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ARrsSENTERTAINMENT iisSss Courtroom film convicted “Guilty As Sin” By Gerry Beltz Staff Reporter The verdict is in, and “Guilty as Sin” (Plaza 4, 12th and P streets) is guilty of being garbage. Rebecca DeMomay (“The Hand That Rocks The Cradled plays Jen nifer Haines, a tough-as-nailsdefense attorney who can get anyone off the hook. However, Jennifer is about to meet her match in David Greenhill (Don Johnson), a charismatic, manipula tive playboy who is accused of throw ing his wife out a window. Greenhill draws her into his web of deception, and by the time Jennifer starts to doubt her client’s innocence, she is already trapped in a knot of legal and ethical entanglements. Greenhill also causes problems for Jennifer with her boyfriend (Stephen Lang), and at her law firm. From there, the film builds to a climax where Jennifer tries to prove her client’squill without getting hex sett disbarred — or killed — at the same time. DeMomay hasn’t appeared in a film this insulting to her talents since “And God Created Woman.’’ Her character is one-dimensional and boasts nothing interesting whatsoever. One wonderful performance comes courtesy of Jack Warden as Moe, a private investigator who is alsoaclose friend of Jennifer’s. Warden gives the character a gruff, but lovable feel that plays in marvelous contrast to DeMomay’s sophisticated, but bland, role. The best part of this movie is John son. His portrayal of the slick, wom anizing Greenhill is the highlight of the film. It’s good^to see a movie that finally shows some of Johnson’s gifts See SIN on 11 Quartet debuts pop rock album Boy on a Dolphin "Words Inside" Modem Records/Atlantic By Jill O’Brien Staff Reporter__ Distant voices chanting, “Nouwe O N’Mazei Ou We” hook you on the first stanza emerging from Boy on a Dolphin’s debut album, “Words In side.” mu^L i— The opening track, “Nouwe O N’Mazei’5 beckons you to listen now and ask questions later. Then be pre pared to flip when you discover the lead singer, John Reilly, originated from Liverpool, England, and Boy on a Dolphin is really a U.K. quartet from Sheffield. The'groups origin explains why the ballad, “Love is a River,” smacks of pop rock, complete with Reilly’s breathless vocals, Bad English style. But it doesn’t explain the African calypsos or why Pete Hiley aban doned the traditional electric guitar to plug into a classical Spanish guitar. Just the same, the combination of rock, African rhythm and Spanish guitar mixes as sweet as sipping a tropical drink on a sandy beach. . See BOY on 11 ————— Courtesy of Hollywood Pictures Don Johnson and Rebecca DeMornay spar in MGuilty as Sin.N Brothers let second release flow By Jill O’Brien Staff Reporter Zaca Creek isn’t your average country-western band, James Foss, the youngest of four brothers, said during an interview about Zaca Creek’s second release, “Broken Heartland.” Bandar The brothers, ranging in age from 23 to 34, named their band after the underground stream that flows beneath the Foss property near Santa Ynez, Calif., he said. “We had always played,” he said. “We started when we were five or six years old, playing wed dings or little shows around town.” James plays a five-string bass. “Well, I was assigned it,” he said, painting a picture of four broth ers playing musical chairs with musical instruments. “Scot started on drums and now he plays guitar, and I played guitar when 1 first started. As we got older and started forming the group and stuff, it was like, we needed a bass player, so 1 went, ‘Well, I’ll play the bass.’” Scot, 32, also plays f ddle; Gates, 34, sticks with acoustic guitar, while Jeff, 26,covers keyboards and plays harmonica. Right after high school, during the years mirrored in the song, “Maverick Saloon,” Zaca Creek got lost in rock V roll, James said. “We were playing rock clubs in .the L.A. area but we were playing a lot of country music in those clubs, covering Dwight Yoakam songs... a lot of Eagles. And it was to a younger crowd,” he said. “It was music they were putting no label on. They liked it. And true to the words in “Mav erick Saloon,” after “tenyears in the city,” Zaca Creek returned to its country roots. “You know, 1 could see’ a change coming on,” James said, recount ing his Los Angeles days. “Country music was changing and the audi ence was getting broader and broader and broader.” Songs about brothers, iron willed mothers, hometown saloons, ; Harleys and old Suidebakers make up the substance of “Broken Heart land”—a substance that bonds the brothers in a four-p^rt harmony, reminiscent of the Eagles or Poco. James strains, wobbles and warbles vocal chords in “Fly Me South,” while Gates sings lead on eight of the ten tracks, at times sharing vocals with Scot or Jeff. The title cut, “Broken Heartland” and “Fly Me South” have been released on Country Music Televi sion as videos, James said, but his favorite song from the new record is “49 Studcbaker.” The song, like “Maverick Sa loon,” is autobiographical. “The Studcbaker was just sit ting out in the field,” he said. “We lowed it up and my grandfather, who was a mechanic got the thing started. “It was preuy much all of our first car. Once another guy got old enough to drive it, it was passed See ZACA on 11 •10 Pool Tables •BttNWfiNp* •Plnballs* Videos •Shuffleboard CD Jukebox 2137 Comhusker :“«S?iSi0,,T‘p