And you want to see how its star, Hugh Grant, paid his dues before being hailed as the next Cary Grant, rent The Lair of the White Worm(1988, Vestron), director Ken Russell's kinky monster movie in which four friends encounter a mystical snake-woman (Amanda Donohoe). A- * For another dose of Andie MacDowell in a breezy comedy about an attenuated romance, check out Green Card (1990, Touchstone), in which a whole movie passes by before a Manhattanite falls in love with her French hubby of convenience (Gerard Depardieu). A- * Nutty nuptials are also the focus of writer-director-star Alan Alda's bittersweet Betsy's Wedding (1990, Touchstone), a keenly observed comedy detailing the frantic preparations for a walk down the aisle. B+


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