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...latest installment in what is certain to be a long line of Romancing the Stone sequels. Succumbing to the xerox-machine method of screenwriting and directing which characterized the trend-setting originals of this genre, Raiders of the Lost Ark and its arklet, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, film executives Michael Douglas, Lewis Teague and chief xeroxers Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner have produced an entirely familiar if less satisfying version of the entertaining 1983 romantic, romancing, thriller...
...combination of Stanford solidarity and less-than-stellar Harvard shooting--the cagers hit 12 of 28 field goal attempts in the final half--spelled doom for the hosts...
Still, the mounting mania greeting Halley's return has less to do with science than with the comet's reputation as a fiery harbinger of doom and its familiar role in presaging such events as the fall of Jerusalem in the 1st century or the Norman Conquest (see box). Indeed, for the public as well as scientists, 1986 may turn out to be the Year of the Comet. "The arrival of Halley's comet is not just an astronomical event," insists Joseph Laufer, ^ editor and publisher of a three-year-old Halley's comet newsletter. "It's a cultural event...
Perpendicular to that section, though, is what might be termed the "aisle of doom," which includes 10 brands of ice cream and frozen yogurt, 61 types of ice cream sandwiches, and 15 varieties of potato and corn chips...
...occasionally snide King Richard II, and John of Gaunt (Stephen Gutwillig) give command performances. Moore is especially powerful in Act III when Richard hears his troops have deserted him. His acting captivates the viewer as he kneels in the flashlit room speaking to the ground and questioning the "destined doom" of a king "within whose crown lies death's court" and desperately cries out, "I am a human, too." Again, Moore commands the stage during his resignation scene in Act IV as he hesitates to part with his long-held crown...