Burt Reynolds

Butcher's Babies

Heaven's gait

Loopy pacing and awful performances doom the hell-bound Heaven's Prisoners

Booby prize

Demi Moore presses the flesh in Striptease

Letters

Demi Moore presses the flesh in Striptease

Abortion for grins

Citizen Ruth is pro-choice, pro-life...and pro laughs!

One happy family

The hugely ambitious Boogie Nights looks at the exalted, debased world of porn

Stained glass

The hugely ambitious Boogie Nights looks at the exalted, debased world of porn

Hype and holler

The best of 1997 was OK, but sometimes the worst was better

Asian invasion

As the Hong Kong movie industry collapses, scads of Chinese filmmakers and actors are landing big jobs in Hollywood

Paradise muddled

For Larry Clark, the family that strays together stays together

For Our Homies

Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

You Got Served

See a Czech import at the Modern

Teutons of Fun

Uptown Players romp through uber-gay Valhalla; CTD stages laid-back Whorehouse

Way Out of Sync

Uptown Players romp through uber-gay Valhalla; CTD stages laid-back Whorehouse

Digging in the Dirt

Uptown Players romp through uber-gay Valhalla; CTD stages laid-back Whorehouse

Sweat Along with Russell

Uptown Players romp through uber-gay Valhalla; CTD stages laid-back Whorehouse

White Trash

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show.

Long Bomb

Adam Sandler, a star quarterback? If only they were joking.

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Paddled Senseless

This send-up of Deliverance comes without a brain, too

Good News

Will Ferrell's Anchorman is dumb, and funny, as hell

England's Dreaming

Get hooked on The Getaway

Made on the Margins

For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe

Wrecking Crew

The cons in Mean Machine don't muster much sympathy

Wet Dreamer

Ron Jeremy lives the Porn Star fantasy, but it's not enough

Mel Sells Out

What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike advertisement

Good Vibrations

Disputed Reform Party candidate John Hagelin thinks he can change the world with the power of positive thinking. Does that make him nuts?

Oldfellas

The Crew are four semi-tough guys, shooting blanks at sunset

Mission accomplished

Sequel-itis infects Cruise's M:I-2, but not fatally

'Sunday Morning,' coming up

Kris Kristofferson has lived a dozen lifetimes, and they keep on coming

Northern lights

Alaska hockey romp is a successful mix of sweetness and irreverence

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Gold Class Cinemas Takes Dinner-and-Movie to New Heights.

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

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