Word: schickele
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flatness of Schwarzenegger's performance, the dullness of his odyssey. Instead of the giddy lift one sometimes obtains from improbably heroic adventures, one gets a grim endorsement of the uses of primitive mysticism and brutality. Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars, stupid and stupefying. -By Richard Schickel...
...scenario by William Hanley that is without persuasive incident or dialogue, direction by Fielder Cook that is without texture or viewpoint. The aim here was obviously to do something elegant and up-market for television. The result is a bloodless bore on a screen of any size. -By Richard Schickel...
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...screen, and rarely has a determination to be nonexploitational resulted in such sterility. There is more humanity on TV's Dating Game. And possibly more truth about the pain, bawdiness and lunacy that attend the business of "making love," no matter what your sexuality is. -By Richard Schickel...