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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...according to the press kit, "the realities and illusions of the open road confront Julius with his own fears, with who he is, as opposed to who he thinks he is, with losing himself in order to find himself..." and so on and so forth. But believe me, it isn't nearly that exciting...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Candy Molehill | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

...great irony of this film is that it isn't really about the Rolling Stones nearly so much as it is about a rock tour--yes, with its attendant sleaze, but also with its attendant boredom, superficiality, dreariness and plain stupidity. The sleaze isn't a dominant theme so much as a simple reality. Something happened--Keith shot up--so here it is on celluloid. The camera doesn't pay any special attention to Keith's drug use, at least no more attention than anyone on the tour seems to be paying. Frank's chief aim in this film seems...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Galled Stones | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

School Daze is a failure, but Lee fails in the way that only a gifted filmmaker car. The movie isn't conceived on a simplistic or amateurish level. Rather, it is simply too ambitious and sprawling, too complicated and confused. Lee has a remarkable visual sense and a truly original way of constructing a story. In She's Gotta Have It, these talents came together to create an innovative, exciting new type of comedy. I doubt, however, that any moviemaker could construct a coherent whole out of the slew of elements Lee attempts to treat in School Daze...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Sophomore Slump | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

Greene is very much looking forward to these Easterns and the strong competition. "There isn't a lot of good competition in our dual meet season. I need to motivate myself because I could dive poorly and still win most meets but I wouldn't feel good about it," Greene says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diving Deeper to Reach New Heights | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...presidential contender Robertson's claim that his Christian Broadcasting Network had once known the location of some of the hostages and the Administration may have missed a chance for a rescue, the President said: "I can only say this. It would be very strange if he did have information...isn't it strange that no one in our Administration was apprised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan: U.S. Will Work to Free Hostages | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

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