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...enough clues soon surface to indict him and bring him to trial. Because his own blood type matches up with that of the semen found in Polhemus, and fibers from the carpet in his house match those found in her apartment, Sabich must undergo invesigative scrutiny that leaves the viewer unsure about his innocence or guilt until the conclusion...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: A Very Predictable Beginning to Voice Over, But an End That May Leave You Speechless | 8/3/1990 | See Source »

...Freshman, written and directed by Andrew Bergman, is likely to leave the viewer with the same bittersweet taste as the coffee. This film is a well-scripted comedy overwhelmed--flawed, even--by the commanding and disconcerting presence of veteran actor Marlon Brando. Despite its failings, though, this is not a movie to leave the viewer grimacing...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Mafioso Brando Tramples Quirky Comedy | 8/3/1990 | See Source »

...must have wanted to stress that American artists can write. Besides, elitism is an extremely dirty word in art circles these days, and whatever else she may be, Holzer is no elitist. Her work is so faultlessly, limpidly pedestrian as to make no demands of any sort on the viewer, beyond the slight eyestrain induced by the LEDs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Sampler of Witless Truisms | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

...suspense, comedy, a big chase and a little sex. It has Demi Moore, pert and intense, every emotion acutely aquiver in fine Debra Winger fashion. But though director Jerry Zucker wants his necrophiliac romance to be sensitive, he pumps up its feelings fortissimo so the dimmest viewer will get the point. And in its vision of death on earth, Ghost is exasperatingly capricious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Giving Up the Ghosts | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Most films offer the viewer one thing at a time to look at, one emotion to feel. A dyna-movie demands more; the eye must search every corner of the film frame for glancing gags. Look closely in the villain's lair in RoboCop 2 and find effigies of his patron saints: Jesus, Mother Teresa, Elvis, Oliver North. Listen hard to Gremlins 2 and catch witty details about zillionaire Daniel Clamp's cable empire. It includes 24-hour channels devoted to archery and laundry, and a movie channel featuring "Casablanca, but with color -- and a happier ending." Gremlins 2 should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of The Dyna-Movies | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

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