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Daily Brum. U of California Los Angeles video calendar A brief took at December releases Patriot Games, Paramount. 1124 Midnight Clear, Columbia 12? Lethal Weapon 3, Warner 12 2 Beautiful Dreamers. Hemdale 12? Fire Within, New York Video 12/2, Universal Soldier, Live 12/9 Housesitter, MCA 129 Until They Sail. MGM 129 Operation Crossbow. MGM 129 Adventures in Spying. Columbia 12'16 Clan Act. Warner. 12/16 Poison Ivy. Columbia. 12/16 Prelude to a Kiss. Fox 12/16 Hellmaster. A I P Home Video 12/16 Boomerang. Paramount 1222 Hansel & Gretel. Paramount 1222 Big Girls Don't Cry. Columbia 12/23 Butty the Vampire Slayer, Fox 1223 Sex Crimes. Atlas 12/23 Talons ol the Eagle. MCA. 12.23 Out on a Limb, MCA 1223 Oh What a Night, Columbia 1230 Death Dreams. Columbia. 1230 quotable “I wasn’t out to make any kind of particular feminist statement; it was just how I felt as a woman.” —Demi Moore on her exposure in Vanity Fair