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2.5/4
North (1994) Jackie Potts Wood's disarmingly funny performance paired with Reiner's irreverent gags make North a fun, harmless trip.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
The American President (1995) Rene Rodriguez It's a fairy tale grounded in the driest of subjects -- government -- and by the end, it has become so asinine you expect little cartoon animals to invade the screen and sing a Schoolhouse Rock jingle.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Misery (1990) Bill Cosford Bates can take her murderous shrieks to mewls of contrition in the space of a scene. She's great fun to watch.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Marion Aitchison We found The Day the Earth Stood Still both exciting and thought-provoking, and it's a definite must for the younger generation which has become so expert in scientific angles, both actual and imaginative.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Candice Russell An overblown but interesting tale.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
The Magnificent Seven (1960) George Bourke John Sturges has directed with fine understanding and has obtained stellar performances from his entire cast.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Stand by Me (1986) Bill Cosford The movie has a good feeling about it. But it's badly written, too.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Tough Guys (1986) Bill Cosford It's too flimsy, and we're left with two stars in search of a story.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
A Few Good Men (1992) Bill Cosford [The cast] all give the film a certain heat, if not weight. It's fun to watch them go through the genre paces and fun, as Hollywood courtroom dramas usually are, waiting for justice to be served, however imperfectly.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Sure Thing (1985) Bill Cosford It's nicely made and well-acted, and it is a bauble nonetheless.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Bill Cosford The Princess Bride has pretty much everything the modern fairy tale requires, plus jokes. It's an unexpected pleasure, as sweetly unassuming as it is late-nite hip.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Charles E. Ward Edward G. Robinson has the lead and performs it ably and realistically. It's a sympathetic part, and Robinson makes the most of it.
Posted Jan 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Death Race 2000 (1975) Candice Russell If it's far-fetched and fun-loving, "Death Race 2000" is rooted enough in the absurdities and passions of 1975 to make sense as a vision of the future.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Hook (1991) Bill Cosford It's all very Spielbergian. This most maligned of Hollywood's big names probably couldn't have made a bad movie about Peter Pan if he tried. Hook looks wonderful.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Christine (1983) Bill Cosford Carpenter gets just enough style into the picture.
Posted Dec 15, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Bill Cosford The sublime surrealism of Pee-wee's original digs is gone -- and with it, most of the grown-up laughs.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Abyss (1989) Bill Cosford The Abyss rolls along, a collection of wonderfully persuasive sets and props and dazzling effects work.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
True Lies (1994) Rene Rodriguez This is as good as action movies get, and more.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Terminator (1984) Bill Cosford Fast, well made and utterly inconsequential -- The Terminator is a vintage "B," and it's good to know that Hollywood can still crank them out.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) Bill Cosford The bog problem here is the fish, which are hard to produce in menacing numbers on a small budget.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Journey Back to Oz (1974) Susan Burnside "Journey Back to Oz" simply proves Thomas Wolfe's point: You can't go home again.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) John Huddy Excessive, loud and manic, The Wiz turns out to be good fun.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
The Running Man (1987) Hal Boedeker Schwarzenegger has carved out a comfortable niche in the action-drama genre, but The Running Man is a step backward. It lays bare his inability to act and, his only lines are often indecipherable.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Predator (1987) Laurie Horn All those graphics slow the pace, contain the terror and give us a kind of ritual in storytelling not unlike the combat detail in ancient heroic sagas.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Predator 2 (1990) Bill Cosford There's not a dull moment in the thing, and it's dumb as dirt. But who can resist?
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Bill Cosford There isn't much at stake here, as it were, but what's been filmed is handsome and played with charisma -- a fine movie.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Re-Animator (1985) Bill Cosford The special effects here are remarkable.
Posted Oct 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Born Yesterday (1950) George Bourke A spicy bit of enjoyable comedy fare.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Desert Hearts (1985) Bill Cosford The first film since John Sayles' Lianna to make a grown-up view of lesbian characters.
Posted Oct 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Bill Cosford The principal performances by Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day Lewis are first-rate. Lean and intelligent throughout, and often darkly funny.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Stephen King's It (1990) Hal Boedeker It lacks that special something that sets the great monster movies apart from the gruesome glut of shlocky horror flicks.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Rene Rodriguez The result is a documentary that entertains, grandly, as it educates. If it lacks some of the edge of Russo's book, The Celluloid Closet still qualifies as a thought-provoking work that never preaches, but simply shows -- and the proof is irrefutable.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Tron (1982) Bill Cosford Considerable effort has gone to making the fantasy bits of TRON connect, however loosely, with the presumed relationship of man to computer, and there is not a character or a sequence of action that seems to be pure fancy.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Tron (1982) Rene Rodriguez A dull, borderline silly affair.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Casper (1995) Rene Rodriguez It's all rather painless, even if the movie never gathers much steam.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Times (1975) Candice Russell Marginally interesting for work-weary and brain-fatigued patrons, it sponges up the minutes as painlessly and forgettably as bad television.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Boogie Nights (1997) Rene Rodriguez It invites you to take a walk on the wild side at a safe distance, and it accomplishes that with an explosive, firecracker energy. But it's also a movie about finding humanity in the most unexpected places.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Hard Eight (1996) Todd Anthony Hard Eight doesn't break the bank -- it's too self-consciously small -- but it has the feel of a modest long shot that hits.
Posted Sep 22, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Toy Story (1995) Rene Rodriguez Yet all the visual razzle-dazzle, formidable as it is, wouldn't work so well without equally great writing. Toy Story does not disappoint there, either.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Howard Cohen "There is a fine line between stupid and clever," says Spinal Tap's Michael McKean. Director Rob Reiner mostly keeps This Is Spinal Tap on the clever side of that invisible line.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Bill Cosford The details are right and the performances are perfect.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Darkman (1990) Bill Cosford It's goofy, and it's mean, but Darkman isn't nearly enough of either.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Mortal Kombat (1995) Rene Rodriguez Now we like a good kung-fu flick as much as anyone, but Mortal Kombat succeeds only at being pompous and self-important.
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Cooley High (1975) Gayle Pollard A musical trip full of soulful oldies, "Cooley High" is a mildly enjoyable experience in black nostalgia.
Posted Aug 15, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Pumpkinhead (1988) Juan Carlos Coto It'll have you wishing the villain was just another maniac with a machete or a chainsaw.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Bill Cosford The whole point is excess, and O'Bannon's good at getting to that point.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Bill Cosford Behind the persona there are some bizarre gags, and some sublime ones, and a great many send-ups of genre movie conventions.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Babe (1995) Jackie Potts Parents know all too well how kiddie films often ignore the folks buying the tickets. Babe bridges that gap with an inspired combination of innovative story-telling and polished special effects. This is what quality family entertainment is about.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Waterworld (1995) Rene Rodriguez Waterworld is fast-paced and fun, a visionary, action-packed epic with aquatic stunt work of unprecedented scale, loads of heroic derring-do, and some cool boats.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) Bill Cosford As usual, Leslie Nielsen delivers comic turns of deadpan perfection.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
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