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Dave Kehr

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The Howling (1981) 76% EDIT “The film slides into its situation in a clever, fresh way, and the balance of wit and horror is well maintained throughout.” – Chicago Reader Mar 18, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 3 (1993) 20% 2/4 EDIT “"RoboCop 3" is both more of the same and less.” – New York Daily News Mar 16, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 2 (1990) 31% 1/4 EDIT “An irritating blend of the dull and the repellent, "RoboCop 2" is every bit as sadistic as its 1987 predecessor but considerably less effective.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 10, 2026 Full Review Anastasia (1956) 92% EDIT “...in its superficiality and pointless gloss, it embodies everything Rossellini reacted against. ” – Chicago Reader Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Muppet Treasure Island (1996) 80% 3/4 EDIT “Here, truly, is an icon of the cinema. If the team is looking for another 19th-century text to adapt, how about giving Miss Piggy the role she was born to play, in "Muppet Madame Bovary"?” – New York Daily News Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 3/4 EDIT “This is a film that depends largely on the charm of its stars, and the chemistry does work between [Michael Douglas and Annette Bening]... The juicy element is there but effectively understated.” – New York Daily News Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 30% 3/4 EDIT “The film starts out with high spirits and a frisky imagination, but slips slowly into self-consciousness and ends on a note of debilitating camp. ” – Chicago Tribune Dec 11, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 75% 3/4 EDIT “"The Abyss" doesn't quite come off, but it's a commanding failure -- a film with a genuine cinematic project, which is rare these days.” – Chicago Tribune Dec 5, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% 2/4 EDIT “The film is simply a series of one-on-one confrontations.” – Chicago Tribune Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Predator 2 (1990) 36% 3/4 EDIT “The picture hurtles along, smoothly if not plausibly, and saves some surprises for the last reel.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 63% 2/4 EDIT “McTiernan never seems in complete control of the wildly disparate elements he has assembled, and the movie doesn't settle into one groove long enough to establish a firm hold on the audience.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Dracula (1979) 63% EDIT “Frank Langella is the count, in a performance that reportedly differed from his Broadway interpretation: less campy, more glamorous. Still, Badham hasn’t made much of him. The character is presented well, but never developed.” – Chicago Reader Oct 23, 2025 Full Review From Beyond (1986) 74% 3/4 EDIT “In its brash, enthusiastic tackiness, "From Beyond" is a show that would do any carnival proud.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Casper (1995) 59% 3/4 EDIT “Like the studio films of yore, "Casper" combines distinct creative contributions into a highly entertaining if not always coherent whole.” – New York Daily News Sep 30, 2025 Full Review Hard Times (1975) 72% EDIT “Hill’s thoughtful handling of the moral issue—survival versus friendship—and his subtle, evocative camerawork make this 1975 release a hundred times better than it should be.” – Chicago Reader Sep 25, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% 4/4 EDIT “It is impossible to leave this film without a sense of uplift; it glows.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% 3/4 EDIT “Written and directed by newcomer Paul Thomas Anderson, Hard Eight is an engaging independent film with the staccato rhythm of a David Mamet play -- but with unexpected warmth.” – New York Daily News Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Night of the Living Dead (1990) 57% 3/4 EDIT “Though the broad outlines of the plot are the same... the characters have been deepened and the thematic emphasis shifted.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Toy Story (1995) 100% 4/4 EDIT “John Lasseter is Walt's digital descendant, having nurtured this new animation technology from its earliest days.” – New York Daily News Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) 10% 2/4 EDIT “"ROTLD II" may be junk, at least in the hands of director Ken Wiederhorn it's efficient, well-filmed junk.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “Rami is a genuine filmmaker, someone who knows how to tell a story in movement and pictures.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 25, 2025 Full Review Pumpkinhead (1988) 51% 1/4 EDIT “As a technician, Winston clearly knows how to make a monster, but as a director he's yet to learn how to bring one to life. ” – Chicago Tribune Aug 13, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's 85 minutes of pure, breathless pleasure. The eternally oblivious Drebin, played with growing relish by a reborn Leslie Nielsen, now seems firmly entrenched as one of the great comic creations of American movies.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Day of the Dead (1985) 61% EDIT “Beginning from a position of absolute misanthropy, Romero asks what it means to be human, and the answers are funny, horrifying, and ultimately hopeful.” – Chicago Reader Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83% 3/4 EDIT “In many ways, "Jedi" is the most childish of the series... But that has always been the secret of George Lucas' success: he provides grownup thrills for children -- and childish pleasures for adults. ” – New York Daily News Apr 25, 2025 Full Review
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