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Betsy calls for the serving of refreshments. Apple juice, orange juice, popcorn and pieces of hard candy. The children sit cross-legged on the linoleum. Michael serves the popcorn...

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

...considerable humanistic impulses, Penn casts the story in the mold of a relationship drama between father and son, but the action soon takes over, and Penn simply can't keep his characters ahead of it. In a recent interview, Penn told the L.A. Reader he wanted to make a "popcorn" movie after the commercial failure of his Four Friends, but what's emerged was an unhappy hybrid of character and action. At unexpected moments, in well-observed snatches of behavior and individual shots, just enough character is conveyed and just enough emotional content to keep the audience aware of something...

Author: By Tim Hunter, | Title: Moldy Melodramas | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

Below the dour, stone faces of famous Harvard benefactors, representatives from 30 University agencies gathered in Memorial Hall to eat donuts and popcorn, meet each other and tell each other what they do all day in their offices all around Harvard...

Author: By Alice K. Ma and Gary L. Susman, S | Title: Harvard Meets Harvard | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

...wedged in between Guisseppe Gelato and the Coffee Connection, celebrates its first birthday this month. Perhaps the location itself is a jinx: replacing a short-lived flavored popcorn emporium, Top Dog seldom appears to attract lines of customers any longer than the phantom queues of its defunct predecessor. Featuring hot dogs with a variety of toppings, chili dogs, and freshly baked french fries, the hot dog king caters to a mixed crowd, according to Estelle, the owner...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Plenty of Room at the Inn: Harvard Square's Least Popular Eating Joints | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

EVERY SO OFTEN, an epically bad film reaches the screen (indeed, usually just one screen) which is guaranteed to drive one out of the theater within 40 minutes, the approximate time it takes to finish your popcorn and pop. Yes, five dollars is wasted, but it's no use throwing good time after bad money. And bad money it is that is paid for a showing of James Joyce's Women...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: An Epic Failure | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

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