Mail from our readers
Hot Summer
Once again, your Summer Movie Preview (119, May 22) was well
worth the wait. I am completely confident that just like last year's
issue, this one will help me separate the dogs from the dazzlers. The
''Inside Stories'' provided considerable behind-the-scenes intrigue,
and the accompanying sidebars gave interesting details on actors and
directors. Keep up the good work.
Jean Behrend
Glen Ridge, N.J.
Thank you for your special feature, the Summer Movie Preview.
Entertainment Weekly has come through once again. This just goes to
prove that your magazine is really an insider's tour of Hollywood.
After reading the issue, I know which movies to definitely catch, and
which movies to miss out on.
Tom Lee
Millbrae, Calif.
I've been a fan of your magazine since its beginning, and while
your summer preview issue was very good, I was upset by the comments
of Richard Donner in your preview of Lethal Weapon 3. I saw nothing
but greed and utter contempt for his fans in his remarks. I loved the
first two Lethal Weapons, but this one was awful. They obviously
didn't care about the story or the people in the audience. In the
future, I will definitely read up on new movies in your magazine
before throwing away money.
Charlie Smith
Aurora, Ind.
'Far' Out
Has film critic Owen Gleiberman suffered a bout of amnesia? In
his film review of Far and Away, Gleiberman says that whenever Tom
Cruise tries to be a ''serious actor,'' he's hampered by the fact that
he ''seems to have eased through life on silver wings, never touching
anything that resembles human pain.'' Has Gleiberman forgotten
Cruise's searing, Oscar-nominated portrayal of paraplegic Ron Kovic
in Born on the Fourth of July?
Jeff T. Dick
Davenport, Iowa
I have just read your review of Far and Away. I always find the
magazine enjoyable, but the review was a slap in the face. To give
this movie a C was ridiculous. I have seen two sneak previews and
found myself walking out of the theater (even the second time!) swept
away by Tom Cruise's and Nicole Kidman's performances. But I must not
forget that your movie critic was the one who gave Dances With Wolvesa C, and it turned around and won seven Oscars!
Karyn Frisby
Dallas
I have had it with your movie reviews. The straw that broke the
camel's back was the C+ given to Lethal Weapon 3. Every negative
point your so-called movie critic made had nothing to back it up. Joe
Pesci did have an important role, and the movie did have forward
momentum. The movie was so refreshingly funny and lighthearted that
it didn't need a strong villain. Lethal Weapon 3 is not ''like a pile
of odds and ends.'' It is simply a different approach to the Mel
Gibson-Danny Glover partnership that happens to be successful.
David Rakowitz
St. Hedwig, Tex.
'World Weary'
MTV's Real World, given an A in Ken Tucker's review, is fatuous
and contrived. The show's length, 30 minutes, gives these ''real'' kids
15 more minutes of fame than even Andy Warhol would have. Hearing
them talk about how wonderful their new digs and roomies are, even
with the hip, bouncy soundtrack and all the fast cutting, is a yawn.
K.D. Robinson
New York City
Mickey's Mouth
In your News & Notes item, you quote Mickey Rourke's comments
blaming the riots in Los Angeles on such black filmmakers as John
Singleton and Spike Lee and on rappers. Rourke may be a good actor,
but he has yet to play the part of an African-American male living
his life in South Central Los Angeles, and until he does, he should
keep his mouth shut, because he can't possibly understand what he's
talking about.
Rosemary C. Watson
Los Angeles
Jane's Bra
In the Encore ''Howard's End,'' a tired myth is perpetuated about
then RKO Pictures chief Howard Hughes inventing a special brassiere
''that maneuvered Jane Russell to maximum camera-angle advantage in
The Outlaw.'' While Hughes did invent a bra, Russell says in
her autobiography (1985's Jane Russell: My Past and My Detours): "I
never wore his bra.'' It proved too uncomfortable. The bra that
''maneuvered'' her to ''maximum camera-angle advantage'' in The Outlawwas one of her own.
Jonas Young
New York City
