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ENGAGED. Carly Simon, 39, prolific pop singer-songwriter (her 13th album, Spoiled Girl, is scheduled for release next month); and Russ Kunkel, 36, rock drummer. The two met when he was playing backup for Simon's ex-husband, Folk Balladeer James Taylor...
Their faces were so noble, their souls so pure, their love so strong, that in 13th century France they just about had to be cursed. And so they were: Etienne of Navarre (Rutger Hauer) is transformed into a wolf each night; the lady Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer) must become a hawk by day. Always together, eternally apart, these two ironic superheroes have a mediating companion, the impish cutpurse Phillipe (Matthew Broderick again). Not a bad premise for a wistful romance, especially when it stars three such appealing actors. Alas, the script (by Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas and Tom Mankiewicz) jumbles modern...
...Harvard women's lacrosse team yesterday won its 13th straight Ivy League contest, downing an outclassed Brown squad in Providence...
...knight rather cold, and the curse endlessly re-enacted until a weary audience secretly hopes that Isabeau and Navarre will never again be able to meet as two human beings, Ladyhawke is a refreshing change of pace from the quagmire of Police Academy II's and Friday the 13th, Part V's currently flooding the movies theaters. A touch of Stephen Spielberg would spice up the plot and quicken the pace but Broderick manages to fill in the gaps quite well all by himself...
Siskel: "That's right. Next week: Friday the 13th Part 7, where Jason boards the Love Boat for a Caribbean kill-cruise...