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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Elvis Presley STAY AWAY, JOE. Among the King's lazy epics, this 1968 flick is notable for the way Presley and co-star Burgess Meredith impersonate Native Americans as manic subhumans.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Against Type | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

She does none of these things. In her tight black stretch pants she recklessly sleds down the hill with the baby and feeds him Frosted Flakes when the pot roast burns. She gets all dreamy eyed when she dances around the living room to her Elvis records. No one speaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life On Hemlock Street | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

Most films offer the viewer one thing at a time to look at, one emotion to feel. A dyna-movie demands more; the eye must search every corner of the film frame for glancing gags. Look closely in the villain's lair in RoboCop 2 and find effigies of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of The Dyna-Movies | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

So Twin Peaks can be counted a success -- and not just d'estime. The show has proved that original, challenging and idiosyncratic fare can be done for TV, even within rigid network confines, and that people will tune in. Twin Peaks is, in fact, the culmination of a surprisingly fruitful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Sleeper with a Dream | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Other oddities abound. How can the economy remain prosperous when half the work force lazes around luncheonettes and broadcast studios swapping dirty- word-free double entendres, while the other half consists of overworked and underappreciated cops? And why are all these people so hazy about their history? Is it not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: What A Waste of (Prime) Time | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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