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Jay Boyar

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North (1994) 12% 2/5 EDIT “A movie called North really out to have a better sense of direction than this one does.” – Orlando Sentinel Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 3/5 EDIT “The American President smiles wide and stands up for the Declaration of Independence -- or at least the "pursuit of happiness" part. Should you swallow it? If there's nothing better around, drink up.” – Orlando Sentinel Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Misery is one of the best movies made from a Stephen King story.” – Orlando Sentinel Jan 21, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “A wobbly sweet-natured comedy that's like It Happened One Night for the TV generation. ” – Orlando Sentinel Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Christine (1983) 72% 3/5 EDIT “When the movie is hitting on all cylinders, it really races.” – Orlando Sentinel Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 31% 3/5 EDIT “The direction is by Randal Kleiser, who still has no clue about where to place his camera but who, with cinematographer Steven Poster, has come up with a bright storybook look for the movie.” – Orlando Sentinel Dec 11, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Some of the movie's successfully funny ideas involve the Tasker marriage. ” – Orlando Sentinel Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% 3/5 EDIT “Even during the slowest sections, the cast provides some engaging moments.” – Orlando Sentinel Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Terminator (1984) 90% 2/5 EDIT “If you're the sort of science-fiction fan who has trouble holding more than one idea in his or her head at a time, you're in luck.” – Orlando Sentinel Dec 8, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% EDIT “This movie may barely escape the exploitation category, but not the garbage classification.” – Orlando Sentinel Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% 1/5 EDIT “It's a lumbering oaf of a film whose only positive function is to emphasize, by contrast, how well-put-together Aliens was. In fact, even the cloddish Rambo seems fairly adroit by comparison. ” – Orlando Sentinel Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Desert Hearts (1985) 77% 3/4 EDIT “Like many films set in Reminiscence, Desert Hearts appears to be a labor of love -- and it may be intended as a mild political statement as well. ” – Orlando Sentinel Oct 12, 2025 Full Review Casper (1995) 59% 2/5 EDIT “The ectoplasmic special effects also are fun...After a while, however, you begin to realize that this movie is headed no place - and not very fast, either.” – Orlando Sentinel Oct 1, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% 4/5 EDIT “The role of Harry is a doozy, and Danny Glover plays it for all it's worth.” – Orlando Sentinel Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Boogie Nights (1997) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Wahlberg plays the infantile Eddie with just the right proportions of earnestness and petulance. It's a brilliant performance.” – Orlando Sentinel Sep 24, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% 4/5 EDIT “At times, the film is too vicious to be a spoof. At other times, it's too affectionate to be satire. Whatever it is, it's very funny most of the time.” – Orlando Sentinel Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 3/5 EDIT “It's a fairly inventive melodrama with an inventive visual design, swift pacing and convincing performances.” – Orlando Sentinel Aug 25, 2025 Full Review Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) 78% 4/5 EDIT “Pee-wee's Big Adventure is an appropriate and effective showcase for the talents of an original comedian whose appeal lies basically in his ability to appear smart and silly at the same time.” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Waterworld (1995) 60% 3/5 EDIT “Whenever Hopper is on screen the movie's energy level lifts. ” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 28, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 2.5/5 EDIT “The movie as a whole is pretty much the same deal [as its title]. Fewer than half of its jokes are stale, roughly half are OK in a borderline-tasteless way, and the rest are half jokes. ” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) 66% EDIT “"Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult" has as many gags as either of the first two films, if not more. But the pacing is much crispier in the new production, and virtually all the quips and pratfalls seem to belong in the same movie.” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 22, 2025 Full Review DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 66% 2/5 EDIT “The movie is a collection of badly executed action sequences, hackneyed characters and joyless ideas.” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 17, 2025 Full Review I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 47% 2/5 EDIT “Ironically, then, the new horror flick's main selling point is also its major drawback. ” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Red Rock West (1993) 95% 5/5 EDIT “It's terrifically clever: The many accidents and coincidences on which the tale hangs come off as wonderfully witty. So does the dialogue.” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 14, 2025 Full Review Explorers (1985) 49% 2/5 EDIT “Despite its reasonably good production values, Explorers is basically a junky movie with a lot of cheap laughs and flashy effects.” – Orlando Sentinel Jul 10, 2025 Full Review
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