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ENTERTAINMENT December Ut 1992
COUWIES* OF WAMNCR CW7S
Macautay Culkuin stars as Kevin McAllister in Home Alone 2
Movie Review
The Mac is back
in Home Alone 2
By Amii Tjlai
"Di.7,'1 you know a little kid
always wUs against two idiots?"
This b one of the nuny funny
lines in Hcte Aloitr 2 —•' Lnt in
New York, tl>e H-qiit'l hi ihe thinj
highust*gir> r fuve vtiCJpL'd
from prison and are now in New
York (w'ut.i coinky-diiik), ((irking
for n. verse, and calling thir.v
wives 7 ho Sticky Bandits.
When Kevin arrives in Ni-w
Yurk, ho has stolen his father's,
rash and avdi t cards, so he check*
into "fsli-w Yuri'•* nuM c-xdhni:
hotel experience,- The Plaza.
Th«rre, he ..Mmcs across more
adults trviiv; to niin his stay in
New Yi**, a«wnf* them, Saturday
Night LiveS Rfchmcbter, Rob
Schneider, as Cedric, the Plaza'*
conniving bell-man
But when* dm* the "home" :n
Hcrrtf Alow 1 o>mi' in' I'm gl.id
you asked. Kevin al*o has hi;father'sadiiai*
book, and in t» he
iwticv* tHt his uncle R»>h Ir'es in
New York. Unfortimatily. tne
house (which ha:< >urpriMnp,Iy
similar architecture to the
McCillisK-r's Chicago home) b
ahandomsJ due b inmov^tion. On
the up side, because it's run
d h i N I i
for"acodents
predictable parallel:-, in the two
mo\Hcs, mrhidinp trippinp on
small objeeb*on the fl(»;ir,or pjint
stips or Harn-'s hair on fire. How
about Mich qu(itcs as "Yd had
enoughr or "Hi ya little felLt," or
"I don't think so." Thank (/id
CuJkm !u> outgnnvn the i»ver-
UM. .ilsi.i myMerioub jvr-
Min wlw turns dtit b> K* nia*. tlw*
i iK*oM VCR ard puppets to emu-
Lite adiilt":, A.Kltht'simi' ski -.tndtht.Ti-h.ipp>'
i*ndini;
Thew -ire only tuo thtnp
.lUmi t!^.- movie lh.it dtm't w* rt.
The first a» tlwt !;i-l year, it w.^
ni.'arly impob>tbli l for the mother
to get fn-m Pans to Chicago This
year, tlK" entin.* McCillbliT famli\
i- el! I he >ir-» *!T-;(I* (r -rr
Ronda TO New York. The six-onti
i> th.il M'nn- oi tV stunts in ihc
i* M* c.«tt :n time t»T
th( >ho*.\ .it 4 p m Bi'fcre thi>
The Perfect Holiday Gifts
from MarveFComics
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GeraWo Rrvara, Ch. 4 a*. 3 pin.
show lamentit. 1 used in* watch A
' Affair 1 tMnk I have
his styie the way he
H i ip
noi ithers!HfWS started
t»» folU'W. In the summer, whenever
I woke up early. 1 would
watch Live With Rt^aru! KaiUit
^lV Gime L*>wi"IIites .w now in
school at that time, tlx*only w watch it is to nv.uni it For me,
it's n< it the sanv AS teeing it live
As in the c\*v with must other
show>, Uxv Witt Rr$isand kattiif
Let featurvs quests and contest
fiVL' UtVblVd *of UN. tlUt'lN. tUlU UK
>tudio audiences. I found it to be
one of the ntost entertaining talk
>how«» this summtT.
Oprah's jppfnachttitlic topics
did not mien.'St me bocviso, ah
MHI i>sues, she often p*»ttMy«ii
only .i woman's point iif view
Even tNniph it is rated number
one^wtitrdiii]; toHrs/ for Wttmer
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t.H'k
Her ma jnr rival, Phil I>nuh»K l ,
was wrv hiring KT-IUSC his top
K> attract an oHer audience and
wouldn't appeal to toda/,s typical
Uvrv£er I think th.it maybe
it't .ih