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The first 15 minutes of "Charles Grodin" on CNBC were actually entertaining. Grodin said he's supported every president back to FDR, peccadilloes and all, because "I understand the stress of the job." Then there's the Murdoch report: Fox "News" at 10 ran a pop-psych piece suggesting that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Word | 1/27/1998 | See Source »

The President, Brean decides, will stage a war over nuclear terrorism with Albania. "Why Albania?" the President asks with confusion. "Why not? They're standoffish. Who would trust Albanians?" Brean replies and so the question is settled. And thus begins the deliciously corrupt 'producing' of a war by Brean and...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film at Eleven: Bigger, Better Conspiracy Theory | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

But Wag the Dog remains vastly entertaining even during its most tenuous moments. De Niro, for the first time in ages, is wonderfully likeable in the antihero role. We should hate, loath, despise Brean for his shameless dishonesty--but we don't. Instead, we welcome his machinations and feel strangely...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film at Eleven: Bigger, Better Conspiracy Theory | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

Truth to be told, the "semen sequence" is one of the most entertaining parts of The Postman, Costner's latest overblown, over-long epic adventure. In answer to your immediate questions: no, it's not a great film; yes, the premise is hokey; yes, it's too long; and yes...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kevin Costner Goes Postal: Result Is Goofy But Goodhearted | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

5 The Life Last season was a dismal one for Broadway musicals--the off year between Rent and The Lion King--but it did produce one underrated gem, this tale of seedy Times Square before it got Disneyfied. Complain about the cliched book if you must, but few musicals are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST THEATER OF 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

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