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Speaking of carnal knowledge, Columbus notes that teenagers are not "the sex-starved maniacs" that Hollywood makes them out to be. Columbus's Spielberg movies all feature youngsters, and he tries to sculpt them differently from the mainstream teenage flick--more "precocious," he says...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Chris Columbus | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...minutes later, Harvard forward Karen Carney managed to wrest the puck from a crowd of Vermont defenders near the Cat goal and flick it into the twines for a 3-0 Crimson advantage...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icewomen Persevere, Hold Off UVM, 4-3 | 12/9/1985 | See Source »

...Faulkner confirmed for What is to be Done? readers that the Gurus' new record and its title song are both named in honor of Mars Needs Women, the spectacularly awful sci-fi exploitation flick whose title needs no elaboration...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Gurus From Down Under | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Dewitt finds a delightful Bogart duo at the Brattle. CASABLANCA is a love vs. war flick with Bogart saying a lot of meaninglessly cool things to Ingrid Bergman--whose love handle are not featured in the film. Anyway, war wins out the end, proving that, given the alternative of bedding down with a gorgeous Swede and playing around with a rickety old plane, men almost always prefer machines to blondes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Can't Fool Mother Nature | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...when you go into a Schwarzenegger movie, you should expect more violence and less categorical imperative. Unfortunately, Commando isn't even entertaining at the gut level envisioned by Director Lefter. It just isn't creative or spirited enough, and it is specifically creativity and spirit make a good adventure flick, not the final body count. If you're going to kill someone, at least kill them in an interesting way. Commando is nothing more than Friday the Thirteenth Part VI: 'Jason joins the army...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Bang, Bang | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

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