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BEETLEJUICE. Is it the fey humor or the calypso tunes that have made this movie a monster hit? Most likely it is Michael Keaton's turbodrive performance as a haunt who is hot to party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 16, 1988 | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

...reside in the attic. This nice postmortem couple is no happier than Lydia (Winona Ryder) to be trapped here with trendy Charles (Jeffrey Jones) and the unspeakable Delia (Catherine O'Hara). So the Maitlands have been trying to scare the Deetzes away. Sorry, kids. Go ahead and haunt these New Age parvenus; they'll just invite their friends to enjoy the kicky spectacle. The Maitlands need some serious help, perhaps from the lecherous demon (Michael Keaton) who pesters them with the slogan "Unhappy with Eternity? Call Betelgeuse." Beetlejuice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Funeral March to a Calypso Beat BEETLEJUICE | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...office, the hostages, the contra question and the scandal that entwines them remain the most divisive and disabling issues of his presidency. Nicaragua, an irritant to Reagan since he arrived in Washington, clattered back to center stage. As in a tragedy, the President's past misjudgments were returning to haunt him. No matter how a jury votes on the charges against Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim, the verdict is already in on Reagan's handling of his contra policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Contra Tangle | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

According to Dalton's supporters, Bok's failure to investigate her charges of discrimination--in order to give an entirely fresh look at the facts of the case--means that her three-year bout for tenure will continue to haunt the school...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Profs Say Bok's Tenure Denial Ignored Discrimination Issues | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

International issues--Central and South America, the Soviet Union and the Middle East--continue to haunt this administration and this country. Reagan's dealings with Iran left the United States adrift. Money--not morality--was Reagan's chief diplomatic weapon...

Author: By Michael D. Stankiewicz., | Title: Jesse Jackson | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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