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Travolta surprises with film By MARILYN BECK and STACY JENEL SMITH Tribune Media Services HOLLYWOOD John Travolta, Reheated Star of the with his portrayal of a killer-for-hire in the Cannes Film Festival winner "Pulp Fiction," will surprise people again in "White Man's Burden." That is, at least, according to Lawrence Bender, the producer behind both movies. In the film that's now in prepro-duction, Travolta plays "an everyday, blue-collar kind of guy who loses his job, his house and his family and becomes desperate. What's really neat about 'White Man's Burden' is, the world has been reversed in that it's black people who control big business and the government and white people who have more unemployment problems, and so on." Bender says that after Travolta's character gets beaten up by a group of black cops, "a reverse on the Rodney King beating," he "ends up kidnapping this black boss, and it becomes a strong New Line Cinema a new family comedy. dramatic piece between the two men." Bender and writerdirector Desmond Nakano (the scriptor of "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "American expect to cast Travolta's co-star momentarily. "The thing with John is, he's really taking chances in the types of roles he's choosing to do nowadays.

He's not just' going for the money," says Bender. The producer doesn't get specific on Travolta's "White" deal. (The actor reportedly is receiving $3.5 million up front for "Get Shorty" his MGM feature set to be made after "White Man's Burden" with an additional $1.5 million in two installments, if he gets Oscar-nominated for "Pulp Fiction" and wins.) Bender avers, "Well, John is getting the money, obviously but he's going for the interesting, demanding parts." TRIAL BY JURY A thriller about a young, single mother whose strength and convictions are put to the test when she is selected to serve as a juror and manipulated in the trial of a notorious New York mob boss. No review available. Regal Cinemas: 4:45, 7:30, 9:55 p.m.

today; 4:45, 9:30 p.m. Friday through Wednesday TRUE LIES A U.S. super-spy must keep Islamic terrorists from igniting nuclear devices on American soil even as he copes with a bored wife who thinks he's really a computer salesman. Wildly Imaginative and funny, exciting and exhausting, it's almost too much of a good thing. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold.

Profanity, graphic violence, partial nudity. Regal Cinemas: 4:15,7,9:45 p.m. daily; 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday Savannah Southgate Cinema: 7:15 p.m. today Bolivar Luez Theater: Starts Friday -7 p.m.

daily Rltz Brownsville Theater: 7:30, 9:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday Majorino star in 'Corrina, Corrina' IN THE nn ARMY NOW rtJI A stale and lifeless comedy, built cliche upon cliche, with Pauly Shore as a most unlikely Army recruit. Mild profanity, comic violence, sexual suggestions. Malco Cinema 8: 5:25, 7:30, 9:35 p.m. daily; 1:15, 3:15 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday PG IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU Nicolas Cage plays an honest, hard-working New York cop who agrees to split his winning lottery ticket with a struggling waitress. Modest profanity, implied sexual situations. Dyersburg Martin Triple Theater: 7, 9 p.m. today I LOVE TROUBLE PG Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte star as reporters who compete for the same story and fall reluctantly in love. Profanity, moderate violence.

Savannah Southgate Cinema: Starts Friday 7, 9:20 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2, 7:15 p.m. Sunday; 7:15 p.m. Monday through Wednesday LASSIE PG A heart-warming, tear-inducing family film, about a pre-teen who befriends a stray collie, and how that friendship changes their family. Violence, mild profanity.

Savannah Southgate Cinema: Starts Friday 7, 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2, 7:15 p.m. Sunday; 7:15 p.m. Monday through Wednesday THE LION KING An engrossing story of growth and responsibility, told with a bountiful collection of memorable Ch3r3Ctf9. Malco Cinema 8: 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 p.m.

daily; 1:05, 3:05 p.m. Saturday, Sunday THE LITTLE RASCALS PG A sorry, vulgar modernization of the classic comedy. Vulgarity, mild violence. Regal Cinemas: 7:15 p.m. daily; 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday Humboldt Plaza III Cinema: 7, 9:15 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday Martin Cine Theater: 5, 7, 9 p.m. today Huntingdon Court Theater: 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday THE MASK PG-13 A mild-mannered bank clerk is transformed into a cartoonish superhero when he finds, a mask with supernatural powers.

Violence, profanity, sexual content. Malco Cinema 8: 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 p.m. daily; 1:10, 3:20 p.m. Saturday Sunday Humboldt Plaza III Cinema: 7, 9:15 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 7 p.m.

Sunday Savannah Southgate Cinema: 7, 9:10 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2, 7:15 p.m. Sunday; 7:15 p.m. Monday through Wednesday Milan Rltz III Cinema: 7, 9:15 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 7 p.m.

Sunday through Tuesday Martin Cine Theater: Starts Friday 5, 7, 9 p.m. daily; 1, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday PG-13 MILK MONEY A boy brings home a hooker to marry his dad in this offensive and unfunny film aimed at a young audience. Prostitution as family comedy? No thanks. Stars Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris.

Malco Cinema 8: 5, 7:20, 9:40 p.m. daily; 2:40 p.m. Saturday, Sunday Martin Cine Theater: 5:05, 7:10, 9.15 p.m. daily; 12:55, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday NO STARS NATURAL BORN KILLERS We're going to hell in a handbasket.

Just ask Oliver Stone. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are electrifying as Mickey and Mallory, remorseless killers who murder relentlessly and with little motivation. Robert Downey Tommy Lee Jones and Tom Sizemore co-star. Much strong violence, profanity, sexual content. Malco Cinema 8: 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 p.m.

daily; 2:20 p.m. Saturday, Sunday Martin Cine Theater: 4:55, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. today Dyersburg Martin Triple Theater: 9 p.m. today 1' THE NEXT KARATE KID PG The sound of one mouth yawning. Noriyuki "Pat" Morita returns for a needless fourth go-round of manipulative chopstickiness.

The old Rocky-for-half-plnts formula tries to revive Itself with new blood and a sox change. Fights. Regal Cinemas: 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 p.m. today; 4:45, 7:05, 9:15 p.m. Friday through Wednesday; 2:15 p.m.

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