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...fits and stops, Blade Runner is likely to disappoint moviegoers hoping for sleek thrills and derring-do. But as a display terminal for the wizardry of Designers Lawrence G. Paull, Douglas Trumbull and Syd Mead, the movie delivers. The pleasures of texture have rarely been so savory. -By Richard Corliss...
...review of George Miller's The Road Warrior [May 10], Richard Corliss suggests, "If the film is a commercial success, George Miller will find a productive future in Hollywood." Please don't put treasonable ideas into Miller's head. We like him right here at home...
...fadeout, when an exaltation of bravos enveloped Spielberg as if Pavarotti and not a 3-ft. 6-in. spaceman were ascending into the heavens. The Cannes elite, happy to see its convention end on a note of triumph, seemed ready to elect Spielberg President of France. -By Richard Corliss...
...well known that two new Spielberg movies-E.T. and Poltergeist-were due to be released, but on paper they did not at first look as if they were likely candidates for Hollywood immortality. Says Associate Editor Richard Corliss, who wrote the main story for this week's effort-with contributions from John Skow and Reporter-Researcher Melissa Ludtke Lincoln: "Here were two movies with no stars. Both were small budget. Together they cost much less than Annie. How important could lowbudget, horror or science-fiction films be?" The answer: so important that Corliss delayed a long-scheduled trip...
...megahit success for his baby. "I can only hope," he told the New York Times, "that on my tombstone are the words: 'Annie, she is the one I was looking for.' " Funeral services may be held starting this week at a theater near you. -By Richard Corliss...