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Word: curiouser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been trying frantically to find someone, seemingly anyone, to handle the film, with "Small Soldiers" director Joe Dante and others chatted up before the SEC filing. Apted, whose well-known films include "Nell" and "Coal Miner?s Daughter", has never made an action picture, and his selection seemed a curious, almost desperate choice. ?They needed a director for hire,?? says an agent whose client was also approached for a Bond gig. ?With these films, it?s not about creating art; it?s about making the release date.?? And perhaps appropriately supporting an asset. Bond 19 is scheduled to debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MGM's License to Direct | 8/9/1998 | See Source »

...colorful, corrupt judge in a small Florida town. He's the kind of guy who will avoid paying his ex-wife alimony by putting her in jail. Amusing, smoothly put together and featuring a likable cast, this summer series augurs well for Sonnenfeld's next (and very curious) TV project, a revamped Fantasy Island, which has won a place on ABC's fall schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maximum Bob ABC, Tuesdays | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...this: Explosions are cool, and so are intact families! That's the message promulgated by Lethal Weapon 4, in which the above-mentioned scene takes place. As Mel Gibson's character comes to terms with impending fatherhood and Danny Glover's with impending grandfatherhood, the film wends its curious way, alternating crashes and neck breakings with scenes of limp domestic comedy--scenes that wouldn't be out of place on Home Improvement, except that Tim Allen never says lines like "This f___ing guy! What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blam! Kapow! Eat Your Peas! | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

...They were very curious to see what a group like ours thought," she said...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class Ranks Top 100 Novels of 20th Century | 7/24/1998 | See Source »

...Mandela's remarrying would confirm a curious trend among his country's recent rulers: Octogenarian former president P.W. Botha recently remarried, while the country's last white ruler, F.W. De Klerk, 61, plans to marry his new love once his divorce comes through. Needless to add, South Africa was among the first countries to approve Viagra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, South African Style | 7/16/1998 | See Source »

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