Word: amateurish
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...record ransom of $2.3 million and the arrest of two confessed kidnapers. But TIME has learned that the investigation is still far from complete. There remains a possibility that a third accomplice, a woman, may have been involved. Investigators are also actively pursuing the theory that the amateurish conspirators may have intended to use the ransom to help finance activities of the Irish Republican Army...
...past couple of months. The responsibility belongs to USC Film School hot-shot John Millus, who, along with Robert Towns (shampoo, The Last Detail) is Hollywood's favorite litte scriptwriter This film he directs as well, but his skills in the department may be quickly dismissed as amateurish--a hopeless waste of a very large budget, lots of locations and extras, etc. But his scriptwriter is something to be reckoned with--he has made quite a lot of money for pictures like Dirty Harry, Dillinger, Jeremiah Johnson, Judge Roy Bean. And it's terrifying to know that people responded...
...people, although a discreet peek at the blue paper in his skinny hand reveals that he may be closer to the corpulent and feline species. Anyway, he banks there, and his concerts are really pleasant--he's charming, sings funny songs, and has a good amateurish style. And his feel for the North Carolina whence the Taylors come (oh, alright, Chapel Hill) is better and earthier than his brother's, more into folklore and less into his navel. Judy Colline, who is appearing with him tonight at Lenox (7:30, tickets at Ticketron from $5.50 to $7:50), does...
Nearly everyone these days has fantasized about the ultimate bank failure or Dow Jones plummet. The solution: a ready supply of cash or jewelry. But where can they be secreted? At the back of a picture? Too obvious. In the toilet tank? Too amateurish. In a loose floorboard? Too melodramatic. Into this paranoid quandary steps Krotz with a toolbox full of solutions...
...lesser roles, John Seidman makes much more of the servant Fabian than customary, Philip Carling is a dull and amateurish Valentine, Michael Levin is an adequate Antonio, and Tom McLaughlin speaks with too much preciosity for a Sea Captain...