Word: thrillers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although "The China Syndrome" has nothing to do with China, it has everything to do with nuclear power plants. It is also a terrific, suspense-filled thriller with insights into television news and the role of women reporters, but when you leave the theater, it is nuclear power plants that will be on your mind. That may or may not be what the producers intended when they started making the film. But whatever their intentions they have made a film that could carry a great political impact along with its suspense and entertainment--and that's what the current furor...
...what is not expected to be quite so dramatic a contest as last Monday's Harvard-B.U. thriller, the Crimson goes up against Northeastern at 6:15 tonight in the Beanpot consolation game at Boston Garden, Northeastern, at 8-7-1 in ECAC Division One play, is still in contention for a playoff berth...
...film's source material, Crichton's own bestselling novel, had far more zip. Crichton conceived the book as a socially conscious thriller: he not only told the story of the robbery but also drew a savage, well-researched portrait of the economic inequities and moral hypocrisy of the mid-Victorian era. Unfortunately, he has not found a way to translate his Dickensian themes to film. Though his movie contains vivid re-creations (shot in Ireland) of London's stately mansions and grisly slums, Crichton photographs them as if he were a sightseer. His usual acerbic point...
...Tigers have lost four of their last five dual meet encounters with the Crimson--including last year's 58-55 thriller on Blodgett Pool's opening day--but have still bounced back to grab the Eastern Championship meet from Harvard every time...
...Rangers actually managed to win a playoff game against Buffalo last year, a 4-3 OT thriller at Madison Square Garden, when Don Murdoch scored at 1:37 of extra time. But earlier in the sudden-death session, two apparent goals, one by each team, had been disallowed. Who "scored" them...