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Bill Brownstein

Bill Brownstein's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 31% 2/5 EDIT “Unlike his zany film debut, there is no semblance of an adventure here.” – Montreal Gazette Dec 13, 2025 Full Review The Terminator (1984) 90% 1.5/5 EDIT “To be sure, this film does furnish its fair share of frightening jolts; but they come mostly when the forever-menacing Arnie opens his mouth. No confusing this one for an Olivier -- the man is as subtle as an exploding buzz bomb.” – Montreal Gazette Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Predator 2 (1990) 36% EDIT “The only real surprise in Predator 2 is it doesn't feature Predator 1 star-stalker Arnie Schwarzenegger.” – Montreal Gazette Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% 2/5 EDIT “Scary stuff, but silly and predictable, too. For the record, the movie is mostly devoid of style, substance and subtlety as well.” – Montreal Gazette Oct 31, 2025 Full Review From Beyond (1986) 74% EDIT “Another stomach-turning update on the latest innovations in the art of hideous special-effects creation, destined to make most of us toss our cookies.” – Montreal Gazette Oct 20, 2025 Full Review True Stories (1986) 77% EDIT “Chock-full of wit and wackiness.” – Montreal Gazette Oct 20, 2025 Full Review My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Although the movie was shot on a shoestring, Frears is able to compensate with considerable filmmaking panache. ” – Montreal Gazette Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 2/5 EDIT “It is not nearly the hip, twisted, grotesque psychocomedy it pretends to be.” – Montreal Gazette Aug 26, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 88% EDIT “Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, the law firm that gave us Airplane!, are back with another outrageous farce that is bound to leave viewers in stitches. ” – Montreal Gazette Jul 24, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% EDIT “They stoop -- and recycle -- with the best of them. And the result is more refreshing than a blast of car exhaust on a steamy summer evening -- though perhaps not much more edifying.” – Montreal Gazette Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) 66% 3/5 EDIT “Once again, this gang proves there's no gag too low, silly, sexist, tacky or tasteless to spring on audiences. Some hit, some miss; but, guaranteed, audiences will be in stitches.” – Montreal Gazette Jul 22, 2025 Full Review DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 66% EDIT “The kiddies should lap it all up.” – Montreal Gazette Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Explorers (1985) 49% EDIT “Joe Dante injects the fantasy with some audacious space satire.” – Montreal Gazette Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Return to Oz (1985) 59% EDIT “Its disturbing effects notwithstanding, the film still doesn't come close to entrancing viewers like the original Wizard of Oz.” – Montreal Gazette Jun 18, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid Part III (1989) 18% 1.5/5 EDIT “I'm not suggesting the film is predictable, but it's safe to say a salamander might accurately guess how it all unfurls. ” – Montreal Gazette May 28, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid (1984) 81% 2.5/4 EDIT “Although some of the movie's mushiness will prove to be a little much for adult palates, The Karate Kid is essentially well-meaning, and one of the few squeaky-clean harmless films out there for the younger viewer. ” – Montreal Gazette May 27, 2025 Full Review Scream 3 (2000) 45% 2/5 EDIT “It's art imitating life imitating art. Tacky art. ” – Montreal Gazette Feb 20, 2025 Full Review The Lion King (1994) 92% EDIT “This is one of those rare coming-of-age-epics that is genuinely funny, funky, frightening, enchanting, romantic, and fraught with intrigue. ” – Montreal Gazette Dec 19, 2024 Full Review Aladdin (1992) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Aladdin has all the elements: action, intrigue, romance, music and comedy. Not just light, cute, well-mannered comedy, either. We're talking side-splitting, roll-in-the-aisles, spit-up-your-popcorn comedy.” – Montreal Gazette Dec 16, 2024 Full Review Beetlejuice (1988) 83% 3.5/5 EDIT “Undeniably silly, but satisfying and effective all the same. ” – Montreal Gazette Aug 22, 2024 Full Review Alien 3 (1992) 44% EDIT “It's ooky and it's spooky. And it just might make you feel pukey. And those are its good qualities.” – Montreal Gazette Jul 31, 2024 Full Review Postcards From the Edge (1990) 83% EDIT “How is it possible for so many good actors to grate so badly in one movie?” – Montreal Gazette Apr 29, 2024 Full Review Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 91% EDIT “This movie is unquestionably a visual delight. Not since Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey has film technology been better served.” – Montreal Gazette Apr 3, 2024 Full Review The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 89% 4/5 EDIT “"Shawshank," like precious few films in the genre, brings a dignity, strength and compassion that has become all too rare on the screen these days.” – Montreal Gazette Mar 2, 2024 Full Review Forrest Gump (1994) 75% 3.5/5 EDIT “When director Robert Zemeckis decides not to numb us with the unnecessary lingering melodrama, he manages to move us for the right reasons with super story quirks, old-fashioned romance and hysterically funny irony.” – Montreal Gazette Mar 1, 2024 Full Review
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