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Harvard music groups will indulge their cupidity this Valentine's Day weekend, selling musical messages to students looking for offbeat ways to express their devotion...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Students Sell Valentine's Gifts | 2/13/1988 | See Source »

...spot takes it out for a spin. What did a policeman see through the keyhole? To find out, Wapner goes and takes a peek. This volume hardly qualifies as a scholarly treatise (Chapter 10 is titled "Under ( the Robes"). But readers seeking Wapner's piquant observations and offbeat tales of life in the legal lane won't sue for failure to deliver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Gavel on The Go | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

HITCHCOCK meets the Looney Tunes in Throw Momma From the Train, actor Danny DeVito's feature film directing debut. Momma is a bizarre, funny, offbeat romp from beginning to end, an irreverent farce inspired by the best and worst from pop culture...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: La Dolce DeVito | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

...performances in this film are uniformly excellent. Billy Crystal's casual, off-hand humor is the perfect match for DeVito's likable, offbeat portrayal of Owen's schleppy innocence. Crystal manages not only to be funny but also to be an attractive, charismatic leading...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: La Dolce DeVito | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

...Kureishi and Frears also toss in some surreal and offbeat moments that are especially unique and funny. Rosie demonstrates the socio-political implications of "snogging" by kissing three men while watching a TV program on the mating habits of lions. Street musicians perform the Temptation's "My Girl," including Motown-style choreography, while the camera cuts between scenes of various couples trysting. Sammy's mistress, Anna (Wendy Gazelle), a New York photographer, has a "w" tattooed on each buttock "so that when I bend over, it spells...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

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