ALSO TODAY Saving Private Ryan Reviewed by Gary Kamiya Steven Spielberg brings hell to a theater near you Pearl Jam in Sacramento By Christopher Hawthorne Channeling the inner idiot at a stirring, but unimaginative, show RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT An audience with the queen By Fiona Morgan Scott Thompson goes solo with a sissy-proud satire (07/23/98) The Mask of Zorro Reviewed by Charles Taylor A glorious, rousing adventure starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones (07/22/98) Sharps & Flats Reviews of new music by Linda Ronstadt, Built to Spill, Nanci Griffith, DJ Hardware and Counting Crows (07/22/98) Home Movies By Charles Taylor "The Moon's Our Home": Silvery art deco romantic comedy (07/21/98) There's Something About Mary By Charles Taylor The scatological brothers Farrelly try their grubby hands at romantic comedy (07/17/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY ALAN DINGMAN

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR WEEKEND, JULY 24-26, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S James Caan plays private eye Philip Marlowe in the new cable movie Poodle Springs (9 p.m. Sat., HBO), based on an unfinished Raymond Chandler novel that was completed by Robert B. Parker. Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") directs; Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay. Why people don't watch TV in the summer (cont.): Debbie Allen hosts the International DanceSport Championship (10 p.m. Sat., NBC), in which teams combine interpretive dance with athleticism as they compete in events like the cha-cha, the rumba and the jive. Michael Douglas is a frustrated laid-off defense worker who explodes into violence in the 1993 drama Falling Down (9 p.m. Sun., ABC). S E R I E S Samuel L. Jackson hosts a rerun of Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Ben Folds Five. Dateline NBC (8 p.m. Sun., NBC) reports on over-competitiveness in children's sports. The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the one where Bart gets hold of Chief Wiggum's master key to the city. Pacific Blue (8 p.m. Sun., USA), otherwise known as "Baywatch" with bicycle cops, is back for a new season. On a rerun of King of the Hill (8:30 p.m. Sun., Fox), Bobby becomes a model for a husky-boys' clothing store. The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) repeats the flashback episode where Mulder first meets the Lone Gunmen. In the first of two Law & Order reruns (9 p.m. Sun., NBC), a nurse claims she's being stalked. In the second episode (10 p.m.), the cops stumble into a thorny case involving a suicide, an adoption and a family secret. The long-running cable series Silk Stalkings (9 p.m. Sun., USA) begins a new season of sleuthing with an episode featuring guest Robia La Morte (Jenny on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as a woman schooled in the black arts. S P O R T S Baseball: Braves at Pirates (7 p.m. Sat., FX) Cardinals at Rockies (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN) WNBA: New York Liberty at Sacramento Monarchs (9 p.m. Fri., Lifetime) Los Angeles Sparks at Detroit Shock (2 p.m. Sat., NBC) Goodwill Games (8:05 p.m. Fri., Sat., Sun., TBS; 4 p.m. Sat., Sun., CBS) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) William Shatner (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) Pam Grier, Natalie Imbruglia Jay Leno (NBC) Heather Locklear, the Artist Politically Incorrect (ABC) Carol Alt, Margaret Cho Conan O'Brien (NBC) Edward Burns SALON | July 24, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/07/23glow.html">Thursday, July 23, 1998

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