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — About 40
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ter a hot, daylong wait for country
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Many in the crowd of 50,000 ar
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afternoon,40people had been treated
for problems associated with the heat,
and nearly a dozen were lakcn to the
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The temperature reached only 82,
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to buy soft drinks and beer took over
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> Despite the wait, two opening acts
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The 8 p.m. program will include
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