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...York has Greenwich Village for weird, farout movies and revivals, Cambridge has the Orson Welles, and Harvard has, well, its house film societies. From Mather House to North House, the popcorn flows and the movie shows almost every weekend night...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: House Film Societies: Mini Moguls of Movie Industry | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

...NEVER POSSIBLE to acknowledge every one of the year's memorable performances, but this year's list of Academy Award nominations, released last week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences makes one wonder if the members of the Academy have been falling asleep over their popcorn boxes for the last 12 months. The list of nominees in the four major acting categories (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress) as well as the Best Director category is distinguished by the absence of several rather prominent names...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Errors of Omission | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

...military service during the war. This Rambo coalition, known as the "war wimps," have become the dominant voice of American foreign policy in the 1980s. Having lost the war in Vietnam, they are now winning it on the movie screens, much to the bemusement of the popcorn chewing hoi polloi. Jack Newfield, who originally exposed Stallone and the Reaganistas as "war wimps" in The Village Voice, pondered, "Why [aren't] these bullies by proxy at least inhibited by a guilty conscience?" Certainly when one is wined and dined, lavished with praise by the nation's most prestigious academic institution...

Author: By Jack Trumpbour, | Title: Hurray for the Hasty | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

Blair, apparently not rattled by the plastic Pepsi bottles--each containing a handful of popcorn kernels--that the 5000 fans shook throughout the game, recorded 27 saves while surrendering only a pair of second period goals to lead the Crimson...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Split Weekend Jaunt: Dethrone RPI, Drop to UVM | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

They are asked to say their names aloud for the benefit of the group. Ralphy refuses. Michael says his name, smiles and looks playful. He gently places a piece of popcorn on Betsy's head. "Who will recite the group rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

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