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Friday, November 11, 1994     Page: 3C

Keeping an eye focused on new movies and kids
   
For parents who are not satisfied with the Motion Picture Association
ratings,
    PG can mean pure guff. They might want to read Joanna Payne’s Movie and
Video
   
Review, a 16-page monthly newsletter that previews G, PG and PG-13 movies.
The newsletter monitors for language, violence, sex, poor role models and
inappropriate behavior. The newsletter provides story previews, topics for
family discussion after seeing a release and suggestions of movie rentals the
family can enjoy. A one-year subscription costs $29; write to Family
Enrichment Services, 3648 Foothill Boulevard, #216, La Crescenta, CA 91214.
   
COMING ATTRACTIONS: The movie schedule for the remainder of this month:
Friday, Nov. 18 will have the re-release of “The Lion King” and the opening of
the remake of “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Star Trek: Generations,” the animated
“Swan Princess” and perhaps, French director Luc Besson’s English language
debut, “The Professional.” On Wednesday, Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving,
the openings will include the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy, “Junior” Keenan
Ivory Wayans directing and starring in “Lowdown Dirty Shame” and the animated
adventure, “The Pagemaster.”
   
QUICKLY: In the November Movieline magazine, Neil Jordan, director of the
much scrutinized “Interview with the Vampire,” comments on the tumult: “I
mean, people do like to make a fuss, don’t they?”…the feature film
documentary of “Woodstock ’94” is stuck in post production muck, according to
the Hollywood Reporter trade magazine. About 116 hours of film is still at the
lab while entertainment conglomerate Polygram monitors the popularity of other
Woodstock products such as an upcoming CD, books and a video.