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John Coleman

John Coleman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Re-Animator (1985) 88% EDIT “Charles Addam's Fester would be the ideal audience for Re-Animator, a sick, gore-spewing, surgical romp.” – New Statesman Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Tron (1982) 60% EDIT “Some of the effects are worth a fanfare and there is even a cracker-barrel bit of moralising... But the fun is at kiddy-level.” – New Statesman Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Superman II (1980) 88% EDIT “...[Superman II] held me a shade less than the first, maybe because the special effects -said to be 'improved'- were deja vus, maybe because the trio of baddies imprisoned in a square mirror in space in the ur-movie are really heavy...” – New Statesman Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Return to Oz (1985) 59% EDIT “Return to Oz keeps one eye pretty faithfully on reproducing the background and adventures of L. Frank Baum's Kansas-raised girleen while swivelling the other to incorporate some extremely special, often splendid effects.” – New Statesman Jun 20, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 93% EDIT “Surely far less entertaining than the first at almost every level... It is as if the huge popular success of that brainchild of George Lucas, now cloudily olympian as executive producer, had brought with it delusions of significance. ” – New Statesman Apr 24, 2025 Full Review The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) 39% EDIT “Ostensibly about youth exploitation, this cutesy Texan tale exploits youth to the plastic hilt.” – New Statesman Nov 17, 2023 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% EDIT “Somehow life drains out of things, though there are brilliantly lively and edgy moments, because of a central incoherence, a failure to come to grips with what Raging Bull might have been about. ” – New Statesman Oct 10, 2023 Full Review Horse Thief (1987) 96% EDIT “Horse Thief cries to be seen, but prepare for confusion, mixed blessings. ” – Observer (UK) May 20, 2022 Full Review Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) 43% EDIT “Unfortunately the dialogue is nearly joke-free and the cheapo animation would have the Disney of that 1940 gem showing Mr. Scheimer the door. ” – Observer (UK) May 20, 2022 Full Review Salvation! (1987) EDIT “At least three pop videos are buried somewhere in this event, with all the pointless surrealism that entails.” – Observer (UK) May 20, 2022 Full Review
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