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...professor's face, tearing off his own clothes and collapsing in puppyish self-pity, then as a mute but furious victim. His vengeance gives Pendleton a career moment too. Reduced to a job as Santa, he stands disheveled, muttering the words of one Christmas carol while hearing the tune of another. The moment is brief but perfect -- a lesson by established talent for the new generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glimpses into Lost Souls | 10/25/1993 | See Source »

Part II easily picks up on this note. If you only have time to watch one part (they are each an hour and a half), and you have special fascination for tyranny, villainy and intrigue, this is the time to tune in. If you prefer romance and subtle assertions of power and lofty historical visions, stick with part I. At this point, Ivan flatly says, "You call me Ivan the Terrible? Then that is what I will be!" And does he ever look the part. The actors in this film have a great penchant for glaring with demonic and possessed...

Author: By Deborah E. Kopald, | Title: Russian Pomp and Circumstances | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Somehow, college students have found enough time in their busy academic schedules to turn themselves into our nation's opinion police. With all due respect to my esteemed Cantabrigian classmates, none of us are so in tune with the will of God that we can act as his messengers of political correctness...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Topless Liberalism Running Wild | 10/20/1993 | See Source »

...honor of the outgoing council and its traditions, a dear friend has composed a special good-bye, to be sung to the tune of our national anthem...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: How Do You Freeze? | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

...clean sound, rapid strum and deliberately amateurish vocal harmonies that dominate their speedy indie-pop. Alex now plays an ordinary electric bass, but the unpretentious spirit has stayed the same: "Come Back Down," or anything else from the second half of this album, will have anyone remotely tune-sensitive bobbing her head up and down in time, in no time flat. Alex, Dave and Phoebe's strenuous insistence on singing about life as if it were grade school has the benefit, first of all, of reminding you how much fun it was (occasionally) to be a kid: Aren't "Friends...

Author: By Stephen L. Burt, | Title: Love and Misery | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

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