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...Ryan assumes the post of his good friend Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) without fully realizing that his underlings and co-workers are surreptitiously plotting against him. He wants to be up front in his dealings with the Columbian drug lord Ernesto Escobedo (Miguel Sandoval). He wants to stomp out their operations, but not at the cost of human, especially American, life. Suffice it to say that everyone is double-crossed during the film. Those who were at one time enemies become friends, and friends become foe. When all is said and done, Ryan is the single remaining person...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: RYAN IS CLEARLY... ...BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN | 8/5/1994 | See Source »

...Tutsi woman is accused of brewing poison tea and giving it to 60 Rwandan soldiers, killing them all. She is beaten to death. One group of Hutu fall upon a Tutsi man along the road to the airport, beat him senseless, then lay him on his stomach and stomp on his spine until it snaps. No one bothers to cover his body. There is no time to count the dead, much less bury all of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cry the Forsaken Country | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

Plenty of both, it turns out. On Voodoo Lounge, Jagger and company have recaptured the spontaneous verve of a great working band. You Got Me Rocking, a full-tilt stomp built on Charlie Watts' brick-solid drumming and Richards' saw-toothed guitar lines, has the frayed, unrehearsed ending of a live performance, as does Moon Is Up. Producer Don Was has avoided trying to update the band's sound with trendy hip-hop or techno touches. Instead, he helps serve up a classic collection of rockers and semisweet ballads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: No Moss | 7/18/1994 | See Source »

...David Byrne is anything but a retreat into the past. From the slightly sinister tones of A Long Time Ago and Crash to the rollicking stomp of Back in the Box, Byrne has taken elements from his entire career and molded them into something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Forward into The Past | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

...World Cup also gives the U.S. a reason to clean its streets, improve its public transportation system, and cut down on urban violence. True, our stomachs churn when despotic nations put their best foot forward (while using it to stomp on the populace) for an event like this. Nevertheless, a little national spirit and good behavior can't hurt the U.S.'s image abroad...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Soccer Lands In U.S. With A Clunk | 6/29/1994 | See Source »

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