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...With its trite plot and random character portrayals, "Romeo is Bleeding" is both an anemic thriller and a colorless black comedy...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Bleeding Heartless | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

...content to settle for trite ornaments, several Harvard entryways have blessed their classmates with messages in lights across their buildings...

Author: By Kathryn M. Meneely, | Title: Got a Light? Yard Dorms Dress to Impress | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...presence to generations of band members. And at the same time she bridged the gap between them. It sounds trite, but she really was mom to the members of the band," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Longtime Friend of Band Dies at 83 | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...Bullhead. Obviously I'm not a fan. But in fairness to Melvins followers (who call themselves not "Melvins Army," but "The Melvins Army"), I don't really like Black Sabbath much either. However, I suspect that even a grunge music afficianado would find Melvins' new release, Houdini, inescapably trite and monotonous...

Author: By Michael E. Farbiarz, | Title: No Escape | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

Like "RoboCop" and "Basic Instinct," "Hard Target" went through the same tortuous wrangling with the MPAA ratings board; a prologue to the release of "naughty" films which became trite with the blatantly orchestrated flap over "Sliver." Reportedly, "Target" had to be whittled at seven times before it could earn an "R" rating...

Author: By John Aboud, | Title: 'Hard Target' Misses The Great Action Mark | 8/20/1993 | See Source »

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