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Michael Dare

Michael Dare's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “Rob Reiner's direction is subtle and precise as it was on Spinal Tap, and he gives us a host of standout supporting characters and performances that deserve films of their own. ” – L.A. Weekly Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Terminator (1984) 90% EDIT “You'll be able to guess the twist if you've ever read a Marvel Comic, but the plot isn't the attraction here, it's the action. Arnold takes a licking and keeps on ticking in a performance that's chilly con carnage.” – L.A. Weekly Dec 8, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% EDIT “Schwarzenegger's consolidated all of his most audience-pleasing traits into one perfectly packaged product -- 90 percent brawn and 10 percent wiseacre.” – L.A. Weekly Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% EDIT “Instead of just splicing together Rambo and Aliens, these dudes have spent untold millions producing a fight between Arnold Schwarzenegger and a special effect that succeeds on a slam-bang visceral level but doesn't even attempt anything else.” – L.A. Weekly Oct 31, 2025 Full Review From Beyond (1986) 74% EDIT “From Beyond is exemplary.” – L.A. Weekly Oct 19, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% EDIT “The best film about rock and roll ever.” – L.A. Weekly Sep 9, 2025 Full Review The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 71% EDIT “The concept is petrifying, but the execution is hysterical. ” – L.A. Weekly Aug 13, 2025 Full Review Supergirl (1984) 19% EDIT “Supergirl is a superdog, with fine actors uttering nonsensical dialogue under nincompoop direction.” – L.A. Weekly Jun 27, 2025 Full Review Day of the Dead (1985) 61% EDIT “If you stomach can take it, you will definitely be amused by this.” – L.A. Weekly Jun 25, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid (1984) 81% EDIT “Avildssen has a much stronger commercial sense than an artistic one. ” – L.A. Weekly May 27, 2025 Full Review Starman (1984) 83% EDIT “It's tender, adult, playful, and overwhelmingly positive, a film you want to hug, to show to everyone you know to let them know how wonderful it is to be alive on a planet, with a physical body that's capable of experiencing a planet's worth of pleasures.” – L.A. Weekly May 13, 2025 Full Review Twice Upon a Time (1983) 80% EDIT “Twice Upon A Time is charming without ever getting too cutesy.” – L.A. Weekly May 9, 2025 Full Review Withnail and I (1987) 84% EDIT “Writer-director Bruce Robinson displays a seriously warped sense of humor that's hard to reconcile with the fact that he wrote The Killing Fields. This is a startling and impressive film debut for all concerned.” – L.A. Weekly Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Spaceballs (1987) 52% EDIT “Though I hate to review a film based upon its budget, I can't help but feel that there's something very wrong with satirizing one $25-million movie with another $25-million movie.” – L.A. Weekly Apr 12, 2024 Full Review A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 68% EDIT “I came to this movie burned out on the whole genre, but I left not only satisfied, but actually happy that the Freddy cycle was continuing. ” – L.A. Weekly Jul 18, 2023 Full Review An American Tail (1986) 76% EDIT “Its impossible to review Steven Spielberg's first fully animated venture without using the words "cute, charming and adorable," so I've disposed of them all in this first sentence.” – L.A. Weekly May 19, 2023 Full Review Poltergeist II (1986) 20% EDIT “Like The Shining, Poltergeist II recycles horror-film clichés into a serious study of the pains and pressures of being an all-American family. "They're back," and that's good.” – L.A. Weekly Nov 2, 2021 Full Review Critters (1986) 52% EDIT “Critters does a great job of walking that fine line between seriousness and put-on, blatantly ripping off Night of the Living Dead, Buckaroo Banzai and Gremlins. Sure the laughs are cheap, but they're genuine.” – L.A. Weekly Oct 27, 2021 Full Review
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