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...Inge's best plays, Sheba is slight of plot but musky with atmosphere. An alcoholic chiropractor (Philip Bosco) and his slatternly wife (Shirley Knight) live in a dreary house in the Midwest, diverted from maudlin introspection only by their boarder, a sprightly college student (Mia Dillon). Doom seeps through every dusty curtain. Although the husband is supposedly recovered, it is apparent that he is looking for an excuse to take a drink. Although the college girl is beloved as a surrogate for the couple's baby daughter who died 20 years before, it is evident that she will...
...think that the Motion Picture Association of America is right in wanting to create a PG-13 [SHOW BUSINESS, June 25]. I am 15 and was not shaken by the violence in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but three or four years ago, I would not have been able to stand some of the scenes. The age for the new rating should be not 13 but ten or eleven. While the age limit for some R-rated films should be lowered to 15 or 16, all the conflict is unnecessary now. By the time they are twelve, young...
When the Steven Spielberg film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial opened in June 1982, retailers were caught unprepared for the ravenous public demand for E.T. playthings. This time, though, everything is in place for a merchandising bonanza from the summer Spielberg blockbusters Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. More than 80 companies are cranking out millions of souvenirs ranging from sleeping bags to lunch pails emblazoned with characters from the two films. Such tony department stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor are touting the official Indiana Jones hat. The popularity of Gremlins is an unexpected windfall...
...classic American style of moviemaking, unselfconscious and objective: he trusts the tale, not the teller. And he trusts his actors as well. As Geoffrey, Albert Finney staggers toward his doom on feet unsteadied not so much by booze as by the weight of the cross he bears, a compound of tormented memory and suffering intelligence. There is in his presence a nobility that elicits compassion along with admiration for the actor's work. Jacqueine Bisset and Anthony Andrews tread similarly delicate lines as Yvonne and Hugh, trying to cling to their dreams despite the rude, awakening noises of Geoffrey...
...summer: that blithe season when the latest Steven Spielberg movies are in full bloom at the nation's theaters. Fantasy, fun and lighthearted adventure for all, right? Well, this year it depends on one's idea of fun. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg's slam-bang sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, a man's heart is ripped out of his chest in a ritual sacrifice, and he is lowered alive into a pit of molten lava. In Gremlins, a fantasy co-produced by Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante...