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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
0/4
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986) Candice Russell It's bloody, witless and mind-numbing.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Stand by Me (1986) Candice Russell Gracefully blending raucous comedy with intense drama, the film is about the loss of innocence as well as the getting of wisdom.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
True Lies (1994) Roger Hurlburt Schwarzenegger, Curtis, Arnold and Paxton are perfect, as is the supporting cast of heavies and henchpeople.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Abyss (1989) Candice Russell While one can admire the daunting risk it took to get the movie made, The Abyss proves too big and unwieldy an epic.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
The Terminator (1984) Terry Kelleher If this Terminator is an indestructible cyborg who can eviscerate human weaklings with his bare hands, what does he need guns for? James Cameron, writer-director of The Terminator, is an efficiency expert. More deaths per minute.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) Bill Kelley Here's an uninteresting variation on a dumb idea: a remake of a bad movie.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Predator 2 (1990) Roger Hurlburt Strong production values, impressive special effects and a super-human performance by Danny Glover make Predator 2 an occasionally effective, but awkwardly conceived sci-fi sequel.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
From Beyond (1986) Karyn Snead Don't look for good acting, believable dialogue, character development or, heaven forbid, a plot. But gobs of gore and special effects, yes.
Posted Oct 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Desert Hearts (1985) Candice Russell The best film yet made about love between two women. It's good-humored, well constructed, and refreshingly free of the morose contemplation and doubt that usually accompanies treatment of this theme.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Tron (1982) South Florida Sun-Sentinel Staff A visual amazing fantasy.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Candice Russell Night of the Living Dead is a redundancy upon itself.
Posted Sep 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Toy Story (1995) Roger Hurlburt More than a tale of a young boy's playthings that come to life and interact when no one is around, Toy Story ingeniously taps into the stream of childhood recollections and emotions.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Mortal Kombat (1995) Rod Dreher Mortal Kombat is like being inside, well, a video game. Which is exactly the point, I suppose, but it's still not much of a movie.
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
0.5/4
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) South Florida Sun-Sentinel Staff Abysmal tongue-in cheek horror film.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) South Florida Sun-Sentinel Staff [A] tale of zany invention and fascinating images.
Posted Aug 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Babe (1995) Deborah Wilker The lessons for children are numerous; the most refreshing is that not every movie must revolve around toy-store tie-ins.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) Deborah Wilker Thankfully short on violence, and most other risque ingredients that populate so many films.
Posted Jul 17, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Explorers (1985) South Florida Sun-Sentinel Staff Derivative ideas, an uneven central performance and awkward handling of the elements by director Joe Dante hurt this film.
Posted Jul 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Supergirl (1984) Candice Russell Heaven knows what the filmmakers spent on Supergirl, but regardless of the amount it wasn't enough to give wing to this mediocre adventure.
Posted Jun 27, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Day of the Dead (1985) Roger Hurlburt Romero had all the ingredients of making a colorful spoof on the first two pictures, but rigor mortis quickly set in.
Posted Jun 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Return to Oz (1985) Candice Russell Director/co-screenwriter Walter Murch tells his story at the right pace, never getting so bogged down in one dilemma as to forget a crisis in the making somewhere else.
Posted Jun 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Mission: Impossible (1996) Rod Dreher The screenplay may be a mess, but De Palma's expert direction, combined with Cruise's starpower and Industrial Light and Magic's special-effects sorcery, makes this a Mission worth accepting.
Posted May 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Candice Russell Dramatically, Return of the Jedi disappoints. In a sense, the narrative has boxed itself into a corner -- characters introduced and developed in the first two films are unwaveringly established in this one, so that there is no room for them to grow.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Todd Anthony The film introduces too many characters and develops them too little.
Posted Apr 16, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wedding Banquet (1993) Roger Hurlburt The Wedding Banquet is a wonderful dramatic comedy.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Aladdin (1992) Candice Russell Aladdin has just enough of all the right elements, including a winning series of songs by the late Howard Ashman, Alan Menken and Tim Rice. It's a family film in the truest sense of the term.
Posted Dec 16, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Beetlejuice (1988) Roger Hurlburt Beetlejuice entertains, in a very peculiar way. Nothing quite like it has come along before.
Posted Aug 22, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Alien Resurrection (1997) Roger Hurlburt It should satisfy devotees and compel a new batch of aficionados to scurry off for videos of the previous movies. And is the hatch door left ajar for a fifth installment of the saga? Definitely.
Posted Aug 07, 2024  Edit critic review
Alien 3 (1992) Chauncey Mabe Imagine my dismay to find Alien 3 not merely less accomplished than its predecessors, but a complete violation of the spirit of the earlier movies.
Posted Aug 05, 2024  Edit critic review
Little Women (1994) Candice Russell Gillian Armstrong's exceedingly lovely version is a glorious achievement in every respect.
Posted Apr 10, 2024  Edit critic review
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Candice Russell Tim Robbins delivers a distinguished performance, with Morgan Freeman equally marvelous. This is that rare movie occurrence that has the ability to sweep the viewer into an alien universe; it is superior filmmaking on any level.
Posted Mar 02, 2024  Edit critic review
1/4
Teen Witch (1989) Roger Hurlburt Dull, talky and jam-packed with terrible performances, who knows which witch is which in the whammyless Teen Witch.
Posted Feb 16, 2024  Edit critic review
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Chauncey Mabe The result is that rare thing, a movie that is in every way an improvement upon the book.
Posted Dec 14, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
La Haine (1995) Rod Dreher A razor-sharp, brutal look at violence, racism and alienation.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
The Matrix (1999) Tom Sander Hang on tight for a real mind-blower, with astonishing visual effects, frightening monsters and exciting stunt fights, as the film inexorably reveals the terrifying answer to "What is the Matrix?"
Posted Jul 12, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Color Purple (1985) Candice Russell The Color Purple is that rarity in American films -- a faithful adaptation of a stirring book. To watch it is to laugh and cry with characters that you'll not soon forget.
Posted May 25, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) Roger Hurlburt Viewers who want the bitter taste of Kane's Batman character in a world of gloom and doom may like this animated film, but it is hardly family entertainment.
Posted May 23, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Candice Russell This film reconfirms Spielberg's status as a master movie story teller. My only frustration in seeing this film is that I wish I were 10 years old again, though [Spielberg's] gift is to coax the child out of the moviegoer.
Posted Apr 18, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Army of Darkness (1992) Roger Hurlburt Because of an irreverent and wholly enthusiastic performance, Campbell makes the film far more than it should be.
Posted Mar 31, 2023  Edit critic review
Boys on the Side (1995) Candice Russell It's an able comedy despite the heavy topics touched on throughout.
Posted Mar 14, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Alma's Rainbow (1994) Roger Hurlburt Alma's Rainbow is ambitious and occasionally fun. Unfortunately, director Chenzira's meandering script becomes diluted and confusing when it should have simplified an essentially interesting story.
Posted Jan 10, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Groundhog Day (1993) Roger Hurlburt This sweetly surrealist comedy is, arguably, Murray's most irresistible effort. Groundhog Day is a warm and rewarding story about reason, reckoning, and romance.
Posted Dec 21, 2022  Edit critic review
Salem's Lot (2004) Tom Jicha TNT is to be applauded for adapting a great summer read into a fine summer watch.
Posted Oct 14, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Terms of Endearment (1983) Candice Russell Brooks proves himself to be an actor's director. He understands the nuances of behavior between characters. It is these small moments that make Terms of Endearment worth seeing, in spite of its meanderings.
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
3/4
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Candice Russell It is hard to imagine a more serious or heartfelt exploration of the inner conflicts faced by Jesus. Charges of blasphemy leveled against the film by some Christian leaders are hard to square with the filmmakers' obvious reverence.
Posted May 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3/4
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Roger Hurlburt The Witches of Eastwick will thrill and inspire, repel and infect, all in the same wave of the wand.
Posted Apr 21, 2022  Edit critic review
Mississippi Masala (1991) Candice Russell Director Mira Nair has a felicitous touch when pinpointing with gentle humor the ironies of skin color and the silliness of cultural superiority.
Posted Apr 13, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Candice Russell As a film that demonstrates how art transfuses life and how life shapes art, it is an admirable effort.
Posted Apr 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Candice Russell A bone-chiller of superior intensity.
Posted Mar 23, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Sidewalk Stories (1989) Candice Russell Few other first-time filmmakers would launch their careers with a feature devoid of dialogue for 95 of its 97 minutes. That Lane succeeds is a tribute to his understanding of the medium in its purest sense.
Posted Jan 24, 2022  Edit critic review
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