Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...part Fitzsimmons maintains that hisoffice continues to treat the early action poolthe same...
...flashing lights and smoke-filled air drew a steady crowd of onlookers throughout the action...
President Clinton ought to be punished for all he has done--for accepting the advances of a 21-year-old intern, cheating on his wife in the Oval Office, lying under oath, lying to the American people. But impeachment is simply an inappropriate response; it is too grave an action for so base a trail of indiscretions...
With the exception of There's Something About Mary, the highest grossing films of 1998 have been action thrillers. Even The Waterboy has drawn big crowds by advertising Adam Sandler's gruesome football hits. There is nothing shocking about this statistic. High budget action movies have ruled the box office for the last decade...
Voicing complaints about the state of movie-making is always frustrating. Defenders of the status quo will inevitably claim that the American people want to see high-tech action flicks with hackneyed plots. The truth, however, is that we are tricked into seeing blockbuster films by carefully crafted media blitzes and the draw potential of Hollywood heartthrobs. We all can remember when we went to see a film such as Armageddon even though our friends told us it was awful. Like insects that fly into the light after watching their comrades burst into flames, we convince ourselves that a movie...