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...Hollywood. But instead of writing another original screenplay, Tarantino has staked his reputation on a different approach: he has acquired rights to a best-selling crime novel from the hot author of Get Shorty and adapted it around the retro-hip personae of the ultimate 1970s blaxploitation babe, Pam Grier...
Russell's character clearly has appeal. But the rest of the film fails to match the quality of its star. Russell's supporting cast--from Map To The Stars Eddie to the sexually confused Hershe (Pam Grier)--are lame at best and annoying at worst. And the plot has so many strange and random twists that it becomes difficult to follow at times...
...Robert] Kennedy fell...The gun, waving wildly, kept pumping bullets, and found five other human targets. Eight men in all, including Rafer Johnson, an Olympic champion, and Roosevelt Grier, a 300-lb. Los Angeles Rams football lineman, attempted to overpower the slight but lithe assailant. Johnson finally knocked the pistol out of the stubborn hand [and together with Grier held the suspect] spread-eagled on the counter. Several R.F.K. supporters tried to kill the man with their hands. Johnson and Grier fended them off. Someone had the presence of mind to shout: 'Let's not have another Oswald!' Johnson pocketed...
...board game that sucks its players into a perilous jungle overrun by lions, rhinos, monkeys, crocodiles and spiders--spends so much time on the how of special effects that it neglects the why of characterization. Jumanji wastes the gifts of two terrific comic actors, Robin Williams and David Alan Grier, and some other good people (Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt). Like the viewer, everyone on-screen pretty much sits back, gets strapped in and takes a bumpy techno-thrill ride through a haunted house...
During the day of rest alloted for the teams on Friday, the Hobey Baker Award--given annually to the nation's top college hockey player--was presented to Brian Holzinger of Bowling Green University. Imes, who along with Allison carried Maine throughout the weekend, was the runner-up, and Grier was finalist...