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SHOWGIRLS (18) Friday February 21 , 11 .00 pm One showgirl's bubble is burst when she arrives in LA on ly to find the city a seethi ng , modern day Sodom and Gommorah complete with comercial sex, drugs and the devil's drink, starring Kyle MacLachlan.
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DEAD MAN (18) Sunday February 23, 7.30pm After accountant Johnny Depp kills his boss' son he heads out West only to be taken in by a narcotic Indian . Trendy.
FIERCE CREATURES (15) The Wanda team are back after ten years and land themselves the task of running Marwood zoo in jolly old England. Playschool presenter Derek Griffiths stars alongside the Pythons.
L'UOMO DELLE STELLE (15) (THE STAR MAKER) Monday February 24- Saturday March 1, 5.45 &8.15pm. Tuesday February 25 & Thursday February 27, 2.30pm From the director of Cinema Paradiso. con man Joe Morelli sells screen tests promising the locals chances of stardom in Rome. When he falls in love his life is about to change.
THE FRIGHTENERS (15) Michael J. Fox's comeback film . Fox can communicate with the 'other side' landing him in all kinds of ghoulish trouble. Gasper for adolescents. SHE'S THE ONE (15) Twentysomething beautiful people film starring Rachel from friends. Two brothers find themselves embroiled between their wives and their lovers . HARRI ET THE SPY (PG) Chi ld snoop keeps a record of all her family and friends for no reason in particular. Your children , should you have any, would like it. MARS ATTACKS (1 2) Aliens from Mars blast away Congress and fry President, Jack Nicholson . Unusually, Tom Jones sings.
ODEON MICHAEL (PG) Travolta loses more of his credibility he finally gained after Pulp Fiction by growing wings and a beer belly in th1s silly tale about an angel, with Andie MacDowell and William Hurt. RANSOM (15) Superior kidnapping tale with Mel Gibson. When his son is kidnapped Mel turns the tables on the baddies ...and wins. EXTREME MEASURES (15) Medical thriller starring Mr. Liz Hurley as a Doctor who discovers where all the city's
missing bodies have been stored. Lukewarm entertainment. FLY AWAY HOME (PG) Anna Paquin and Jeff Daniels save some geese when they help them. emigrate. They must be running out of storylines , cos this sounds a bit silly to me.
ALASKA (PG) Saturday March 1, 2.30pm When Dad crashes in the Alaskan mountains his two children plus a polar bearwho just happened to be in the area- go on a search. Gentle Ben on ice.
UEA STU D IO HONESTLY Thursday February 27 Presented by the HoiPolloi Theatre company. £3.50 ·£6.00
T HEATRE ROYAL SEC RET GARDE N Wednesday February 19 - Saturday February 22 Adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic ch ildren's tale. £3.£7.50
UNION FILMS
HARD TIME S Monday February 24 · Saturday March 1 Dickens' tale of repressed desire and unrequited love. Adapted for the stage by Dennis Saunders and directed by Sue Pomeroy. £3.£ 15
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ANIMATION SPECIAL Wednesday February 19 A must for any Nick Park fans out there in this orgy of plasticine in the form of three Wallace and Gromit short films. Oscar winning good clean fun .
THE THREE MUSKETEERS Monday March 3 - Saturday March 8 Brian Glover stars in Phi\ Wood's comedy, owing a vague debt to Alexander Dumas' book of the same title. £3. £13.50
MICHAEL COLLINS (15) Thursday February 20- Saturday February 22, 5.45 & 8.15pm Just incase you missed it at the Union , another chance to see Neil Jordan's biopic of Michael Collins and Ireland at the beginning of this century.
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (U) Thursday February 20 Partly animated film of Roald Dahl's masterpiece. The tale of the first transatlantic trip in a Giant Peach , eat your heart out Branson.
DRAGONHEART (PG) Friday February 21- Saturday February 22, 2.30pm Sean Connery plays the last Dragon alive in this box office Summer smash which follows his adventures with soft hearted Dragon
THE WILD BUNCH (18) Friday February 21 Golden oldie Western of sorts. Gang of amiable crooks set out on their last job, this time for a freaky Mexican General, all does not go well.
IN LOVE AND WAR (15) The lovely Sandra Bullock stars as a WWI nurse who's bedside manner wins the heart of Chris O'Donnell.
JUBILEE (18) Tuesday February 25 Queen Elizabeth I is transported to the late twentieth century and is disgusted at what she sees England has become. Derek Jarman directs. ERASER (15) Wednesday February 26 When the witness protection scheme doesn't go according to plan Schwarzenegger sorts it out, this time for Vanessa Williams who also sings a little ditty for this unchallenging but watchable film. BRASSED OFF (15) Friday February 28 Like most of this country's coal mines, Grimethorpe Colliery is closed and all the men have left is their brass band. Pete Postlethwaite is superb as the ailing band conductor and Ewan MacGregor pops up to play the trumpet. BLOOD SIMPLE (15) Tuesday March 4 A Coen brothers classic and parent of Fargo. Topsy-turvy thriller with lots of twists , turns and blood. Bound to be skillfully directed, worth a look.
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THE EVENT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
NORWICH PLAYHOUSE EDUCATING RIT A Thursday February 20 · Saturday March 15 Peter Duguid directs Willy Russell 's play about education, seduction and middle·England. £3.50- £12.50 A JAGGED BOND Sunday February 23 A new writing workshop production by Roger Last, directed by Glyn Dilley. £5
MADDERMARKET THE WINTERS TALE Thursday February 27 - Saturday March 8 The Norwich Players present the perennial tale. £3.50 - £7.50
SEWELL BARN OLD TIMES Wednesday February 19 - Saturday February 22 Classic Pinter tale, toying with memory and desire , directed by David Spurling . £3.50 - £4
events VISITING WRITERS - UEA STUDIO Rose Tremain Wedensday February 19 Author of Restoration and Sacred Country, and a former teacher of the creative writing MA at UEA. £3.50 I £2