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Dates: during 1990-1999
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It is also fair to say that Benigni--whose self-love, if not his comic skills, could charitably be described as Chaplinesque, or perhaps more accurately as Robin Williamsish--devotes much of his film to peacetime passages overestablishing Guido's childlike yet shrewd, cheeky yet romantic character as a wise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fascist Fable | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Consider the story a few weeks ago about Riley Weston, the writer on the WB series Felicity who was fired when it was learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed. As a supposed teenager--judging from pictures, she could pass as Winona Ryder's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Expiration-Date Culture | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

HEY, THAT'S ME! Last week, Mike Costanza, a Long Island real estate agent and distant acquaintance of Jerry Seinfeld's, sued the actor and others for $100 million, saying Seinfeld used his name and portrayed him "in a negative light." This isn't the first time someone has seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

In its original form, Richard III is essentially a play about a man killing his way to the throne and then being killed himself by the rival claimants. The way each character rises up in life before being assasinated creates the tragedy that makes the play a great work. It...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE MADNESS OF RICHARD III | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

The Siegehas many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. Some are even incomprehensible, such as the character of Elise Kraft. The climax has potential, but ends up as a typical action stand-off with few deviations. Bruce Willis seems confused, as his character initially warns the government against an army invasion...

Author: By Keith D. Desrochers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Under The Siege | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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