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Director John Carpenter (Halloween, Starman) propels things faster, and way smoother, than a speeding '40s serial. But Co-Screenwriter W.D. Richter, who directed the definitive smarty-pants action picture, Buckaroo Banzai, is the evil genius behind Little China. He has everybody talking as if time-warped in some poverty-row...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Everything New Is Old Again | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

As a strong advocate of accuracy, I have found it impossible to remain silent on this issue. If your writer, Ms. Masters, wishes to discuss Wellesley, have her glance beyond the warped impressions of young Harvard men and a dissatisified Wellesley student who transferred. If she wishes to take part...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

Andrew Wyeth painted landscapes of this bucolic stretch of Pennsylvania, but could he ever have imagined these small, warped figures inhabiting them? Brad Whitewood Sr. (Christopher Walken) runs a scuzzy gang that makes millions breaking into company safes and hijacking tractors. His estranged wife and her mother slouch around their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is This the Family Gun, Dad? At Close Range | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

The bill, the Republicans told Reagan, did not reflect his original tax- reform plan. It had been usurped and ideologically warped by the Democrats, they said. Reagan listened patiently. Then he pulled out a packet of index cards and began a prepared response. He understood the Congressmen's concerns. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's That I Heard About Lame Duckery? | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

I have reflected on your idea of brilliance. By becoming an obscene warped but unique and genuine caricature of the left, I expect you will be able to swing a few more centrists to your crude rightist sect...socialists, too, will run to the center or even further in the...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: Platonic Dialogue? | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

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