Mammon Of Martian Memories

Newcastle Herald

Saturday August 3, 2002

TOTAL RECALL Tomorrow, 8.30pm, Ten I SAW this Arnie Schwarzenneger mind-bender at the cinema 12 years ago and since then, three things from the film have remained firmly etched in my mind. If you choose to watch tomorrow, you'll find those three things sprouting from the chest of a female, Martian mutant. But there's so much more. There's the little mutant growing out of the big mutant's belly. Some gardening. And Sharon Stone. THE EXORCIST Tomorrow, 10.35pm, NBN IF it wasn't already taboo before this 1973 film's release, naming your kid `Regan' sure was after. Linda Blair's convincing turn as a girl possessed by the devil ensured nightmares for millions and unemployment for herself. William Peter Blatty won a best screenplay Oscar. And with such lines as: `What an excellent day for an exorcism!' the Academy yet-again proved itself an accurate barometer of talent.