Hooked
by Pauline Kael
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This collection contains 150 reviews from the mid to late 1980's (1985-1988) with Kael holding forth on box office fare such as Bull Durham, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Pretty in Pink, Top Gun, Blue Velvet, Something Wild, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Hannah and Her Sisters, Back to the Future, Ran, Brazil, Hairspray, Pass the Ammo, and Beetlejuice. Includes "Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate."
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