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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
North (1994) David Kipen An hour and a half of disjointed sketches desperately in search of an exit line.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The American President (1995) Amy Dawes The American President is mainstream filmmaking at its sparkling best, a charmer of a movie bound to sweep audiences off their feet into the holiday season.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
Misery (1990) Bob Strauss The shock effects are expertly timed, the humor deftly distributed so it relieves tension without undercutting it.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
A Few Good Men (1992) David Kronke It's the kind of work that gives the phrase "middle-brow entertainment" a good name.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Kirk Honeycutt The young actors are extraordinary and Reiner's direction is sensitive without being self-conscious.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
The Princess Bride (1987) Michael Healy Director Rob Reiner makes Goldman's enthusiasm his own, directing with great spirit and panache. Best of all, Reiner does not condescend to the story but treats it with the proper comic reverence.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Bob Strauss To his credit, Reiner pays subtle but rigorous attention to period detail.
Posted Jan 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Michael Healy Writers Paul Reubens and George McGrath made a sad miscalculation and decided "Big Top Pee-wee" had to be about something other than just the Pee-wee-ness of Pee-wee.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
True Lies (1994) Bob Strauss True Lies' real hero, believe it or not, is Tom Arnold.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
The Abyss (1989) Bob Strauss "The Abyss" is a somewhat unwieldy, intermittently gripping and visually awesome underwater fantasy.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Running Man (1987) Michael Healy Schwarzenegger stumbles and falls flat in this futuristic satire on TV game shows.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator 2 (1990) Bob Strauss Action-fantasy fans could do worse than "Predator 2."
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
From Beyond (1986) Lewis Beale While it is well-handled, "From Beyond" simply isn't anything new or special.
Posted Oct 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Stephen King's It (1990) Phil Rosenthal "It" taps into the vein of adolescent trauma and triumph and emerges with a story that delivers on its frightening promise in spite of a less-than-satisfying ending and some less-than-special effects.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Casper (1995) Bob Strauss ...never before has anything fundamentally cartoony as "Casper" appeared like such an effortless, everyday interface with the outer limits of fantasy.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Bob Strauss Overall, this colorized but duller version of "Night of the Living Dead" isn't bad. It isn't necessary, either.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Darkman (1990) Tom Jacobs Director Sam Raimi's latest work is, at heart, a grade-B science-fiction/horror flick, one that manages to be both hokey and reasonably inventive.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
American Psycho (2000) Bob Strauss The whole thing, if you'll pardon the expression, cut deeper when you had to visualize it in your mind.
Posted Aug 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible (1996) Bob Strauss The director's fertile visual imagination graces this soulless blockbuster with wit, suspense and personality.
Posted Aug 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Waterworld (1995) Yardena Arar It's a good, solid, science fiction yarn, that has plenty of bold action, romance and an ecological spin that supplies some of the more imaginative touches.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) John Richardson This is one you've got to see.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) Yardena Arar Watching a "Naked Gun" movie is a bit like buying your favorite breakfast cereal, or any other brand- name supermarket food. It's not gourmet fare, but if you liked it before, chances are you will like it again.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) Bob Strauss "Lost Lamp" is more Indiana Jones than Carl Barks, only not as exciting as that should be.
Posted Jul 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Red Rock West (1993) Bob Strauss Moody cinematography, some choice, arch dialogue and an atmospheric climax in a cemetery give this tired tale of the wages of venality some pizazz.
Posted Jul 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Jurassic Park (1993) Bob Strauss Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park turns out to be a state-of-the-art hybrid of Jaws, Godzilla, Frankenstein and Aliens. And it's pretty cool as far as that goes, but only as far as that goes.
Posted Jul 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Child's Play (1988) Lewis Beale Child's Play may be nothing new, but it's a devil-doll film that has been made with real style.
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Next Karate Kid (1994) David Kipen The Next Karate Kid is a copy of a copy of a copy, and looks it.
Posted May 29, 2025  Edit critic review
The Karate Kid Part III (1989) Bob Strauss To be blunt, The Karate Kid part III is dumb, detached, and tedious.
Posted May 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Bob Strauss [Director Richard Marquand's] sense of staging, skill with actors and ability to raise the series' underlying themes from the theoretical to the palpable are still what make Return of the Jedi a worthy finish.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Glenn Whipp Think of the worst elements of "Return of the Jedi" - ewoks! - and combine them with a complex, uninvolving story that never quite taps into the series' mythology and you have an idea how disappointing this new installment is.
Posted Apr 16, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Wedding Banquet (1993) Bob Strauss "The Wedding Banquet" is proof that we need an independent cinema.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
A Goofy Movie (1995) David Kipen ..."A Goofy Movie" makes a decent baby sitter, but it might have been considerably more. Too often, stale gags and staler songs interrupt an otherwise nice little comedy of generational misunderstanding.
Posted Apr 01, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Scream 3 (2000) Glenn Whipp Scream 3 feels about as fresh as Friday the 13th: Part 8.
Posted Feb 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Tarzan (1999) Glenn Whipp Tarzan, for good reason, remains one of the most permanently fixed characters in movie history. If this Tarzan doesn't quite measure up to the Lord of the Jungle legend, he comes close enough.
Posted Dec 20, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Pocahontas (1995) Yardena Arar The gamble works beautifully, thanks to more of the gorgeous animation we've come to expect from Disney, another delightful Alan Menken score and one of the most spirited heroines ever created in pen and ink.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
Beauty and the Beast (1991) Tom Jacobs With its gorgeous visuals, entrancing melodies, appealing characters and timeless story, it will sweep away all but the most curmudgeonly of viewers.
Posted Dec 16, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Bob Strauss A sleekly plotted, richly designed adventure full of hearty laughs, hair-raising escapades, terrific perspective tricks and a true sense of wonder and respect for nature.
Posted Dec 15, 2024  Edit critic review
The Little Mermaid (1989) Bob Strauss This time we mean it: The Little Mermaid marks the studio's return to tiptop, classic animation. It's a swirling delight full of color, music and primal emotions, spiced with humor and terror.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Postcards From the Edge (1990) Bob Strauss Sort of a gone-Hollywood Terms of Endearment, Postcards From the Edge is a real mixed bag. Louis Vuitton quality, but mixed nonetheless.
Posted Apr 29, 2024  Edit critic review
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Yardena Arar It's Robbins and Freeman who carry the film, working around the most predictable moments with simple understatement.
Posted Mar 04, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
Goodfellas (1990) Bob Strauss It's impeccable pop history, performances that breathe, deliriously daring cinema and sense-assaulting violence, all wrapped up in New York gangster flash. Few films have ever pulsed with such compelling life.
Posted Oct 17, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Exorcist (1973) Glenn Whipp Watching The Exorcist 27 years after its release, it's easy to see how much the movie's story is a product of its times. But the movie worked then, and it still does.
Posted Sep 28, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) Yardena Arar A family's struggle with alcoholism is not a pretty sight in When a Man Loves a Woman, nor should it be. But it's not a very moving experience either.
Posted Sep 01, 2023  Edit critic review
8/10
Hard-Boiled (1992) David Kronke A classic collection of memorable, feverish lunacy.
Posted Jul 27, 2023  Edit critic review
C+
The Matrix (1999) Glenn Whipp A complete lack of story logic, coupled with the narrative's propensity for meandering mumbo-jumbo, makes this a movie best seen and not heard.
Posted Jul 13, 2023  Edit critic review
An American Tail (1986) Kirk Honeycutt Once you get past these conceptual stumbling blocks, the full force of Bluth's magnificent animation takes over. It's gorgeous.
Posted May 16, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992) Bob Strauss This mostly Japanese-made endeavor throws out everything but the fundamental tenet of surrealism: It doesn't make any sense. Rather than wonder, it evokes a feeling of confused calculation.
Posted Mar 07, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Godzilla (1998) Glenn Whipp Unfortunately, Godzilla cannot be on screen all of the film's near-interminable 140 minutes. And when Godzilla goes missing, so does the film.
Posted Feb 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Lone Star (1996) Amy Dawes The real achievement of Sayles movie is that he allows the modem world to be as complex as it truly is, and invests his character with his confidence that they are up to the task of dealing with it.
Posted Apr 19, 2022  Edit critic review
The Last Time You Had Fun (2014) Bob Strauss Earns enough good will to carry us through this night-in-a-rented-limo adventure to its sunrise conclusion.
Posted Jun 11, 2020  Edit critic review
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