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Word: screens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no mistaking this movie as a Speilberg creation, even if the mass-market messiah is only one of three executive producers listed in the seemingly endless movie credits. Holmes is almost a Spielberg parody. Outrageously expensive special effects trot across the screen screaming aloud, "We cost millions to make you piss in your pants," as terminally cute characters engage in chaste romance and enormous props explode and collapse in a display of Hollywood consumerism so grotesque they make The Blues Brothers Movie look like a college thesis project...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: An Elementary Holmes | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...December 3, and the theater is hot and smelly and loud. I have withstood Stallone's assault so far, but I'm beginning to duck punches on the screen and cry out when Rocky gets nailed. All of a sudden, a man slams into a seat three down from me and rolls to the floor. Another figure is upon him at once panching, grabbing and kicking. Pretty soon, 15 people are involved to some degree in the emerging mayhem. A cop on duty finally convinces the contenders in the crowd to take a breather and watch the movie. The original...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Stallone's Simplistic Struggle | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

BEFORE TENS OF MILLIONS of viewers, the nominees for what is arguably the world's most powerful office bask in the penetrating glare of studio lights, and the most telegenic candidate wins the day. The debates have proven to be more of a screen test than a test of the contenders' ideas and qualifications. The candidate who delivers the best performance lands the leading role...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Debate on The Great Debates | 12/5/1985 | See Source »

Yesterday, "The Newlywed Game" was shining forth larger than life on the nearly seven-foot screen...

Author: By Deborah E. Copaken, | Title: The Big Picture | 11/23/1985 | See Source »

Said Nick F. Folger '87, "If the Redskins meet the Packers in the play-offs, then we can watch the Redskins kill the Packers on a big screen...

Author: By Deborah E. Copaken, | Title: The Big Picture | 11/23/1985 | See Source »

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