Word: rambo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...executive committee but directly in charge of only a splinter of a splinter, with perhaps fewer than 100 hard-core followers. His supposed allies openly deride Washington's characterization of him as a terrorist mastermind. Says one P.L.O. official in Tunis: "Abbas is a would-be Palestinian Rambo, big on brawn with some cunning. The problem is he has no brains...
STEVE TESICH IS a master of the "sleeper" film. Such past screenplays of his like Breaking Away and Four Friends overcame lukewarm box office receptions to become favorites on TV and cable. Tesich writes movies that are humanly endearing that grab an older audience even if they leave the Rambo crowd unflexed...
...autumn ritual, like football games and the first frost. America's A team of actresses, who would never accept summer-movie roles as Rambo's guerrilla girlfriend or Michael J. Fox's mom, invigorate Hollywood's ration of serious films. The seminar is in session, film scholars. It is the season to pay attention, even if you want to cut class...
...enough for Rourke to sound like a Rambo who forgot to put the airpump to his navel; he has to dress up in his Vietnam fatigues, too. Our token Italian don in Dragon doesn't just get announced as the Italian, he has to put a voice box to his punctured throat to rasp out his tough words. What's this supposed to mean? Marlon Brando, eat your heart...
Beacon Hill: 1 Beacon at Tremont, Boston, 723-8110. American Ninja: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:45, 9:50; Rambo: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Teen Wolt...