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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...starving artists in a garage in Munich and called, say, Kinesis Synthesis 3. They are made by hundreds of well-paid technicians in Hollywood and called Gremlins 2. The film is so much about itself that it summons up a movie critic (Entertainment Tonight's Leonard Maltin) to offer a pan of Gremlins One. Halfway through, the film breaks down, the screen goes blank, and then gremlins are seen taking over the movie house. In the lobby a mother shouts at the theater manager, "This is even worse than the last...

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

...audience never feels for the characters in Dick Tracy The love story is anything but intriguing, and all that leaves are the greusome faces of the villains, which have little to offer but their creative ugliness...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Cool Colors Do Not A Great Movie Make | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

...decision on public works represented a major compromise. U.S. officials had sought a 10-year, $3.22 trillion package, but Japanese officials resisted increasing their original offer of $2.68 trillion because of fears of inflation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S., Japan Reach Economic Agreement | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

...sort of a feminist, and I was interestedin studying women's history," she said. Instead,Falk, whose high school does not offer any women'sstudies courses, said she will take "Law andPsychology...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Women's Studies Course Dropped | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

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