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...apostrophes to the walls and abuse at her typewriter. One sighs: Relax, Anne, you got the job. As Frank, though, Anthony Hopkins gets the job done. With shrewd understatement, he fills out the portrait of a man who demands much of himself but expects little from life. If the viewer expects little from 84 Charing Cross Road, he will not be disappointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Don't Put Your Drama Onscreen | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Nevertheless, spokesman Butler said Tuesday that the network was pleased with "Amerika's" ratings, which topped its average viewer share of 22 percent...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Back in the U.S.S.A. | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...though, I decided it would be subtler and more powerful if I just referred to myself indirectly every couple of lines through female characters who could say things like: "Rutger Fury--the sexiest, jivingest hunk of a Party Boss ever." That way I could leave it up to the viewer's imagination...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: From Rusha With Love | 2/21/1987 | See Source »

...huge national armchair to ponder the possibilities presented by the ABC mini-series, Amerika, and patriots everywhere are swilling wine coolers and buying cars in celebration of President's Day. Aside from these nationalistic excesses, though, Dewitt has noticed several movies now playing that attempt to engage the viewer in the greater questions of life. Do we exist in a world that conforms to some sort of rational order? Can the force of our will exercise any efficacy over our ultimate destiny? Or are we compelled to function as best we can in a universe governed by gods who would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEWITT | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...three films are tales of an innocent person drawn into a web of complicity and accused of murder. All three trade in multiple female identities and tease the viewer into hoping the heroine will take one more step in the dark. Now for the differences. Winter is a dud in a handsome shell. Window has a cunning plot but not much craft. Widow rides smoothly on Hitchcockian tracks until it finds its own detours of style and psychology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Ghost of Alfred Hitchcock | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

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