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“Father’s Day,” starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, can be described as disappointing, even with the amazing comic talents of these two men. The problems with it were obvious: Many parts of the movie just didn’t connect with each other, and too many scenes had language more rough than this type of movie could handle.…

George Lucas’s third movie in the “Star Wars” saga, which is actually the sixth episode, has brilliantly filled in all of the empty spaces left by “The Empire Strikes Back.” It has some very exciting climactic points, such as the unveiling of Anakin Skywalker, AKA Darth Vader, the downfall of Jabba the Hutt, and a…

“The Empire Strikes Back” has added a completely new twist to the “Star Wars” trilogy. It gives a whole new meaning to the word action. In most trilogies that l have seen, the second movie is not as good as the first — same with the third movie. But in George Lucas’s “Special Edition: Star…

“Sold out.” Those were the words repeated over and over by the people selling tickets at Rock Theatres in Janesville. ironically, one of the few bad things about the movie is that it’s so good. Three of the afternoon shows were filled a half-hour before they started. Everything else, though, was fantastic. George Lucas’s special…

“Michael” is one of the year’s best family films, both for the comedy and for the meaning of the film. John Travolta plays the part of the drinking, smoking, joke-cracking archangel better than anyone could have imagined that it could be done. Michael has come down from heaven to show everybody that sometimes they just…

The famed AC-DC and Metallica shirt-wearers have come to the theaters only to prove that they aren’t cut out for the silver screen. Beavis and Butt-Head play the main roles in this movie. While they are asleep and dreaming of being as tall as King Kong, their television set is stolen. They attempt to figure…

“Myst: the surrealistic adventure that will become your world.” This is the slogan on the CD case. “Myst,” created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller, is probably the most lifelike computer game on the market today. In it, you discover a book called “Myst” and when you reach the last page of the book, you…

Editor’s note: “Here are the winners in JNL’s annual holiday fiction contest. Each winner received $30 in cash and a JNL T-shirt and hat. Thanks to those who entered, and happy holidays to all.” By Chris Finke, 12 St. Paul’s Lutheran School Janesville The best Christmas that Joe could remember was the year he turned…

Sinbad and Arnold Schwarzenegger combine in this hilarious holiday comedy, proving their reputations of being talented and versatile actors. Both are desperately seeking the new action figure, Turbo Man. Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) promises his son anything he wants for Christmas — trying to redeem himself for missing his child’s karate belt presentation. The son demands…

The Tailgators’ new album wonderfully manages to combine the sounds of early rock ‘n’ roll, blues and Cajun country music. It starts off with “Hog Groove,” a song that harmonizes a tenor saxophone, electric guitar and accordion. It’s a nicely written song with not-so-great lyrics but great rhythm and harmony. “Tico Tico” sounds like something…

This movie could be called a “Dumb and Dumber” for kids because it has the same mixed-up kind of plot and the same kind of spaced-out characters. Jessica Lundy and Tom Arnold star as Joan and Stanley Stupid. Their children are Buster and Petunia (played by Bug Hall and Alex McKenna). Joan and Stanley think…

Sinbad stars in this fabulous movie about an agent who is assigned to protect the president’s son, Luke Davenport (played by Brook Pierce.) The role of Luke could easily have been better cast; Brock Pierce is not ready for a role on the big screen. He needs more acting lessons. But Sinbad as Agent Sam…

Tom Arnold stars in this hilarious movie as Franklin Lazzle, a man who runs his own circus. He’s broke, so he plans to rob a bank. Before he goes to the bank, he goes to Hammerman’s grocery store for a doughnut. Meanwhile, Daniel, a father who is getting ready for work (ironically, he was going…

With a cast from Jamie Lee Curtis to Kyle Howard to Ray Walston, this is one of the best children’s films of the summer. Grover Beiner (Howard) is upset about his parents getting separated. His friend Matt jokes about looking them in the closet until they work things out. So that’s what Grover does —…

“From the idiots who brought you ‘Dumb and Dumber.’” That’s the ad for this movie, and it certainly fits it like a glove. When I got the chance to go to “Kingpin,” I was thinking it would be a good comedy. Boy, was I wrong. The plot of this movie is that Roy Munson (played…

Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell do a fabulous job in this movie. Keaton had do do four times as much work, actually playing four roles by way of blue-screen technology. The four roles are Doug, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4. Doug, who works for Del King Builders, doesn’t have enough time to do…

Robin Williams stars in this wonderful movie about a boy who grows four times as fast as normal. So when he is 10 years old in his mind, he has the body of a 40-year-old man. all through the movie, Jack experiences hardships and magnificent times. At first, he is mocked by his classmates for…