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Gary Thompson

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North (1994) 12% 2/4 EDIT “The movie sometimes gets airborne, but with an obvious strain that hurts an airy fantasy like "North."” – Philadelphia Daily News Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Every actor is armed with glib dialogue and sharply drawn character. The top-to-bottom professionalism of the cast and high-gloss visuals combine to create a movie as slick as Douglas' hair in "Wall Street."” – Philadelphia Daily News Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 95% B+ EDIT “The genius of filming all three parts of this massive narrative at once is now beyond dispute -- The Two Towers joins seamlessly with the first adventure. Could it stand by itself? Of course not, and who would want it to?” – Philadelphia Daily News Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2.5/4 EDIT “Steven Spielberg's Hook, as flights of fancy go, is a big, lumbering job that shudders and strains to get off the ground. Though made on a dazzling scale, the movie simply fails to find an elegant way to continue the story of Peter Pan.” – Philadelphia Daily News Dec 19, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% 2/4 EDIT “Not even the final-act special effects bonanza can invigorate this listless picture. ” – Philadelphia Daily News Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% 3/4 EDIT “Director Cameron keeps the fresh, original action sequences moving at a rapid clip.” – Philadelphia Daily News Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Celluloid Closet (1995) 96% 3/4 EDIT “[Some] have criticized The Celluloid Closet as being soft -- unwilling to indict, and condemn the industry the way Russo did... undeniably true. So is this: that humor, disarming and powerful, can reach audiences in a way that stern lectures cannot.” – Philadelphia Daily News Oct 8, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% 2.5/4 EDIT “Contrary to its somewhat misleading title, "To Sleep with Anger" is a charming, funny movie.” – Philadelphia Daily News Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Boogie Nights (1997) 91% B+ EDIT “Anderson is refreshing, even for a flavor-of-the-month. Unlike other filmmakers his age, he's not hiding behind genres, narrative gimmicks or slacker postures. He has epic ambitions, he wants to work on a large canvas, and he's apparently fearless.” – Philadelphia Daily News Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “There is little to recommend Hard Eight other than the fine lead performance of Hall, who plays his role with all of the smooth conviction of a bit player who's been rewarded, finally, with a career role.” – Philadelphia Daily News Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Toy Story (1995) 100% EDIT “It's a spectacular technique married to a good story. ” – Philadelphia Daily News Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 4/4 EDIT “"Darkman" is an unabashed "B" -- full of droll, disposable jokes and enjoyably transparent special effects.” – Philadelphia Daily News Aug 26, 2025 Full Review Waterworld (1995) 60% 3/4 EDIT “The movie has a fluid quality...” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 28, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's all fairly ridiculous, and fairly entertaining. There's no getting around the fact, however, that Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker have lost a bit of their collective touch.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) 66% 2/4 EDIT “That the satire is no longer as funny as its subject is a bad sign for "The Naked Gun" series, which at this point bears no likeness to the original "Police Squad," a deadpan parody of strait-laced cop shows.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Red Rock West (1993) 95% 3/4 EDIT “The spare, lean "Red Rock West" is obviously a low-budget affair, but it's helped a great deal by its accomplished cast.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Superman Returns (2006) 72% B+ EDIT “...on the whole Singer has done a great job taking our cast-in-stone ideas about Superman and reshaping them into something new, fresh and even relevant.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 8, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 2.5/4 EDIT “Who cares? Certainly not Spielberg, a man with a legendary grasp of audience psychology, and a director who ordinarily would have run a blue pencil through the first 50 pages of this lame script.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jun 28, 2025 Full Review Final Destination (2000) 50% B EDIT “"Final Destination" is the kind of low-budget B-movie that makes you wish they still had drive-ins, because this one has some horn-honking moments.” – Philadelphia Daily News May 22, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible II (2000) 58% B- EDIT “Cruise makes good on that promise here, delivering the big, loud, violent lump of nonsense audiences expect, and possibly event demand. ” – Philadelphia Daily News May 8, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 67% 3/4 EDIT “The stylish, flashy Tom Cruise version of "Mission Impossible" is nothing like the old TV show. You had to expect that.” – Philadelphia Daily News May 6, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 54% B- EDIT “Put to their highest and best use, digital effects offer a thrilling combination of photorealism and movement, and it is here that "Menace" finally excels...” – Philadelphia Daily News Apr 16, 2025 Full Review American Psycho (2000) 68% C EDIT “The movie's highlights are Bateman blabbing about his own shallowness... but the more Harron mocks him, the less formidable he becomes.” – Philadelphia Daily News Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Scream 3 (2000) 45% C+ EDIT “The thrill is visibly gone for the venerable Craven, who, jokes aside, put more feeling into "Music of the Heart."” – Philadelphia Daily News Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Mulan (1998) 91% B+ EDIT “It's almost July, but relief has finally arrived with Mulan, a charming Disney animated feature that stands as one of the company's better cartoon offerings in recent years.” – Philadelphia Daily News Dec 20, 2024 Full Review
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