Critics' Choice: Jul. 25, 1988

CINEMA

A FISH CALLED WANDA. As writer and star, Monty Python Alumnus John Cleese leads a merrie band of jewelry thieves in a looney caper. Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline get the cartoon-comedy style just right.

COMMISSAR. A tough officer of the Soviet army gets pregnant and, in the company of a Jewish family, finds humanity. Banned for 20 years, this Soviet- made parable is glasnost's greatest gift to movies.

BULL DURHAM. A "natural" ballplayer (Tim Robbins) is a natural disaster to his coaches in the arts of baseball (Kevin Costner) and love (Susan Sarandon).

MUSIC

VAN MORRISON & THE...

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