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...book Hollywood vs. America, critic Michael Medved sounded a shrill warning to the movies to clean up their act. He feels vindicated by the new tendency to softer movies, yet he is not quite satisfied. "Most people do not understand the difference between PG and PG-13," Medved claims. "We should call the PG-13 rating R-13, which would be much more reflective of what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Summer: Just Kidding | 6/28/1993 | See Source »

...scorecard on Hollywood's softer summer offerings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

...sort of Dirty Harriet, a reprieved murderer turned into an elegant assassin by a mysterious government agency. She and her handler (Gabriel Byrne) fall into unconsummated love. She sublimates with gunplay while growing wistful for normality. John Badham's film seems to have more firepower and slightly softer edges than the original. But the possibly liberating subtext, that a woman is entitled to be sexy and violent just like a male action star, is intact -- and well played by Fonda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Mar. 29, 1993 | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

...York Times, he called the raid "the right thing to do," then seemed to open a small window for Saddam: "If you want a different relationship with me, you could begin by upholding the U.N. requirements to change your behavior. I'm not obsessed with the man." The softer rhetoric set off speculation that he might ease U.S. policy toward Baghdad. Clinton angrily denounced what he called a misinterpretation, and the tenor of the whole interview indicates that he has no intention of departing from Bush's hard line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spanking for Saddam | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

...think that it's probably a bit softer than it was in my day," Scalia joked...

Author: By Margaret Isa, CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS | Title: Scalia Speaks at Law School | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

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