Word: bland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This year, though, the golden rule seems tarnished. It's not that there's anything new in movies, heaven knows; the studios are serving up action, romance and comedy with the usual bland vigor. But so far, not one of 1993's top 20 hits is a spin-off. If the trend continues, sequelmania could become sequelphobia, and movie folk might have to dream up new characters and stories. Even new titles, not just old numerals. Catastrophe...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Hannah Bloch, Barbara Burke, Tresa Chambers, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Kevin Fedarko, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Hannah Bloch, Barbara Burke, Tresa Chambers, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Kevin Fedarko, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen...
Unfortunately, the other comic stars of this production are inadvertantly so. Monica Ferrell as Mina and Chris Cocks as her fiance John are so excrutiatingly bad, they are wonderful. Granted, it would be hard to overcome the handicap of their particular roles, bland characters who speak tritely at best. Yet John's sullen sneer is so completely out of place, and Mina's cooing sweetness rings false. Ferrell. only comes to life when she sheds the veneer of pure innocent for that of vampire seductress...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Hannah Bloch, Barbara Burke, Tresa Chambers, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Kevin Fedarko, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen...