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Word: castorini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sweet seasonal gift, take all of Moonstruck, the most beguiling romantic comedy this side of Broadcast News. Strains of Dean Martin's That's Amore -- "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie" -- fill the Brooklyn night. A full moon illuminates Loretta Castorini (Cher) and all her family. Everybody falls in love. Her father (Vincent Gardenia), who claims he can't fall asleep because "it's too much like death," slinks out for a bit of tart on the side. Loretta's mother (Olympia Dukakis) dines furtively with a professor (John Mahoney) who keeps striking out with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Return of Comedy as King | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

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