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8%
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) |
"
This one's on automatic pilot all the way."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 21, 2013
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71%
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Kitty Foyle (1940) |
"
Sam Wood, the El Supremo of Hollywood hackdom, squired this one to glory."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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78%
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Project X (1987) |
"
Plenty of strikes against this--moronic story line, obligatory animal mugging, more "awwwww" opportunities than any film since 3 Men and a Cradle--but it's still one of the most accomplished pulp fantasies in a while."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 26, 2011
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90%
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986) |
"
The best moments in this 1987 release belong to Dr. Steve Martin as a dentist with a professional yen for pain."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 25, 2011
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Wend Kuuni () |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 4, 2011
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—
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The Gospel According To Vic (Heavenly Pursuits) () |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 4, 2011
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—
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——
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Tangos, l'exil de Gardel (Tangos, The Exile Of Gardel) (1985) |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 4, 2011
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91%
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Stand by Me (2000) |
"
Reiner seems lost in his own cinematic wilderness -- button-down careful, almost afraid to move"
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 28, 2011
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81%
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Children of a Lesser God (1986) |
"
Hurt seems to be bucking for at least two Oscar nominations here: one for his performance, the other for best echo effects by an interpreter of signed speech."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 16, 2011
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54%
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Spaceballs (1987) |
"
The film's low-tech styling is roughly the cardboard inversion of the cinematic machines it parodies, and Brooks seems less inclined than usual to push the overkill urges too far."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 18, 2011
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Vesnicko Má Stredisková (My Sweet Little Village) (1986) |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Aug 23, 2010
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—
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——
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Huang tu di (Yellow Earth) (1984) |
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Chicago Reader
Posted Aug 23, 2010
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30%
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Creepshow 2 (1987) |
"
George Romero contributes the screenplay this time, basing it on some tastefully selected Stephen King morsels."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 12, 2010
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61%
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Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
"
It's George Miller's masterpiece, maybe even the best commercial film of 1998."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 29, 2010
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75%
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The Killing of Sister George (1968) |
"
Robert Aldrich's "daring" 1968 mating of lesbianism and commerce was, as I recall, considered pretty tame even then; lord knows what it looks like today."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 24, 2009
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75%
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The Living Daylights (1987) |
"
Expect the expected."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 13, 2008
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68%
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An American Tail (1986) |
"
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look"
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 10, 2008
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46%
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Dragnet (1998) |
"
Most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 20, 2008
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47%
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The Transformers - The Movie (1986) |
"
A 1986 computer-animated feature based on a popular TV cartoon show, further inspired, no doubt, by the philanthropic desire of Japanese and American toy manufacturers to keep their kiddie customers rolling in robots."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 18, 2008
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92%
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Sid & Nancy (1986) |
"
A few too many moralistic foreshadowings, but most of the time Cox's situations and characters develop on their own eloquently entropic terms."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 28, 2008
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100%
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'Round Midnight (1986) |
"
The director's perenially heavy mood seems especially well suited to this indigo-shaded story of a black American saxman (Dexter Gordon) living and performing in Paris in the late 50s."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 8, 2008
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87%
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Hollywood Shuffle (2001) |
"
Improv talent Robert Townsend is pretty much the whole show."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 18, 2008
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92%
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Brian's Song (1970) |
"
Made-for-TV eyewash for disheartened Bears fans to drown their sorrows in."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 25, 2008
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33%
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A Man And A Woman, 20 Years Later (1986) |
"
Twenty years later and none the wiser for it."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 15, 2008
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88%
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Down by Law (1986) |
"
On the whole I've had more fun in Cleveland."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jan 11, 2008
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84%
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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) |
"
It's grave, lumbering, arrhythmic, and bloated, an emotional hogwallow of catchpenny insights and easy sentimentality."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Dec 11, 2007
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84%
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Lethal Weapon (1987) |
"
Empty glitz in search of a style."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 27, 2007
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90%
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Raising Arizona (1987) |
"
The cartoon vision of southwestern tackiness doesn't cut very deep, but the mise-en-scene is packed with clever clutter."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Nov 6, 2007
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95%
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Come and See (Idi i smotri) (1985) |
"
I suppose that never forgetting has its place, but not when it insists on such narrowly righteous fantasies of revenge."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 15, 2007
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98%
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The Evil Dead (1981) |
"
Sam Raimi directed this 1983 horror feature fresh out of film school, and his anything-for-an-effect enthusiasm pays off in lots of formally inventive bits."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 24, 2007
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98%
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Evil Dead 2 (1987) |
"
The pop-up humor and smirkiness suggest Raimi's aspiring to the fashionable company of the brothers Coen, though on the basis of this strained effort I'd say he's overshot the mark."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 21, 2007
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60%
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One Crazy Summer (1986) |
"
[A] bright, occasionally imbecilic teen comedy."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 25, 2007
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80%
|
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) |
"
Assembly-line feature from the John Hughes teen factory."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 24, 2007
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86%
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River's Edge (1987) |
"
It's more a success than a failure, if only because the confusions are so protean."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 18, 2007
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Nayak (Nayak: The Hero) (1974) |
"
Satyajit Ray's 1966 feature comes at the tail end of his early realist period, which included most of the films that won him his reputation in the West."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jul 14, 2007
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81%
|
Innerspace (1987) |
"
The plot is standard fantasy-adventure pulp, though director Joe Dante has so many screwball things going on in it that the comedy all but overwhelms the formulaic line of action."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 8, 2007
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84%
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Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986) |
"
I suspect the unconverted will want to be beamed up pronto."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 6, 2007
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88%
|
RoboCop (1987) |
"
There's a brooding, agonized quality to the violence that almost seems subversive, as if Verhoeven were both appalled and fascinated by his complicity in the toxic action rot."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 5, 2007
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91%
|
The Fly (1986) |
"
Image so much subverts intention that Jeff Goldblum's tragic flyperson finally seems more ludicrous than affecting, voyeuristically bizarre."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 5, 2007
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78%
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Predator (1987) |
"
Despite the off-rhythm styling, there's not a lot going on."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Jun 5, 2007
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89%
|
Planet of the Apes (1968) |
"
Dismal SF deep think (1968) that gave birth to an equally dismal string of sequels and TV series spin-offs."
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Chicago Reader
Posted May 30, 2007
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15%
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Howard the Duck (1986) |
"
The duck doesn't fly, but did anyone ever really think it would?"
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 25, 2007
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10%
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) |
"
By ordinary movie standards it's awful, but fans of cinematic dementia should have fun for about half an hour."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 17, 2007
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63%
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Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) |
"
Cohen's obviously having fun with the cheesy clay animation, and Michael Moriarty delivers an inspired, whacked-out performance as a small-time operater who tries to turn the monster into his own private bonanza, but the rest... is disengaged and sloppy."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 28, 2007
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92%
|
The Color of Money (1986) |
"
A solidly crafted entertainment that, for the most part, strikes a successful balance between commercial necessity and personal expression."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 26, 2007
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88%
|
Hoosiers (1989) |
"
Bobby Knight would not be amused, though Tark the Shark might've had a good laugh at the naive masquerade."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 21, 2007
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96%
|
Mafioso (1964) |
"
Filmed in Milan, Sicily, and New York, Alberto Lattuada's 1962 black comedy is one of his most critically suc"
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Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 10, 2007
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94%
|
Manhunter (1986) |
"
I'm intrigued by that stylistic envelope: simultaneously hypnotic and enervating, meditative and empty."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Feb 7, 2007
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88%
|
Platoon (1986) |
"
For all the purported naturalism, the film seems resolutely schematic, and the attitudes shaping the drama are far from open-ended."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Feb 5, 2007
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