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  2. D[?]mons In The Garden (Spain, 1982; dist: Dend[?]y Films;rt: 100 mins)

    The film commences with a wedding. Cinematically the opening sequence is a dextrous exercise in movement and cutting. Thematically, it is fundamental. The ...

    Article : 292 words
  3. The Return Of Martin Guerre (France, 1982; dist: PBL; rt: 111 mins)

    The notion of the doppelganger is endlessly fascinating. In the hands of contemporary filmmakers, however, it seems to trigger pathetic attempts at cinematic ...

    Article : 347 words
  4. DC Cub (US, 1983; dist: UIP; rt: 99 mins)

    This should be the cult hit of 1984. It's got everything: a lot of good lines, music that gives "ghetto blaster" a new and enhanced meaning, off-the-wall characters, ...

    Article : 279 words
  5. Scar[?] (US, 1983; dist: UIP; rt: [?]mins)

    Brian de Palma's new film, Scarface, is a pop parody of the gangster genre as expressed in its classical stage by Hawks' and Hecht's similar named film of 1932. ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. Ascendancy (UK, 1982; dist: Sharmill Films; rt,: 112 mins)

    This is no simple cautionary tale about violence breeding violence. Rather it sparingly traces the lineaments of Northern Ireland's protestant ascendancy, ...

    Article : 348 words
  7. Lassiter (US, 1983; dist: Boadshow; rt: 99 mins)

    Lassiter is such a truly bad film that it seems a waste of ink and effort to review it -- but after spending two hours of my time watching this lame brained tripe, it ...

    Article : 292 words
  8. Razorback (Aust, 1984; dist: GUO; rt: 95 mins)

    The first four minutes promise much. The ingredients of a witty myth movie are introduced as emphatic editing counter poses pop infernal nature with the ...

    Article : 293 words
  9. Gr[?]ks.--The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The A[?]s (UK, 1983; dist: Roat[?]how; rt: 126 mins)

    At last, a 'Tarzan" movie that does justice to Edgar Rice Burroughs' idea of a British Lord raised in the African jungle by apes. In fact, the makers of Greystoke have ...

    Article : 370 words
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