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...then, like a religious ritual, we see it again: the shining guns, the close-ups of the bolts slamming home like the fist of God, the spewing shells, the crumpling bodies. The film "un-asked" the question of the plot with Zen-like serenity. Arnold simply kills everyone. Everyone...
...leader sounded fed up with the slowness of diplomats in working out agreements. Though he included the usual accusations against the U.S., he implied exasperation with his own bureaucracy as well as Reagan's. Says a U.S. official: "All at one time, Gorbachev was wringing his hands, pounding his fist and holding out his hand for the President to shake...
...rocket screams from the launcher, then another and another. There is a brief period of waiting, and then the artillery observer radios in: three direct hits within the garrison's defensive perimeter. "Communist -- tika, tika, tika!" (good, good, good!), Sher Mohammed exclaims, striking his open palm with his fist...
Crime Story is the most realistic TV cop show in years, yet the emotions reach almost baroque heights. Looking over the scene of a partner's murder, Torello thrusts his fist through a phone-booth window and sinks into tears. A fatally injured young hood, restrained by a respirator, flails about on his hospital bed in panic and rage. The pilot has enough violence to ignite a season's worth of protests. Yet nothing seems exploitative. In a bravura opening, a wild chase ends with a shoot-out at the house of an anonymous family. After the carnage is over...
...longer pause. Here, if the article on Withington's auction block were merely a blue Canton platter that had peaked out at a predictable $500, or a coffin-top candle stand already breathing thin air at $1,250, Withington might make a fist in the direction of the groggy second bidder and say, "Pow! He's out cold." The joshing might revive the wounded warrior. If not, it would liven the mood of the dealers and collectors gathered here in the tent behind his barn...