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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...
...drivers at the Bullet Stop in suburban Atlanta rent automatic weapons like UZI submachine guns and blast away with live ammo ($10.75 to $12.75 per box of 50 shells) on twelve carefully supervised shooting lanes. The targets: old bowling pins and combat-training silhouettes. "We get a lot of Rambo types," says Owner Paul LaVista, 38. "But mostly attorneys, airline pilots and doctors. They're big-time spenders." LaVista, who is working on franchising his smashing idea, claims that the diversion becomes almost irresistible. "It's like eating potato chips," he says. "And if you have a date...