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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Familiarity also breeds affection. The aliens still have pretty teeth, ooze slime from every pore and maintain their relentlessly hostile attitude toward all things human. But by now--Alien Resurrection is their fourth screen appearance--there's something funny about their reliable malevolence. It's sort of like Mr. Magoo's nearsightedness; you await its inevitably disastrous consequences with high comic anticipation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: SHORT TAKES: ALIEN RESURRECTION | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...TITLE] MR. MAGOO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

This season carries heavy freight: six films from the directors of Best Picture Oscars (Allen, Brooks, Coppola, Costner, Eastwood, Spielberg). There will be work from Tarantino and Scorsese, sightings of Bond and Magoo. And finally, ladies and gentlemen, women and children, accountants and foreclosers, presenting the costliest film ever made: Titanic, James Cameron's $200 million resinking of the liner, with young lovers Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet onboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...kept thinking that it couldn't be me--there are too many smarter people all around me," he said. "I was completely stunned. I'm kind of like Mr. Magoo. A lot of things sorta happen to me, and I'm oblivious...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: Sophia Freund Prize Recognizes Those Better Than the Best | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...intriguing, insightful and funny film, was Rose Troche's feature-length debut, "Go Fish." A director has finally decided to live on the edge and talk about something meaningful. While some people I've spoken with think this film seemed to be a bit too shallow, like "Mr. Magoo Meets the Lesbians," I found it refreshingly original...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Summer Flicks: The Crime's Pix 'n Pans | 8/19/1994 | See Source »

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