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| 2.5/5 | No Score Yet | Hearts In Dixie (1929) |
Unfortunately viewed only in the novelty sense as an "all-Negro film," this Civil War drama is good enough to stand on its own merits. - TV Guide
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| Posted Jul 8, 2020
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| 3/5 | 100% | The Whole Shootin' Match (1979) |
Though technically this is not a great film, it is rich in characterizations and warmth. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 2, 2020
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| 2/5 | 33% | Beyond the Law (1967) |
Despite being improvised, it feels scripted and the actors act as though there was a method to their work, rather than "The Method." - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 17, 2020
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| 2.5/5 | No Score Yet | Countdown at Kusini (1976) |
Film tends to ramble all over the place, but its intentions are good. - TV Guide
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| Posted Nov 13, 2019
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| 3/5 | 83% | Anything Goes (1936) |
Directed somewhat ploddingly by Lewis Milestone, better known as the architect of serious films... [Porter's] wonderful score is retained, and Lupino, still in her teens, acquits herself marvelously. - TV Guide
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| Posted Oct 3, 2019
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| 1/5 | 88% | Harlem on the Prairie (1938) |
The acting and technical standards of the film are poor. - TV Guide
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| Posted Oct 1, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 79% | The Texas Rangers (1936) |
[A] classier-than-usual western. - TV Guide
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| Posted Aug 14, 2019
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| 1/5 | 43% | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) |
The strangest case of all is the script and how anyone is supposed to make sense of it. - TV Guide
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| Posted Jul 27, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 57% | Streets of Laredo (1949) |
The finished film suffers from some confusing cutting, but the performances of the leads and the nice color photography make it worthwhile entertainment. - TV Guide
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| Posted Jul 25, 2019
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| 3/5 | 100% | True Confession (1937) |
A charming screwball comedy. - TV Guide
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| Posted Jul 23, 2019
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| 3/5 | 80% | Shogun Assassin (1980) |
This violent Japanese adventure is surprisingly good, though it doesn't have much of a plot. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 11, 2019
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| 2.5/4 | 64% | Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains (1981) |
The film is interesting in its portrayal of rock 'n' roll on the road, though it's unsuccessful as a whole. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 11, 2019
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998) |
TEKKEN: THE MOTION PICTURE suffers in comparison to other anime versions of video games, thanks in part to its truncated story line and weakly sketched main characters. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 9, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 20% | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) |
As the bizarre coincidences become overly complicated, the plot gets more implausible, but the film still has a number of good moments. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 5, 2019
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| 1/5 | No Score Yet | Limehouse Blues (1934) |
Wong scores best, perhaps because she is the only one of the leads who is not miscast. Otherwise, every other cast member plays over the top. - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 3, 2019
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| 1/5 | 27% | Xanadu (1980) |
Though meant to be a throwback to old-style Hollywood musicals, XANADU merely replaces style and substance with flash and glitz... - TV Guide
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| Posted Apr 1, 2019
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| 20% | Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter (1984) |
This time out, as if it mattered, the crazed Jason once again stomps through the woods of a lonely summer camp, carving up all the nubile young camp counselors. As usual, the open ending prepares blood-lustful viewers for another sequel. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 31, 2019
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| 43% | Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) |
This is easily Lewis' best film. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 29, 2019
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| 3/5 | 48% | MacGruber (2010) |
MacGruber is easily the best movie based on a Saturday Night Live skit in 15 years. But, considering the quality of recent sketch-to-screen projects, that sentence doesn't quite do justice to how funny the movie is. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 29, 2019
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| 1/5 | 47% | Zardoz (1974) |
... pretentious sludge with some memorable visuals. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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| 1/5 | 30% | Over the Top (1987) |
Arm wrestling, truck driving, weird weight lifting, and tear jerking are the stuff of this predictable Sylvester Stallone vehicle... - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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| 1.5/5 | 28% | See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) |
Lowbrow comedy at its worst, See No Evil, Hear No Evil is full of cheap disability jokes, stupid car chases, and boring shootouts, and none of it is very entertaining. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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| 2/5 | 33% | I Come in Peace (1990) |
To Baxley's credit, the narrative moves at such a quick clip that the threadbare story has little time to grate on the nerves, and the onscreen stunts belie the film's limited budget. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 2/4 | 42% | Teen Wolf (1985) |
Fox is enormously likable here, but the gimmickry of the werewolf transformation and Fox's lupine existence is just that - a gimmick, a wholly artificial contrivance that intrudes on the character. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 43% | Hello, Dolly! (1969) |
It's an exercise in star turns, surrounded by elephantine blandness. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 2/5 | 21% | Harlem Nights (1989) |
In the end, there's no soul to be had in this city of appearances. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 38% | Legend (1985) |
Sumptuous, grandly-scaled, and often ludicrous. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 37% | Every Which Way But Loose (1978) |
There's no accounting for the success of this over the failure of Eastwood's infinitely superior Bronco Billy. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 1/5 | 9% | Orca - The Killer Whale (1977) |
Dino De Laurentiis' attempt to cash in on the popularity of Jaws is a total failure. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 1/5 | 42% | The Wiz (1978) |
Despite its marvelous personnel and terrific premise, The Wiz is a bungled mess. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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| 2/5 | 67% | A Very Curious Girl (La fiancée du pirate) (1969) |
A minor art-house success. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 25, 2019
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| 3/5 | 29% | Hook (1991) |
As top-heavy as Captain Hook's ornate, immobile ship, this lavish, elaborate production ultimately collapses under its own weight. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 25, 2019
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| 2/5 | 28% | The Amityville Horror (1979) |
The film's reputation exceeds its achievements, and the "true story" angle has been vigorously disputed. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 20, 2019
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| 1/5 | 21% | Mannequin (1987) |
A lifeless and sophomoric attempt at romantic comedy that draws on the fantasy films of old Hollywood but fails miserably. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 19, 2019
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| 2/5 | 37% | Ishtar (1987) |
An incredible box office loser and, to be frank, far from great, Ishtar is still not nearly as awful as many would have it. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 19, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 94% | Daughter of Shanghai (1937) |
Good B actioner. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 16, 2019
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| 2.5/5 | 20% | King of Chinatown (1939) |
Neat and quick, the film moves at a nice pace in its 56-minute run. Despite some bad editing early in the film, this is an interesting thriller with a great cast. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 16, 2019
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Portrait in Black (1960) |
Turner was dressed in some eye-catching Jean Louis gowns, and the film employed some beautiful sets, but neither of these flashy touches could conceal Portrait in Black's contrived plot. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 14, 2019
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| 1/5 | 40% | Bombs Over Burma (1943) |
Grade-Z filler. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 14, 2019
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| 2/5 | 40% | A Chorus Line (1985) |
Athough director Attenborough's film version has a couple of pleasant numbers which serve as oases amidst the dullness, it really hurts for those who remember the dazzle and emotional depth of the let's-put-on-a-show original. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 6, 2019
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| 1/5 | 55% | Police Academy (1984) |
It all plays like a made-for-TV film with some nudity and scatological humor thrown in, but it made a bunch of money. - TV Guide
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| Posted Mar 5, 2019
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| 2/5 | 19% | Invasion U.S.A. (1985) |
A numbingly stupid actioner, INVASION U.S.A. has one of the most laughable villains ever committed to film. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 27, 2019
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| 1.5/5 | 39% | The Trip (1967) |
These images more closely resemble a bad dream following an overdose of pepperoni-and-onion pizza than the result of ingesting hallucinogenic drugs. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 25, 2019
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| 4/5 | 81% | Cabin in the Sky (1943) |
The cast is quite exceptional. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 22, 2019
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| 3/5 | 94% | Rope (1948) |
Although the story of this verbose film is intriguing, it's not top-drawer Hitchcock. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 9, 2019
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| 3/5 | 64% | The Bed Sitting Room (1969) |
A field day for funny collection of Brits. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 8, 2019
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| 28% | Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) |
Somehow, this one's even worse than the first. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 8, 2019
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| 3/5 | 86% | The Optimists (1973) |
An underrated film with an excellent performance by Sellers. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 4, 2019
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | No Time for Breakfast (Docteur Françoise Gailland) (1976) |
This plotless film ambles nicely from situation to situation because of Girardot's marvelous performance. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 4, 2019
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| 1/5 | No Score Yet | The Naked Ape (1973) |
This boring semidocumentary traces man's evolution from prehistory to the present day. - TV Guide
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| Posted Feb 4, 2019
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