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George Williams

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Sid & Nancy (1986) 89% 4/4 EDIT “This is a movie with nothing on its mind but telling the truth.” – Sacramento Bee Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Fly (1986) 94% 3/4 EDIT “"The Fly" is a good movie because Jeff Goldblum plays the scientist with such marvelous ease and a grand sense of humor, and because David Cronenberg directs with sure-fire skill.” – Sacramento Bee Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% 1/4 EDIT “A meathead piece of work. ” – Sacramento Bee Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Christine (1983) 72% EDIT “Under John Carpenter's direction, the movie is a superb thriller.” – Sacramento Bee Dec 17, 2025 Full Review The Terminator (1984) 90% 3/4 EDIT “The stiffness that Schwarzenegger carries around not only makes him more believable, it helps to set off his tongue-in-cheek comedy style. His funny lines are inventive; even a computer should get a belly laugh out of them.” – Sacramento Bee Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% 3/4 EDIT “There are some gaping holes in the plot toward the end when Dutch comes face to face with the Predator. But you tend to overlook them when you're getting a first-rate action film that keeps you on the edge from start to finish.” – Sacramento Bee Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Desert Hearts (1985) 77% 3/4 EDIT “The two leads are perfectly cast, giving us the feeling they worked night and day to get every scene just right. In Charbonneau, we discover a future star of unlimited potential. ” – Sacramento Bee Oct 13, 2025 Full Review My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 95% 3/5 EDIT “Some movies are like powerful detergents. They enable you to wash dirty windows of the world to uncover wondrous slices of life you never knew existed. My Beautiful Laundrette... is one of these. ” – Sacramento Bee Oct 10, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% EDIT “"This is Spinal Tap" shines with subtlety and an irresistible style.” – Sacramento Bee Sep 9, 2025 Full Review High and Low (1963) 97% 4/4 EDIT “As usual, it is Kurosawa who steals the show. His grasp of human behavior that is consistently persuasive, investing this rather mundane source material with the breadth of an epic vision, is breathtaking.” – Sacramento Bee Aug 13, 2025 Full Review The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 71% 3/4 EDIT “O’Bannon’s film is a slickly made thriller, a first-rate example of the horror genre.” – Sacramento Bee Aug 13, 2025 Full Review Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) 78% 3/4 EDIT “Watching Pee-wee Herman's first movie, you're struck by how well prepared he is. You get the feeling you're in on the birth of a comic superstar.” – Sacramento Bee Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Superman III (1983) 31% EDIT “It has a disjointed script that manages to transform the Man of Steel into a first-class dope. And it misuses a strong performer like Richard Pryor in a way that any 12-year-old movie fan could have predicted would leave an audience cold. ” – Sacramento Bee Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Supergirl (1984) 19% 3/4 EDIT “What I especially liked, apart from the dazzling, almost seamless special effects, was director Jeannot Szwarc's ability to keep the story on a simple course.” – Sacramento Bee Jun 27, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid Part II (1986) 49% 2/4 EDIT “The script is weak, never giving the new characters enough room to develop so we can care about them. ” – Sacramento Bee May 28, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid (1984) 81% 4/4 EDIT “There is a natural sweetness in Macchio's performance that is warm and winning. For one so young, he has an amazing arsenal of acting skills.” – Sacramento Bee May 27, 2025 Full Review Starman (1984) 83% 3/4 EDIT “"Starman" is so sweet-natured, maintaining a high level of entertainment without misstepping.” – Sacramento Bee May 13, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83% EDIT “The miracle continues. Return of the Jedi is every bit as exciting and satisfying as its predecessor.” – Sacramento Bee Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Back to School (1986) 81% 0/4 EDIT “...this is like a tired old Jerry Lewis movie with too many comic set-ups that feel strained and are not pursued with honest effort.” – Sacramento Bee Feb 27, 2025 Full Review Barry Lyndon (1975) 78% EDIT “Like a wonderful day in a museum devoted to 200-year-old British, French and German landscapes and the Dutch masters. It's dynamite.” – Sacramento Bee Feb 25, 2025 Full Review The Breakfast Club (1985) 87% 4/4 EDIT “It's almost worth sitting through a hundred of those exploitative, lame-brained teen farces in order to get to the warm and authentic intimacy of The Breakfast Club. It's a grand payoff.” – Sacramento Bee Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Blue Velvet (1986) 91% 4/4 EDIT “Lynch's background is in painting, and that's probably why you get the feeling he's creating an abstract work up there on the screen, not dealing with objects, but moods. He's a mood painter.” – Sacramento Bee Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Apocalypse Now (1979) 91% EDIT “What Coppola has finally created is a masterpiece, every bit as thought-provoking as All Quiet on the Western Front and Paths of Glory and as much a splendid screen-opera as Bridge on the River Kwai -- but more dazzling to the eyes and ears.” – Sacramento Bee Sep 22, 2024 Full Review Aliens (1986) 94% 4/4 EDIT “If Alien was 10 out of 10 on the fright meter, then Aliens pushes the meter past its capacity. We'll have to find a new way to measure.” – Sacramento Bee Jul 25, 2024 Full Review Dune (1984) 36% 2/4 EDIT “The actors end up with only enough time to explicate the history. There's no room for reaction or growth or wit or irony or seriousness. Worse, there's no humor at all. ” – Sacramento Bee Feb 15, 2024 Full Review
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