P264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:26/32 1/8 IV THE ADMIT # ONE + NEW THIS WEEK +/o?£o THAT WAS THEN...THIS IS NOW 15 London/ general Latest bratpack offering - a tired tale of US teenagers growing up. MURPHY'S LAW 18 London/general Bronson in another geriatric-gunman role. The well-worn theme is unimaginatively run through again. Very macho, very tedious MEN 15 London Husband marries wife/wife has affair/husband moves in with wife's lover concealing his identity/true love wins through in the ind/good fun. MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:17/16 2/8 IN THE ADMIT ONE + LONDON FILM FESTIVAL +/o?£o This year's Festival goes for the first time well outside the ivory towers of the NFT on the South Bank of the Thames Leicester Square cinemas provide the setting for premieres of commercial films like the US horror hit, The Fly, as part of the Festival's plan to reach to wider and younger cinjastes. On Friday Novjmbjr 7, the 2 an' 9s will offer a preview of the Festival, with daily updates throughout its run from Novjmbjr 13-30. MoreP264 CEEFA( 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:12/21 3/8 IN THE ADMIT ONE + MEANWHILE IV THE US... +/o?£o +£+ ...mixed reviews for Children Of A Lester God, the film of the London and Broadway hit about deaf children... ...rave reviews for The Colour Of Money which combines Paul Newman's acting with Martin Scorsese's direction. It's a sequel to The Hustler "act in '61... ...a good welcome for new cult movie Down By Law about the darker side of suburban life in the US... 2 ang 9s, CEEFAX, BBC TV, Wood Lane, London W22 7RJ MoreP264 CJEFA( 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:14/05 4/8 IN THE ADMIT ONE A FINE HAND +/o?£o +£+ The man behind Disney's most successful cartoons, David Hand, has died aged 86. Hand directed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Bambi in the 30s and 40s, having worked back in 1919 on designs for Max Fleischer cartoons. He worked for J Arthur Rank in England after World +ar Two, returning to the US and working into his 70s. Two years ago hj won an Annie - the animation film industry's equivalent of an Oscar. MoreP264 CEEFA( 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:15/13 5/8 IN THE ADMIT ONE HOT SHOTS FROM CANNON +/o?£o +£+ The prolific Cannon producers have revealed their 1987 offerings... ...Reeve, Hacknan and Kidder team up once more for Superman IV... ...Julie Andrews and Alan Bates play a Duet For One - the film version of the hit London stage play... ...the inevitable Death Wish IV comes with wrinkle-ridden Bronson, who also turns up shooting in Assassination... MoreP264 CJEFA( 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:20/38 6/8 IN THE ADMIT # ONE + CRITICS' CHOICE... +/o?£o What to see or miss in the provinces FX - MURDER BY ILLUSION PG Slick US thriller based on the story of a special effects artist. SID AND NANCY 18 Virtuoso display by Gary Oldman as punk junkie Sid Vicious destroying himself. Not one for granny. BETTY BLUE 18 The film works too hard to keep up the cult image of director Benjix. Result? Overlong, overacted. MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:15/28 7/8 IN THE ADMIT ONE AS BAD NOW AS THEN... +/o?£o +£+ Bratpack films are flavour of the year and That Was Then...This Is Now is a dreary addition to the fashionable set of movies about US youthful angst. Emilio Estevjz - excellent in Repo Man two years ago - is this time a rather unpleasant punk jalling out with his friends as they grow up and he doesn't. It's an unimaginatively directed piece with a slow plot and little to linger on the memory. Give it a miss. 2 an' 9s bz GRAHAM NORWOOD MoreP264 CJEFAX 264 Mon 3 Nov 21:27/09 8/8 *7£!j5j j}h—x?/$ p÷ *6 j6j jj?' —.a% *5 j5j j÷" —x% 6—p0 *}|4j j jtp>! h}W i *5 j5j j5o* h5j! 7 *5 j jppj j z**5 z! *//* */**////*/**/ ?/ h? +|>* * )px/ BARRY NORMAN is back next Tuesday evening with his usual mixture of reviews, previews and surprise;.. ....details of what's on the show can bj found on this page from next Tuesday morning....