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RE But, oh no, beneath the upper class yuppification evident here lurks the serious, dark secret of Jon Aldrich: he‘s been a bad son and hasn‘t seen his parents in eight years. Burn in hell, Jon Aldrich! To the problems, then. Directed by Ted Kotchetff, maker of the moderately successful Weekend at Bernies and of the older but interesting The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, the film lacks anything close to an original or even interesting storyline: It goes like this. Jon Aldrich (Selleck) is a successful commodities trader on the Chicago Stock Exchange. With a lovely, young wife (Wendy Crewson), two indisputably cute children, a dog and beautiful downtown condominium, life is as good as arouse a sadness or laughter, always bringing about some strong response. Movies which speak to the heart of an experienced moment and make light of it, while probing still hidden but honest feelings, alwaysâ€"ring truest and best. ‘‘Folks"‘, the latest Tom Selleck vehicle coâ€"starâ€" ring Don Ameche and Ann Jackson, makes such a good effort to ring true and to make us laugh and cry but, so it goes, fails so miserably that it remains unfunny even in spite of itself. The underlying intent of any movie, I suppose, is to entertain, t_o elicit moments of recognition that By Steven Fraser Kotcheff misses with latest film Familiar Folks micialik bas celebate nun, Selleck cannot bring off the the laughs intended through his buffoonish tumbles. He escapes death a couple of times but plays the clown so overmuch that it gets quite irritating. And poor Don Ameche. What is a veteran performer to do with no story or character? Take the money and run seems the most obvious answer. But it‘s not his fault, really. He‘s seldom asked to say anything more than ‘"‘I‘m happy‘‘ and, to his son, over and over again, ‘‘Who are you?"‘ Director Kotcheff said, with glaringly immodest foresight, ‘"‘We are walking a very difficult line between comedy and reality. I think it‘s going to be wonderfully successful, or they‘re going to run us out of town."‘ Well, partner, it‘s nigh on sunset, and you ain‘t reached the town limits yet... ‘‘Folks‘‘ is playing at the Hyland Cinema. Another problem. Nothing happens here that hasn‘t happened before in any film one could name. Pratfall after silly pratfall trundles across the screen, attempting, I would wager, to entertain us, but in actual fact forgetting to bring us along for the ride. Biggest problem. Tom Selleck can‘t do physical comedy. in the same way that Bill Murray can‘t do believably serious work, nor Liz Taylor play a This nasty man is summoned to Florida to look after an ailing mother and from here a great deal of hell breaks loose. Or we‘re to believe that what happens is to pass for hell breaking loose. Two men with different purposes find themselves taken with the native Indian tribe they encounter in the Brazilian rain forest in AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD (MCA/Universal) Mercenary Lewis Moon (Tom Berenger, Shattered) was sent to force the tribe from their land, while a missionary (Aidan Quinn, Avaion) wants to convert them to Christianity . Both men end up protecting the tribe from imminent invasion. Also with John Lithgow (Ricochet), Daryl Hannah (Roxanne), Tom Waits and Kathy Bates (Misery). AT PLAY has a running time just over three hours, so get plenty of popcorn ready . LOOKING AHEAD BUGSY with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening hits stores on July 2nd. The ghoulish ADDAMS FAMILY haunts stores on June 18th. NEXT WEEK: JFK, CITY OF HOPE, COMPANY BUSINESS FEAR. tions, a desktop publishing company, and publishes a local Video Magazine. Heads won‘t just roll â€" they ‘Il also explode in SCANNERS I!I THE TAKEOVER (Malofilm Video) the third in the series started (not finished) by David Cronenberg. There‘s a tall order of sibling rivalry hits as brother and sister fight for control Directed by Christian Duguay and starring Liliana Komorowska, Steve Parrish and Valerie Valois. n lcb d is elbads Aculd needed "‘shield,"‘ protecting it from the sun‘s rays. Terrorists hate the shield‘s existence and creator MacLeod (Lambert), andfl\epowadulw'norafionoontrolumnhasbeem\eawoet MacLeodleamthhecorpwafioniswmmand;oinsme Mbmmm‘mnmmmu General Katana from MacLeod‘s home planet Ziest, who is seeking revenge on MacLeod. THE QUICKENING is not as entertaining as the original film, but fans won‘t want to miss it A prom anniversary party in a renovated church becomes a scene of carnage and horror as another butchering maniac runs riot in PROM NIGHT IV: DELIVER US FROM EVIL (LIVE Home Video). It‘s another school function that manages to not turn out quite right, at least for those attending that is Schickler operates Team Player Publications & Promoâ€"