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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The rest of Tampopo--the word means "dandelion"--concerns man's pursuit of this association past infancy, until the days when pleasure threatens to turn into perversion, when hedonism runs amuck. "Tampopo" is the central character, a middle-aged widow (Nobuko Miyamoto) who is struggling to run a noodle restaurant...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: Tampopo | 8/11/1987 | See Source »

Some will miss the puckishness of the old Bond; others may wilt during an overlong sequence set in the Afghan desert, when the movie turns Ishtary. But Glen, Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson (Broccoli's stepson, who serves as co- screenwriter and co-producer) have wrapped a few nifty surprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bond Keeps Up His Silver Streak | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

What began primarily as a squabble between Noriega's cronies and affluent businessmen has mushroomed into a movement that now includes a large slice of Panama's middle class. Moreover, antagonism toward Noriega is spreading outward from the capital to points up and down the S-shaped isthmus. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama The General Went to Work | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

Short of government intervention, which no religious denomination welcomes, the probity of the major TV preaching empires will continue to rest with the character and personality of their leaders. Still, none of the other important figures shows any signs of being as perplexing, as grandiose or as misguided as Jim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Enterprising Evangelism | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

It is a sad fact that the most interesting character in the film is the fat Mexican with dark glasses who plays La Bamba in a Tijuana whorehouse. He has an air of authenticity and uniqueness that virtually every other face in the movie lacks. Bob brings Ritchie to the...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: La Bamba | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

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