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...queuing up each weekend for the new blockbuster, then spurning it for next week's thrill machine. Why? Because, with minor variations, each film is the same film; each is a sequel to the others. They offer the same kinds of villains (terrorists and corporate thugs), the same spectacular stuntmanship, the same jolts within the narrowest band of Hollywood entertainment. They are fables about little boys with big toys. Feel-good is not the feeling; these are workout pictures that, taken in large doses, wear the moviegoer out. Viewers don't get massaged, they get rolfed. And because the films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: If It Worked Before, Do It Again | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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