On most Wednesday and Friday nights of the month, UTM students can take advantage of the Student Activities Council sponsored movie night, held at the Watkins Auditorium in the UC.

All the movies are free, and SAC even furnishes popcorn.

The movies range from the older classics we all love, to newly released hits we all want to see. This is definitely something cheap and fun, that everyone could enjoy.

On Friday, Feb. 6, the SAC movie was the 1988 hit Coming to America.

In this old fashioned romantic comedy, a wealthy African prince comes to America in hopes of finding a bride. Soon after his quest begins, he discovers that American women aren’t that easy to figure out.

Eddie Murphy plays the crown Prince Akeem of Zamunda, a fictional, fantastically wealthy African nation. Resenting his upcoming arranged marriage on his 21st birthday, he and his advisor Semmi (Arsenio Hall), make the trip to America so Murphy can find hi true love. And where in America will they find a women fit for a king? Queens, of course.

Determined to appear common, the pair arrive in New York, and quickly have to adapt to a world where they are no longer royalty and can’t seem to find a modern woman who suits the prince. Until they meet Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley), the lovely daughter of Cleo McDowell (John Amos), who owns McDowell’s restaurant, a fast-food joint suspiciously like McDonalds. Akeem and Semmi get jobs at McDowells and set out to charm an unsuspecting Lisa. Akeem has an increasingly difficult time hiding his true identity, especially when his royal parents (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair) and their entourage arrive in New York, eager to return their only heir to Africa.

Coming to America is a good-natured romantic comedy that includes some great multiple-character work from both Murphy and Hall.