On Screen

Press, 17 June 1988, Page 28

On Screen

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (Regent 2): See story above. (GA).

WARM NIGHTS ON A SLOW MOVING TRAIN (Academy): See story above. (Rl6).

GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (Midcity): See story above. (GA).

BROADCAST NEWS (Savoy 2): See story above. (GA).

THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN (Westend): Quirky but very effective black comedy marking directorial debut of star

Danny deVito as tormented son who plots to remove his harridan mother. Brilliant performance by Anne Ram-

say as Momma and sterling support from Billy Crystal make this a surprise hit. Satisfying mixture of pathos and comedy in a difficult genre, mastered here. (GA).

HAMBURGER HILL (Avon): Graphic, uncompromising recreation of the Vietnam war as told by writer and director who were there. Film reconstructs true story of American assault on North Vietnamese-held hill in 1969. Astonishing camerawork and feel for the period combine with excellent performances in eloquent statement on the futile waste of young lives. The best film about

Vietnam yet made. (RPI6).

WHITE MISCHIEF (Regent 1): Who really killed the twenty-second Earl of Erroll in Kenya’s Happy Valley during the early years of World War II? This film thinks it has the answer and also gives us a look at the decadent lifestyle of the expatriates living in this British colony. Featuring the beauties of Africa’s barren landscape and Greta Scacchi’s naked body. (GA).

THE WHISTLE BLOWER (Stagedoor): Michael Caine stars in a spy

thriller with an uncanny parallel in real life, concerning a series of mysterious and unexplained “suicides” of workers in the British defence industry. (GA).

THREE MEN AND A BABY (Hollywood): A very popular remake of the French farce about three men who find a baby on their doorstep. Besides learning how to change nappies, the men find their lives have been changed also. Starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. (GA). BIG SHOTS (Metro): See story above. (Rl3). FATAL BEAUTY (Savoy 1): See story above. (Rl6).