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Joe Leydon

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Misery (1990) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Reiner is impressively skillful at sustaining an air of claustrophobic terror throughout Misery, and Barry Sonnenfeld's evocative cinematography enhances the tension.” – Houston Post (Texas) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “The film is generally entertaining. But if often gets unduly solemn about the deep significance of adolescent male bonding. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% 3/4 EDIT “The Sure Thing is a nice, sweet-natured, generally unremarkable movie that's as comfy-cozy and satisfying as a warm bath.” – Houston Post (Texas) Jan 7, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “A Few Good Men is a smartly written and strongly acted film that represents a high-water mark of Hollywood-style professionalism.” – Houston Post (Texas) Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “William Goldman's spirited screenplay, based on his own novel, jokes with the adventure genre without ever stooping to mean-spirited mockery. In fact, there are times when "Princess Bride" could pass for the genuine article. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2/4 EDIT “Fitfully amusing but oppressively overproduced, Steven Spielberg's Hook has all the technique that money can buy, but not enough of the magic that a fairy tale needs. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Christine (1983) 72% EDIT “Christine is a first-class trip along a highway through hell.” – Houston Post (Texas) Dec 14, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% 3/4 EDIT “In short, The Abyss has everything a good thriller needs to thrill.” – Houston Post (Texas) Dec 9, 2025 Full Review Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 91% 4/4 EDIT “Terminator 2 is a dazzling display of special effects for which the term state of the art seems too mild by half.” – Houston Post (Texas) Dec 8, 2025 Full Review The Terminator (1984) 90% 3/4 EDIT “From the very beginning, we know we're in the hands of master moviemakers with a knack for low-rent, high-velocity, full-throttle entertainment. The Terminator may well be the best Saturday night movie of the year.” – Houston Post (Texas) Dec 8, 2025 Full Review The Wiz (1978) 38% EDIT “It is a very entertaining film.” – The Times (Shreveport, LA) Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Sarah's Oil (2025) 83% EDIT “Don’t be surprised if favorable word of mouth enables “Sarah’s Oil” to reach far beyond the customary target audience for faith-based entertainment. ” – Variety Nov 7, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% 3.5/4 EDIT “Steven E. de Souza's screenplay underscores its slam-bang thrills and spills with some pointed sociopolitical observations.” – Houston Post (Texas) Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% 1.5/4 EDIT “...the movie remains a dim, distasteful bloodbath, not helped at all by the sluggish direction of John McTiernan.” – Houston Post (Texas) Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Where the Wind Blows (2025) EDIT “The next time you hear some western movie fan complain that they sure don’t make them like they used to, feel free to offer "Where the Wind Blows" as convincing evidence that, actually, they still do. Honest.” – Cowboys & Indians Magazine Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Dracula (1979) 64% EDIT “Director Badham never quite manages to convey the right atmosphere of dread and impending doom.” – The Times (Shreveport, LA) Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Desert Hearts (1985) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “A minor film, topped off with a less than convincing happy ending. But it has been directed with warmth and compassion, and acted with great skill and credibility. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Oct 12, 2025 Full Review My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “An intimate, small-scale work, originally conceived as a television production for Britain's Channel 4. But the film has a remarkable amount of depth and texture, and often is as rich in incident and character as a Dickens novel. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% EDIT “Hall, heretofore best known as the Nixon of Robert Altman’s “Secret Honor,” plays the title role with grave dignity and sad-eyed melancholy. His performance is nothing short of mesmerizing.” – Variety Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Night of the Living Dead (1990) 57% 1.5/4 EDIT “This new Night of the Living Dead is neither strikingly good nor spectacularly bad. Rather, it is, quite simply, unnecessary. ” – Houston Post (Texas) Sep 18, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% EDIT “This Is Spinal Tap is outrageously, incessantly, rolling-in-the-aisles funny.” – Houston Post (Texas) Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 48% EDIT “Silly and slackly paced, this film exists solely to wring the last few bucks from an exploitable title. This is a trick, and it's no treat.” – Houston Post (Texas) Aug 27, 2025 Full Review Halloween (1978) 97% EDIT “Cleverly photograph, brilliant edited, and carefully designed so that the frightening peaks are separated by few valleys, "Halloween" is so effective that it never needs blatant gore.” – The Times (Shreveport, LA) Aug 27, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 3/4 EDIT “Darkman is one of the best comic-book movies ever made, even though, strictly speaking, it's not based on a comic book at all.” – Houston Post (Texas) Aug 27, 2025 Full Review The Wedding Banquet (1993) 94% 3/4 EDIT “All the performances are first-rate.” – Houston Post (Texas) Aug 19, 2025 Full Review
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