Movies
“Steele Justice” (citywide) is a laughably ludicrous macho -revenge fantasy that may well be the first exploitation picture to have a Vietnamese refugee as a villain.
May 8, 1987
Television
In the series “Hard Time on Planet Earth,” hero warrior Jesse is exiled to our planet.
May 13, 1989
The Karate Kid Part III (Columbia). Shooting in Los Angeles.
Dec. 18, 1988
The CBS schedule is on the move again.
Feb. 7, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
My Word: Ken Kesey, counterculture icon of the ‘60s and author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” will read from his children’s books “The Sea Lion” and “Little Tricker the Squirrel” Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
Sept. 18, 1992
California
The State Bar of California has recommended that civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman be suspended from the practice of law for six months and that he seek psychiatric counseling, The Times has learned.
Aug. 30, 1988
Creativity is this season’s UFO. There’s not enough to fill a flying teacup.
March 1, 1989
“The Karate Kid Part III” (citywide) is one film too many.
June 30, 1989
“The Perfect Weapon” (citywide) is a martial-arts action-thriller as efficient and mechanical as its star, newcomer Jeff Speakman, who is handsome, well-muscled, poised and stoical in the extreme.
March 18, 1991
Hip Superman fans are not celebrating the Man of Steel’s 50th anniversary by renting those glitzy Christopher Reeve movies or those low-grade George Reeves TV shows.
March 4, 1988